Tim Southee’s 2 hundredth one-day worldwide wicket gave the Black Caps bowler a world first.
When Southee dismissed Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan in Friday’s recreation at Eden Park, Auckland, he grew to become the primary participant in worldwide cricket to document 300 or extra check wickets, 200 or extra ODI scalps and 100 or extra Twenty 20 victims.
Southee additionally grew to become the fifth New Zealand males’s bowler to seize 200 wickets in ODIs, ending the innings with 202 after grabbing two extra wickets within the final over.
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New Zealand’s Tim Southee is congratulated by wicketkeeper Tom Latham after taking his 2 hundredth ODI wicket in Friday’s recreation in opposition to India at Eden Park, Auckland.
Solely Daniel Vettori (297), Kyle Mills (240) and Chris Harris (203) have taken extra ODI wickets for New Zealand than the 33-year-old, whereas Chris Cairns took 200.
Southee has 347 check wickets – solely Sir Richard Hadlee (431) and Vettori (361) have extra within the five-day format for New Zealand – and is the nation’s main T20 wicket-taker with 134 dismissals.
India made 306-7 of their 50 overs within the first of three video games within the sequence, with Shreyas Iyer top-scoring with 80 whereas Dhawan made 72. Southee ended with 3-73 whereas Lockie Ferguson took 3-59 for the hosts.
