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{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Tim Southee
|    honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}
|               image = Tim Southee 3.jpg
|             caption = Southee in 2009
|            fullname = Timothy Grant Southee
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|11|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Whangārei]], New Zealand
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]]
|                role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
|              height = 193cm
|              family =
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 2008–2024
|             country = New Zealand
|             testcap = 237
|    testdebutagainst = England
|       testdebutdate = 22 March
|       testdebutyear = 2008
|        lasttestdate = 14 December 

|        lasttestyear = 2024
|     lasttestagainst = England

|              odicap = 149
|     odidebutagainst = England
|        odidebutdate = 15 June
|        odidebutyear = 2008
|         lastodidate = 15 November
|         lastodiyear = 2023
|      lastodiagainst = India
|            odishirt = 38

| T20Idebutagainst = England
| T20Idebutdate = 5 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2008
| T20Icap = 30
|        lastT20Idate = 17 June
|        lastT20Iyear = 2024
|     lastT20Iagainst = Papua New Guinea 
| T20Ishirt = 38

|               club1 = [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|2006/07–present}}
|               club2 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
|               year2 = 2011
|               club3 = [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]
|               year3 = 2011
|               club4 = [[Rajasthan Royals]]
|               year4 = 2014–2015
|               club5 = [[Mumbai Indians]]
|               year5 = 2016–2017
|               club6 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|               year6 = 2017
|               club7 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
|               year7 = 2018–2019
|               club8 = [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
|               year8 = 2021–2023
|               club9 = [[London Spirit]]
|               year9 = 2023
|              club10 = [[Birmingham Phoenix]]
|              year10 = 2024
|             columns = 4
| column1            = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1           = 107
| runs1              = 2,245
| bat avg1           = 15.48
| 100s/50s1          = 0/6
| top score1         = 77*
| deliveries1        = 23,490
| wickets1           = 391

| bowl avg1          = 30.26
| fivefor1           = 15
| tenfor1            = 1
| best bowling1      = 7/64
| catches/stumpings1 = 86/–

| column2            = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2           = 161
| runs2              = 740
| bat avg2           = 12.13
| 100s/50s2          = 0/1
| top score2         = 55
| deliveries2        = 8,075
| wickets2           = 221
| bowl avg2          = 33.70
| fivefor2           = 3
| tenfor2            = 0
| best bowling2      = 7/33
| catches/stumpings2 = 44/–

| column3            = [[Twenty 20 International|T20I]]
| matches3           = 126
| runs3              = 303
| bat avg3           = 11.22
| 100s/50s3          = 0/0
| top score3         = 39
| deliveries3        = 2,753
| wickets3           = 164
| bowl avg3          = 22.38
| fivefor3           = 2
| tenfor3            = 0
| best bowling3      = 5/18
| catches/stumpings3 = 65/–

| column4            = [[First class cricket|FC]]
| matches4           = 150
| runs4              = 3,079
| bat avg4           = 16.03
| 100s/50s4          = 1/9
| top score4         = 156
| deliveries4        = 31,110
| wickets4           = 558
| bowl avg4          = 27.83
| fivefor4           = 26
| tenfor4            = 1
| best bowling4      = 8/27
| catches/stumpings4 = 100/–
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/232364.html ESPNcricinfo
|                date = 19 November 2024  
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{{Medal|RU|[[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019 England and Wales]]|}}
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{{Medal|W|[[2019–2021 World Test Championship|2019-2021]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC T20 World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2021 UAE and Oman]]|}}
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'''Timothy Grant Southee''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}}(born 11 December 1988), is a former New Zealand international [[cricketer]] who has captained [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand cricket team]] in all formats of the game. He is a right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 [[Test cricket|Test]] wickets, he was one of the country's youngest cricketers, debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008. On his Test debut against [[England national cricket team|England]] he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/232364.html|title=Tim Southee|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> He plays for [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] in the [[New Zealand first-class cricket championship|Plunket Shield]], [[Ford Trophy]] and [[Super Smash (men's cricket)|Super Smash]] as well as [[Northland cricket team|Northland]] in the [[Hawke Cup]]. He was named as [[List of New Zealand national cricket captains#Twenty20 International captains|New Zealand's captain]] for the first T20I [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18#T20I series|against West Indies]] in place of [[Kane Williamson]], who was rested for that game.<ref name="NZT20Icaptain">{{cite news |title=Kitchen called up for WI T20s, Guptill returns |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21852167/anaru-kitchen-called-wi-t20s-martin-guptill-returns |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref> The Blackcaps won that match by 47 runs.<ref>{{cite news |title=1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115798.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=29 December 2017 |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> Southee was a member of the New Zealand team that won the [[2019–2021 World Test Championship|2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship]]. Southee's Test batting strike rate of 82.68 is the third highest among batsmen with a minimum of 2000 careeer runs. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://crex.live/player-profile/7Z/tim-southee | title=Tim Southee Profile, Batting and Bowling stats, Recent form - CREX &#124; crex.live }}</ref> He was also a part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two [[List of Cricket World Cup finals|Cricket World Cup finals]] in [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015]] and [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]].

