Tim Southee is the fifth cricketer from New Zealand to achieve this feat in one-day internationals

Tim Southee, a speed bowler from New Zealand, became the fifth bowler from his country to take 200 wickets in one-day international cricket. Southee is the first bowler from New Zealand to reach this milestone. He achieved this landmark during his team’s maiden one-day international match against India in Auckland.

During the course of the game, Southee finished with a bowling performance that included three wickets while allowing 73 runs. The economy rating he had was 7.30 out of 10. He got three important wickets, including the ones of skipper Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Shreyas Iyer (80), and he also bowled out Shardul Thakur (1).

Tim Southee has played in 149 One-Day Internationals and has taken 202 wickets while averaging 33.83 and having an economy rate of 33.83. His best bowling figures are a seven and a thirty-three.

New Zealand bowlers Chris Harris (203), Kyle Mills (240), and former all-rounder Daniel Vettori are ahead of him in the list of players who have taken the most wickets (297). Additionally, Chris Cairns has taken 200 wickets in One-Day Internationals.

When it came time for India to bat, Dhawan, Shubman Gill (50), and Iyer each scored a fifty, and all-rounder Washington Sundar contributed a quickfire cameo of 37 runs off of 16 balls, which helped India reach 306/7 in their allotted 50 overs.

Both the fast bowler Lockie Ferguson (3/59) and Southee took three wickets for their respective teams. Adam Milne was also successful in obtaining a scalp.

In their pursuit of 307, India had the New Zealanders at 88/3 after 19.5 overs. But New Zealand was able to pull off the victory thanks to a fourth-wicket partnership of 221 runs between Tom Latham (145 not out off 104 balls) and Kane Williamson (94 not out off 98 balls), who was the captain.

For India, the bowling performance of debutant Umran Malik (2/66) stood out as one of the best. Another wicket was taken by Shardul Thakur.

The “Player of the Match” award went to Latham in recognition of his outstanding knock.