Tim Southee is on a record-breaking spree in the course of the 2nd Test between New Zealand and England at Basin Reserve, Wellington. The Kiwis, for apparent causes, aren’t having an excellent Test up to now, however so far as information are involved, Southee simply retains breaking them.Â
England folded New Zealand for simply 209 within the first innings and Southee smashed 73 off simply 49 deliveries, hitting 5 boundaries and 6 sixes. With that innings, Southee now has a complete of 82* sixes in Test cricket, with which he went previous MS Dhoni‘s document of hitting 78 sixes in Test cricket.
The likes of Sachin Tendulkar(69), Rohit Sharma(68) and Kapil Dev(61) aren’t even close to Southee on the listing.
Another Milestone
Tim Southee scripted historical past on Day 1 of the 2nd Test between New Zealand and England. Though the veteran quick bowler solely took one wicket, he etched his title within the historical past books by turning into the primary New Zealand cricketer to take 700 wickets throughout all codecs.Â
Daniel Vettori stands at quantity 2 on the all-time highest wicket-takers listing for Kiwis with 696 scalps.Â
Most Wickets For New Zealand Across Formats
- Tim Southee: 700Â
- D.Vettori: 696
- Richard Hadlee: 589
- Trent Boult: 578
- Cairns: 419
In the all-time listing, Southee now stands at quantity 15, with Muttiah Muralitharan main the chart with staggering 1347 wickets.Â
Match Situation
England enforced the follow-on after bowling Kiwis for simply 209. Stokes and firm, nonetheless, would have hoped for related issues to pan out on Day 3, however New Zealand openers, Tom Latham and Devon Conway took the group to a heroic begin, flying them previous 100 for no loss. If New Zealand can by some means handle a rating within the vary of 400-450, we could have a thriller in retailer for Day 5.Â
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