Southee is known for his ability to generate late outswing at a brisk pace, and later with off cutting slower balls almost like a faster off-spinner on a damp wicket and death bowling. He was the third-highest wicket-taker at the [[2011 ICC World Cup]] (18 wickets at 17.33). He also impressed at the [[2015 ICC World Cup]], taking 7 wickets in a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin league]] match against England. This performance was named [[Wisden Cricket Monthly|''Wisden'']]'s ODI spell of the decade.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Jo |first1=Harman |date=2019-12-12 |title=Men's ODI Spell Of The Decade, No.1: Tim Southee Picks Super Seven |url=https://www.wisden.com/cricket-features/wisdens-odi-bowling-performance-decade-tim-southee-magnificent-seven |access-date=9 April 2025 |website=Wisden |language=en-GB}}</ref> Southee announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2024, finishing with 98 sixes (equal fourth highest) and 391 wickets (third highest for New Zealand) in the format.

==Early and personal life==
Southee was born in [[Whangārei]], New Zealand, and grew up in Northland. He was educated at [[Whangarei Boys' High School|Whangārei Boys' High School]] and [[King's College, Auckland]]. While at school, he excelled at both cricket and rugby, playing representative rugby for the Auckland Secondary School and Northern Region teams.<ref name=balckcaps-profile>{{cite web|title=Timothy Grant Southee (official Black Caps profile)|url=http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/profiles/international/1/timsouthee/184/profile.aspx|website=blackcaps.co.nz|publisher=New Zealand Cricket}}</ref>

Southee is married to Brya Fahy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsJHzBlUHQ/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BXsJHzBlUHQ |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=tim_southee on Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The couple have two daughters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BcVpw0fli8j/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BcVpw0fli8j |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Birth announcement of first daughter|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B5cJAQtFrn0/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B5cJAQtFrn0 |archive-date=26 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Birth announcement of second daughter|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==International youth representative==
Southee played under-19 cricket for New Zealand from 2006 to 2009. His under-19 career included 13 one-day matches – 10 at [[ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup|ICC Under-19 World Cups]] – and a drawn three-match Youth Test series against India in early 2007. His last youth appearance was at the [[2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup]], where he was player of the tournament.

Southee was 17 years old when he debuted in the [[2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup|2006 ICC Under-19 World Cup]] on 5 February, against [[Bangladesh]] in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]. He also played against [[Pakistan]], [[Ireland]], the [[United States]] and [[Nepal]] in that tournament. He ended with 5 wickets at an average of 38.8, and 113 runs at 22.6.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=21;filter=advanced;series=2616;template=results;type=allround;view=innings Statistics – Tim Southee at the 2006 ICC Under-19 World Cup (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> New Zealand lost the Plate Final to Nepal.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/237744.html Scorecard – Under-19 Plate Final, Nepal def. NZ, 18 February 2006]</ref>

In 2007, Southee played his only three Youth Tests when New Zealand hosted India. In the second match of the series, which New Zealand won, he took 6–36 and 6–56.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/277225.html Scorecard: NZ U-19 v India U19, Dunedin (New Zealand), 27–30 January 2007]</ref> He finished the drawn series with 20 wickets at an average of 18.2.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=20;template=results;type=allround;view=innings Statistics – Tim Southee Youth Test career (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

