New Zealand provided Tim Southee with a winning farewell in his final Test match as he ended up with 391 wickets and 98 sixes with the bat. England rode on Jacob Bethell and Joe Root's fifties to show some fight in the fourth innings but 658 was always going to be an out-of-reach target.

Tim Southee is playing his farewell Test match at his home ground, Seddon Park in Hamilton. Southee received a guard of honour from the England team led by Ben Stokes as he went out to bat and he sure made it memorable as he went down smashing, scoring 23 off just 10 deliveries.

Tim Southee has claimed 19 wickets in 12 matches in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. He is the sixth leading wicket-taker for the Kiwis in the ongoing WTC cycle. Southee has claimed the most wickets for the Blackcaps in WTC history.

The ongoing ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle has been very productive for the right-handed Harry Brook. Brook has aggregated over 1100 runs in 15 games in the ongoing edition for England.

New Zealand vs England 1st Test pitch report: New Zealand welcome back their star batter Kane Williamson for the first Test match against England in Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The Three Lions are set to hand a debut to the rising batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell.

New Zealand are still in the race to qualify for the final of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. The three-match home Test series against England will be their last in the ongoing cycle. A 3-0 win over the Three Lions will keep them in contention.

Tim Southee is the second-leading wicket-taker for New Zealand in Test cricket history. The right-arm medium pacer has bagged 385 scalps in his Test career and is only behind the legendary Sir Richard Hadlee on the all-time chart.

Tim Southee and Rachin Ravindra pegged India back after the hosts took four wickets in the morning session on Day 3 of the Bengaluru Test. Southee is also nearing his fifty but he has already achieved a massive batting feat in Test cricket.

Tim Southee's place for the first test match against India in Bengaluru is under question as New Zealand have to make a selection call in their pace department. Head coach Gary Stead has given his reaction to a potential call to drop Southee for the series opener.

Tim Southee led New Zealand in 14 Tests during his tenure as captain. The Kiwis won six and lost as many games in Southee's leadership. The pacer had a win-and-loss percentage of 42.85% as captain of the Test side.

Tim Southee may have scored just 10 runs in New Zealand's second innings, but achieved a massive batting feat in Test cricket. Sri Lanka wrapped up the second Test match with close to five sessions remaining registering a victory by an innings and 154 runs and consequently a 2-0 series win.

The ongoing conflict between international cricket and franchise competitions around the world has created difficulties for cricketers and they are struggling to strike the right balance between the two.

Tim Southee is aware that he may be required to miss a few Test matches as New Zealand brace themselves for the Indian subcontinent challenge. The Blackcaps will play a one-off Test against Afghanistan in September before travelling to Sri Lanka and then to India.

After failing to reach the Super 8 stages at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, New Zealand are set to return to action in a one-off Test match against Afghanistan in Noida followed by Test series against Sri Lanka and India.

New Zealand have announced their Test squad for a one-off game against Afghanistan followed by a two-match series against Sri Lanka in the sub-continent, which will be followed by the India series. Tim Southee will lead the New Zealand side with Michael Bracewell set to return to the fold.

Tim Southee was declared the Player of the Match (POTM) for his brilliant bowling display. He bagged figures of 3/4 in his four overs and was the pick of all the Kiwi bowlers in the match.

New Zealand's poor show against Australia at home continued as they went down in the two-match Test series 2-0. They had a great chance to win the second Test and had Australia down at 34/4 and 80/5 but the visitors chased down 278 runs to seal the series.

New Zealand have now slipped to the third position on the World Test Championship (2023-25) points table. They have a points percentage of 50.00 and have won three and lost the same number of games in the ongoing cycle.

New Zealand lost the first Test by a huge margin of 172 runs and are also troubled with an injury to William O'Rourke, their recent Test debutant. Earlier, they had tinkered the idea of calling back Neil Wagner within one Test of his retirement but the coach Gary Stead had denied any such chance.

New Zealand skipper Tim Southee hasn't ruled out a possible comeback of Neil Wagner after the 37-year-old announced his retirement from international earlier this week. New Zealand lost the first of the two-match Test series against Australia in Wellington by 172 runs.