D'Arcy Waldegrave: Stand up Tim Southee and take a bow

Stand up Tim Southee and take a bow.   

Who woulda thunk it that the fresh faced 19 year old that rolled onto McLean Park back in 2008 would retire from the game, on his own terms, versus the team he debuted against all those years ago? He started with a statement, 5-55 and a belligerent 77 not out, and I’d hazard a guess he’ll bookend his career with a bag and a half century against the English in his final game at home in Hamilton.   

He’ll probably never shed the 77* he scored in his first test, an innings that he never replicated and hung around his neck for his whole career. At least he is close to a tonne of 6’s hit, making up to a degree for the lack of test runs after such a promising start. But we don’t celebrate Southee the batter, we celebrate Southee the bowler, a man who holds a hatful of records in the game:  

• Only player in the world to claim more than 300 test wickets, 200 ODI wickets and 100 T20I wickets.  
• He has 164 T20I wickets, the most in world cricket. 
• Played in more test wins than any other Kiwi, 46 all told. 
• He has the most international wickets for a Kiwi, 770 across all formats. 
• The best figures for NZ in ODIs, 7-33 v England at Wellington, 2015.  
• The best figures for NZ in T20Is, 5-18 v Pakistan at Auckland, 2010.  
• Only New Zealander to take two T20I hat-tricks.  
• One of only four players in the world to play 100-plus internationals in all three formats.  

He’s captained the side, been a key part of famous victories, and has the best nickname of any international cricketer.   

The Sexy Camel is firmly locked into the pantheon of NZ cricket greats, and his partnership with Lovely Trenty across the decades will be remembered as the best new ball duo the country has ever seen.  

It’s been a ride Tim, looking forward to watching you end it with a flourish.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Wildegrave from News talks'd B seven twenty seven.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Stand up, Tim Southy and take a back. Well not yeah,
you know, wait for a couple more tests before you
finally do actually retire. But who would have thunk it
that that fresh face take a look at the photographs,
fresh faced nineteen year old that rolled on to McLean Park.
Maybe back in two thousand and eight he would retire
from the game on his own terms versus the teamy

(00:33):
debut against all those years ago. Started off with the
statement I think any of us who watch cricket will
forget that five for fifty five and belligerent. That's the
best way to describe it. A belligerent seventy seven not out.
It hazard a guess right. He'll bookmark or book end
most the point his career with a bag and a
half century against the English in his final game at

(00:55):
home in Hamilton. Oh that it'd be lovely. He'll probably
never share. Seventy seven not out he scored in his
first Test. It's an end. It's that we never replicated
and hung runner's neck for a whole career at least
it's close to a ton of six is hit in
Test cricket, making up to a degree for a lack
of Test runs up to such a promising start. But

(01:16):
we don't celebrate Saudi the batter. We celebrate Sudi the
bowler man who holds a hatful of records in the game.
The only player in the world to claim more than
three hundred Test wickets, two hundred one Days National wickets
and one hundred T twenty wickets. That is cool. He's played. Sorry,
he played. He's taken one hundred and sixty four T

(01:38):
twenty wickets. That's the most in world cricket. He's played
more Test wins than any other Kiwi forty six all up,
he is the most international wickets for a Kiwi. That's
seven hundred and seventy across all formats. Best figures for
New Zealand and one Dames Nationals seven for thirty three
the England Wellington back in twenty fifteen. Best figures for

(01:59):
New Zealand and T twenties are five for eighteen versus Pakistan.
Auckland in twenty ten is the only news Zylander to
take two T twenty I hat tricks and one of
only four players in the world to play one hundred
plus internationals in all three formats. He's captained the side,
he's been a key part of the most famous victories

(02:21):
New Zealand history, and he's the best nickname of any
international cricketer. I'm sorry, Steady the Ship, but the Sexy
Camel is firmly locked into the pantheon New Zealand cricket greats,
and his partnership with Lovely Trendy across the decades we
remembered as the best new ball duo the country has
ever seen. It's been a ride, tim looking forward to

(02:44):
watching you end it with a flourish.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
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