By the time Southee appeared at [[2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup|his second ICC Under-19 World Cup]], in Malaysia in 2008, he had already played two full Twenty20 internationals for New Zealand. His bowling saw him named the player of the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_new-zealander-southee-player-of-tournament-virat-third_1154099|title=New Zealander Southee player of tournament, Virat third|publisher=Daily News and Analysis, India|date=3 March 2008}}</ref> He took 5/11 in New Zealand's first match, against Zimbabwe, and went on to take 17 wickets in five matches, averaging only 6.64 and conceding only 2.52 runs an over.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=21;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=3138;template=results;type=allround;view=innings ESPNcricinfo StatsGuru – Tim Southee at the 2007/8 ICC Under-19 World Cup]</ref> Only South Africa's [[Wayne Parnell]] took more wickets (18), although he played one more match.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/u19wc2008/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=3138;type=tournament ESPNcricinfo Statsguru Records – Most wickets at ICC Under-19 World Cup 2007/8]</ref> Southee's last under-19 appearance was New Zealand's semi-final loss to eventual champions India, a rain-affected match in which he took 4/29.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of NZ U19 vs India U19 Semi-Final 2007/08 - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-under-19-world-cup-2007-08-288278/india-under-19s-vs-new-zealand-under-19s-semi-final-317005/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-05-20|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>

Within a month, Southee played in his debut test match. The youth squads he played in included other future internationals [[Kane Williamson]], [[Martin Guptill]], [[Trent Boult]], [[Corey Anderson (cricketer)|Corey Anderson]], [[Hamish Rutherford]], and [[Hamish Bennett (cricketer)|Hamish Bennett]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGlashan|first1=Andrew|title=March 17, 2015 New Zealand's class of 2008|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/851153.html|access-date=18 March 2015|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
Southee began his international career as one of the youngest ever to feature for New Zealand. He has become a regular member of the international side in all three formats – Twenty20, one-day internationals, and test matches.

===First Twenty20 matches for New Zealand===
New Zealand's selectors and coaches took great interest in Southee while he was still playing youth cricket. In 2007 national bowling coach [[Dayle Hadlee]] took him to India. Hadlee later said that while there [[Dennis Lillee]] had compared Southee's talent to that of [[Glenn McGrath]] when he was young. Hadlee, brother of New Zealand Cricket Selection Manager [[Sir Richard Hadlee]], also said that he'd been "whispering in Black Caps coach John Bracewell's ear about the possibility of taking Southee on the upcoming tour of England."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/248138|title=Hadlee scouts bowling talent|publisher=The Nelson Mail / stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Media)|date=1 February 2008}}</ref>

While in the selectors' eye Southee took 6/68 in the first innings of a first class match against Auckland in early December (the innings ended on his 19th birthday).<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/engine/current/match/305053.html Scorecard – Auckland v Northern Districts first class match, Auckland, 10–12 December 2007] (on ESPNcricinfo)</ref> Within a fortnight he was picked to play for a New Zealand XI side in a [[Twenty20]] match against a [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] side on 23 December 2007. The game, played at Northern Districts' home ground of [[Seddon Park]] in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], was a charity match for [[Cyclone Sidr|cyclone]] relief in Bangladesh, and not a full international. Southee bowled three overs and took 1/31.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvbdesh/engine/match/323613.html Scorecard – Bangladesh v NZXI in Hamilton, New Zealand, 23 December 2007]</ref>

On 30 January 2008, Southee was named in the [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] squad for two [[Twenty20 International]] games against [[England cricket team|England]]. Selection manager [[Sir Richard Hadlee]] said:<ref name="NZ_Herald_10489802">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10489802 |title=Cricket: Southee prepares for tough examination |author=Barclay, Chris |date=31 January 2008 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=22 November 2011}}</ref>

<blockquote>
Why delay producing a player of some talent? Perhaps I could compare him with [[Brendon McCullum]] when he started – he had a lot of potential. It might take a lot of time for Tim to find his feet but why wait two or three years when someone is in a special category? The feedback we're getting is that this guy has got it.
</blockquote>

Southee's international debut took place two years to the day after he had first played under-19 cricket for New Zealand, on 5 February 2008 in Auckland. He took 1/38.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/300435.html Scorecard – New Zealand v England Twenty20 in Auckland, New Zealand, 5 February 2008]</ref> In the second match, Southee was New Zealand's best bowler with figures of 2/22 from four overs.<ref>[http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/nzveng/engine/match/300436.html Scorecard – New Zealand v England Twenty20 in Christchurch, New Zealand, 7 February 2008]</ref>

