New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has introduced his retirement from Assessments, making his upcoming house sequence in opposition to England his last project until his aspect qualifies for subsequent yr’s ICC World Check Championship last in June.
Southee will bid farewell to the Kiwi whites at his house floor at Seddon Park in Hamilton the place the third Check of the sequence can be performed between December 14-18. Quickly to be 36, Southee is New Zealand’s highest all-format wicket-taker (770) and is just second to the legendary Richard Hadlee (431) in Assessments for the crew, with 385 scalps in 104 appearances.
Southee additionally introduced that he’ll decide on his white-ball swansong earlier than New Zealand host Sri Lanka on the finish of December. The fitting-arm seamer who made his worldwide debut in 2008 holds the excellence of being the one pacer to play 100 matches in every of the three codecs. Southee can also be the one bowler to bag 300 Check, 200 ODI and 100 T20I wickets.
“Representing New Zealand was all I ever dreamed of rising up,” he stated.
“To play for the BLACKCAPS for 18 years has been the best honour and privilege, however the time feels proper to now step away from the sport that has given a lot to me.
“Check cricket holds a particular place in my coronary heart, so to have the ability to play such a giant sequence in opposition to the identical opponent my Check profession started in opposition to all these years in the past, and on three grounds which might be extremely particular to me, appears the proper method to finish my time within the black cap,” Southee stated in a press release.
Southee relinquished his Check captaincy final month earlier than New Zealand whitewashed India 3-0 at house beneath Tom Latham. He featured in 4 ODI World Cups, seven T20I World Cups, two Champions Trophy occasions. Southee was integral to New Zealand’s WTC last triumph within the inaugural version in 2021 over India, choosing 5 wickets within the summit conflict.
