With the opening wicket of Shubman Gill in India’s second innings of the World Test Championship final, Tim Southee has reached a special milestone of becoming the only second New Zealand cricketer to have taken 600 wickets at the international level. Southee has taken 311 wickets in Test, 190 in the ODI cricket and 90 wickets in the T20Is so far in his career.
He is behind only left-arm spinner and former captain Daniel Vettori, who has had 696 wickets at the international stage and the third man behind him is Sir Richard Hadlee, who had taken 589 wickets.
Southee also made significant progress in his batting achievements as he surpassed former Australian captain Ricky Ponting on the list of leading six-hitter in Test cricket.
Southee has featured in 79 Test matches including the World Test Championship final since making his debut in 2008 against England. He has gone on to become the spearhead of the New Zealand pace attack over the last many years.
He has taken 311 Test wickets at an average of 28.39 runs per wicket and strike rate of 57.28 balls per wicket, while his 190 wickets in ODIs have come at an average of 34.51 and strike rate 37.87. He has not been able to crack the T20 code and has a career economy rate of 8.39 runs per over, but has taken 99 wickets at an average of 24.82.