Most of the New Zealand squad stayed together for the first three one day matches that followed, but Southee rejoined the national Under-19 team for the [[2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup|2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]] in [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1563241|title=Fresh talent added for Black Caps|publisher=TVNZ|date=30 January 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Southee bowls 3 (1 of 1).jpg|thumb|Southee bowling]]

===Test match debut===
England were still touring New Zealand when Southee returned home from the 2008 Under-19 World Cup as player of the tournament. The one-day series was over but the three-match test was about to begin. When injury ruled [[Kyle Mills]] out of the third Test match, in [[McLean Park|Napier]], Southee was added to the squad and made his [[test cricket|Test match]] debut on 22 March 2008. Aged only 19 years and 102 days, he was New Zealand's seventh-youngest test debutant.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/326439|title=Southee "a natural", says Vettori|publisher=stuff.co.nz (Farifax Media)|date=22 March 2008}}</ref>

He had an immediate impact in the first day, dismissing [[Michael Vaughan]] and [[Andrew Strauss]] in his second and third overs, and then later claiming the wicket of [[Kevin Pietersen]]. On the second day he took two more wickets and completed a debut five-wicket haul, finishing with 5–55. During New Zealand's second innings, chasing 553, Southee hit New Zealand's fastest half-century in 29 balls. His innings, which ended on 77* from just 40 balls, included nine sixes and four fours.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/300444.html Scorecard – New Zealand v England, Napier, 22–26 March 2008]</ref>

This was New Zealand's last home match of the summer.

===2008 season (northern summer)===
At the end of the 2007–08 season a survey of New Zealand's first class cricketers named Southee the country's most promising cricketer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/local-sport/399228|title=McCullum and Southee earn peers' regard|publisher=Dominion Post (Fairfax Media)|date=2 May 2008}}</ref> and in April he was awarded one of New Zealand Cricket's 20 player contracts, placing him among the players with "the greatest likely future value to the Black Caps in the next 12 months".<ref>[http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/news/international/1/nzc-announces-200809-contracted-players-list/2679/article.aspx New Zealand Cricket announcement: NZC announces 2008/09 contracted players list]</ref>

His rise was reflected in his selection for his first full international tour, to England, Ireland and Scotland from May to July. He played a single test match at Lord's, taking 0/59 in a drawn game, and seven one-day internationals (five against England and one each against the other two hosts). In the ODIs he took 16 wickets, averaging 16.93.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;spanmax1=31+Jul+2008;spanmin1=1+may+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Statistics – Tim Southee in ODIs, May–July 2008 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

In October New Zealand visited Bangladesh to play three ODIs and two tests. Southee only played the ODIs, taking a combined two wickets for 114. Before the tests captain [[Daniel Vettori]] said that there was one position in the team for either [[Iain O'Brien]] or Southee.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/nz-uses-tests-to-prepare-for-australia/2008/10/17/1223750285296.html|title=NZ uses tests to prepare for Australia|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 October 2008}}</ref> The position went to O'Brien.

===2008–09 New Zealand season===
[[File:Tim Southee 2.jpg|thumb|right|Southee at a training session in 2009]]
Through the 2008–09 summer Southee competed for a place in the New Zealand team with more experienced bowlers like [[Iain O'Brien]] and [[Ian Butler (cricketer)|Ian Butler]]. Game-changing performances like the previous summer's five-wicket bags eluded him, though he played 19 matches for his country.

New Zealand's summer began with a short tour to Australia for two test matches. Southee took a combined 5/225 in those matches, going wicketless in the second. Australia won the series easily.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvnz2008/engine/current/match/351679.html Scorecard – Australia v New Zealand, Brisbane, 20–23 November (on ESPNCricfo)]</ref><ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/351680.html Scorecard – Australia v New Zealand, 29 Nov-1 Dec 2008, Adelaide (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> Later in the summer New Zealand returned to Australia for five ODIs and a Twenty20 match.

The first inbound tourists of the summer were the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], beginning with a test series for which Southee was dropped. He returned to Northern Districts for the first time since the previous season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/755783|title=Dumped Southee back in ND ranks|publisher=stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Media)|date=10 December 2008}}</ref> The national team picked Southee again for two Twenty20s, across which he took 2/83,<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=3;opposition=4;spanmax1=25+Mar+2009;spanmin1=26+Dec+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Filtered statistics – Tim Southee in T20s v West Indies, December 2008 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> and five ODIs (5/180, with two matches being drawn due to rain).<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=2;opposition=4;spanmax1=25+Mar+2009;spanmin1=26+Dec+2008;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Filtered statistics – Tim Southee in ODIs v West Indies, December 2008 – January 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo.com)]</ref>

In February 2009 New Zealand visited Australia for a five-match [[Chappell–Hadlee Trophy]] ODI series and a single Twenty20. Southee played all the one-day matches but only took three wickets, averaging 84.33.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=2;host=2;opposition=2;spanmax2=1+Mar+2009;spanmin2=30+jan+2009;spanval2=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Sstatistics – Tim Southee in ODIs v Australia, February 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> The [[2008–09 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy#Second leg|series]] was drawn 2–2 and Australia retained the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy. The Twenty20 match, which was a 1-run win to Australia, saw Southee take 1/31.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/351696.html Scorecard – Australia v New Zealand Twenty20, Sydney, 15 February 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

New Zealand finished the summer hosting India for two Twenty20s, five ODIs and three tests. With [[Kyle Mills]] injured Southee played both Twenty20 matches, taking 1/42 and 1/36.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/386494.html Scorecard – NZ v India Twenty20, Christchurch, 25 February 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref><ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/366622.html Scorecard – NZ v India Twenty20, Wellington, 27 February 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> New Zealand named a 12-man squad for the first three ODIs with Mills returning alongside Southee and fellow seam bowlers [[Iain O'Brien]] and [[Ian Butler (cricketer)|Ian Butler]]. Initially, Southee and Butler were seen as competing for a starting spot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/393052.html|title=Tendulkar returns to boost India in opener (Match preview)|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=2 March 2009}}</ref> Butler played all three matches but Southee replaced Iain O'Brien in the third.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/engine/match/366627.html?innings=1;view=commentary New Zealand v India ODI, Christchurch, 8 March 2009 (ESPNcricinfo match commentary)]</ref> He was hit for 105 runs without taking a wicket<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/engine/match/366627.html Scorecard – New Zealand v India ODI, Christchurch, 8 March 2009] (on ESPNcricinfo)</ref> and then dropped from the squad.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/394590.html|title=India eye maiden series win in New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=10 March 2009}}</ref>

Southee played only in the third of the tests, ahead of Mills and [[Jeetan Patel]]. India continued to dominate him, and his 30 overs across both innings cost 152 runs for only 3 wickets.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/366629.html Scorecard – New Zealand v India, Wellington, 3–7 April 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> The match was a draw, letting India win the series 1–0.

Southee wasn't picked to play any full international cricket through the southern winter, which included the [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy]] and [[2009 ICC World Twenty20]].

===2009 winter season – lower-level internationals===
Southee retained one of New Zealand Cricket's 20 player contracts for the 12 months from 1 August 2009<ref>[http://www.blackcaps.co.nz/news/new-zealand-cricket-announces-contracted-players-for-2009-10/5615/article.aspx New Zealand Cricket announcement: Contracted players for 2009–10]</ref> but through the winter season was left out of Black Caps teams. Instead he played as a New Zealand emerging player, and for New Zealand A. His results were encouraging but [[Shane Bond]]'s return to international cricket gave him another rival for international selection.

In late July and early August the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] hosted a four-team tournament including "emerging players" teams from New Zealand, India and South Africa. The tournament combined both Twenty20 matches (New Zealand played two) and one-day matches (six). Southee played all eight matches for New Zealand, finishing with 12 wickets – twice as many as any of his teammates – at 28.66.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ept09/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=5116;type=tournament Statistics – highest wicket-takers at Cricket Australia Emerging Players Tournament 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo.c)]</ref> He scored runs quickly with 55 off 56 balls in the one-days matches.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ept09/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=15;id=5116;type=tournament Statistics – highest runs scorers in one-day matches, Cricket Australia Emerging Players Tournament 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> New Zealand won only one game.

Within a week of the tournament finishing in Australia, Southee arrived in [[Chennai]], India to play four two-day games and a 50-over match with the New Zealand A side. Southee took only three wickets in the two-day matches (one in each of New Zealand's bowling innings, with one game ruined by rain). In the one-day match he took 3/37 off six overs.<ref>[http://archive.blackcaps.co.nz/Scorecards/253/253861.html Scorecard – India Cements vs New Zealand A, Chennai, 25 August 2009 (archived on blackcaps.co.nz)]</ref>

===2009–2010 season===
After missing the 2009 winter season Southee became a regular selection for New Zealand in the 2009–10 summer, playing 18 of the season's 22 international matches against Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia.<ref name=09-10 /> He also played ten [[HRV Cup]] matches for Northern Districts in January.<ref name="ListAllT20">[http://archive.blackcaps.co.nz/Players/97/97576/Twenty20_Matches.html List of Twenty20 matches played by Tim Southee (on blackcaps.co.nz)]</ref>

With bowler [[Daryl Tuffey]] unavailable due to a broken hand, Southee regained a place in the New Zealand side that travelled to Abu Dhabi and Dubai to play three ODIs and two Twenty20s [[New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in UAE in 2009–10|against Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10602342|title=Cricket: Injury woes may force reshuffle for ODI series|publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 October 2009|first=David|last=Leggat}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/international-cricket/news/detail/item338159/Black-Caps-call-on-Watling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415124729/http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/international-cricket/news/detail/item338159/Black-Caps-call-on-Watling/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 April 2012|title=Black Caps call on Watling|publisher=ESPN Star|date=15 October 2009}}</ref> Before the series captain and stand-in coach [[Daniel Vettori]] said he hoped that Southee could "cement his place" in the side.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/cricket-news/southee-impresses-inline-recall-3108301|title=Southee impresses, in line for recall|publisher=TVNZ|date=2 November 2009}}</ref> Vettori picked him for all five matches, across which he took seven wickets (four in the ODIs, three in Twenty20s).<ref name="09-10">[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=11;season=2009%2F10;template=results;type=allround;view=match Filtered statistics – Tim Southee in internationals, 2009–10 season (on ESPNcricinfo.com)]</ref>

The teams moved to New Zealand for a [[Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2009–10|three test series]]. Before the series Southee played for an invitational XI in a three-day match against the tourists<ref>[http://archive.blackcaps.co.nz/Scorecards/256/256451.html Scorecard – New Zealand Invitation XI v Pakistanis, Queenstown, 18–20 November (on blackcaps.co.nz)]</ref> but he "didn't think I bowled very well"<ref name=Pakistan09 /> and was omitted for the first two tests. He returned to Northern Districts and immediately took 8/27 in a [[Plunket Shield]] match against Wellington, the third-best figures in Northern Districts history.<ref name="Pakistan09">{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/3095381/Southee-files-NZ-application/|title=Southee files NZ application|publisher=stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Media)|date=25 November 2009}}</ref> (The Wellington match was marred for Southee by a two-day suspension for swearing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/sport/news/southee-suspension-clouds-prospects-for-auckland-c/3907097/|title=Southee suspension clouds prospects for Auckland clash|publisher=Northern Advocate|date=1 December 2009}}</ref>) He was added to the New Zealand team for the third and final test, in Napier, opening the bowling and taking three wickets.<ref name=09-10 />

In February [[Bangladeshi cricket team in New Zealand in 2009–10|Bangladesh visited New Zealand]] for three ODIs, one Twenty20 and a test. Southee went wicketless in the Twenty20 and first ODI, then missed the second ODI. He returned with three wickets in the third.<ref name=09-10 /> In the one-off test he opened the bowling and took four wickets across two innings. New Zealand won by 121 runs, giving them a clean sweep of the tour.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/team/5.html?class=11;spanmax1=16+Feb+2010;spanmin1=1+Feb+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=results New Zealand international cricket results, 3–15 Feb 2009 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

[[Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 2009–10|Australia's tour]] included two Twenty20s, five ODIs and two tests.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/team/5.html?class=11;spanmax1=3+Apr+2010;spanmin1=16+Feb+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=results International match results – Australia in New Zealand, Feb and Mar 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> Southee played all of these matches except the first Twenty20.<ref name=09-10 /> His series began slowly, with only two wickets in his first five games. But in the last ODI he took 4/36 and was man of the match in a 51-run victory (the match was a [[dead rubber]]).<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/423795.html Scorecard – New Zealand vs Australia ODI, Wellington, 13 Mar 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

Australia won the test series easily. In the first match New Zealand only took five wickets, none of them falling to Southee.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/423789.html Scorecard – New Zealand vs Australia test, Wellington, 19–23 March 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> In the second New Zealand started by bowling Australia out for 231. Southee had four first-innings wickets and added two more top-order scalps in the second. His two batting scores – 22 not out and 45 respectively – were his best since his debut test.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/423790.html Scorecard – New Zealand vs Australia test, Hamilton, 27–31 Mar 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref><ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=1;orderby=batted_score;spanmax1=1+Apr+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Tim Southee's batting in test matches before 1 Apr 2010, ordered by runs scored (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

Building up to the [[2011 ICC World Cup|2011 World Cup]], New Zealand's northern tours in 2010 focused on short forms of cricket. The team played five matches at the [[2010 ICC World Twenty20]] in the West Indies, a historic [[New Zealand cricket team against Sri Lanka in USA in 2010|two-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka in the United States]], four ODIs in [[Tri-Series in Sri Lanka in 2009–10|a Tri-Series]] with Sri Lanka and India, a five-ODI [[New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2010–11|series in Bangladesh]], then five ODIs and three tests in India. The [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 2010–11|tour to India]] lasted until December.

Southee was a squad member for every series of the season, playing in 14 of these 24 matches.<ref name="2010stats">[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=11;spanmax1=31+Dec+2010;spanmin1=1+Apr+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Tim Southee's international statistics, 30 April – 10 December 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo.com)]</ref>

Ten months after missing selection for the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20]] Southee played the first three of New Zealand's five games in the [[2010 ICC World Twenty20|2010 edition]], taking a single wicket in each,<ref name=2010stats /> but was dropped on form.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/world-twenty20-2010/content/story/458777.html|title=Pakistan and New Zealand fight to stay alive (Match preview)|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=7 May 2010}}</ref> New Zealand were knocked out at the "Super 8" stage.

New Zealand and Sri Lanka then played [[New Zealand cricket team against Sri Lanka in USA in 2010|two matches]] at [[Central Broward Regional Park]] in [[Lauderhill]], Florida. This was the first time full ICC members played each other in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Monga|first=Sidharth|title=An adventure breaking new ground|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-sri-lanka-2010/content/story/460458.html|work=Match preview|date=21 May 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref> Across the two games Southee only bowled four overs, ending with a combined 0/25.<ref name=2010stats />

The three sub-continental countries that New Zealand toured to in 2010 were to host the ICC World Cup in March and April 2011. The tours were seen as important pre-cup practice<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/sports/new-zealand-sri-lanka-and-india-tri-series-valuable-preparation-for-wc-taylor-news-news-kikqalhbgfj.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020042018/http://www.sify.com/sports/new-zealand-sri-lanka-and-india-tri-series-valuable-preparation-for-wc-taylor-news-news-kikqalhbgfj.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2012|title=New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India tri-series valuable preparation for WC: Taylor|website=Sify Sports|date=10 August 2010}}</ref> but New Zealand lost every series.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/team/5.html?class=11;spanmax1=31+Dec+2010;spanmin1=1+Apr+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=results New Zealand international cricket results, April–Dec 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> Southee took six wickets in seven ODIs (including four in one match), and four wickets in two tests.

In August New Zealand played a triangular one-day tournament hosted by Sri Lanka and including India. They played four matches, all in [[Dambulla]], selecting Southee for the second (a loss to Sri Lanka) and fourth (a "comprehensive thrashing"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sl-tri2010/content/story/474231.html|title=Sehwag, seamers lead India into final|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=25 August 2010}}</ref> against India), in which he took four wickets. New Zealand finished third.

It wasn't until October that New Zealand toured again, this time to Bangladesh for five ODIs in [[Dhaka]]. The tourists were "thoroughly outplayed throughout the series"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-new-zealand-2010/content/story/482130.html|title=Bangalesh complete clean sweep|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=17 October 2010}}</ref> and did not win a match. Southee played in two of the matches without taking a wicket.

The team to India played three tests (for the first time since March) and five ODIs. New Zealand did not win a game, though the first two tests were drawn.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/team/5.html?class=11;spanmax1=15+Dec+2010;spanmin1=3+Nov+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=results Match results – India vs New Zealand, Nov–Dec 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> Southee missed the first test but replaced [[Jeetan Patel]] for the last two. He took four wickets at an average of 56. He played in three of the ODIs but didn't bowl in the last of them (India's chase only lasted 22 overs),<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-new-zealand-2010/engine/match/467887.html Scorecard – India v New Zealand ODI, Chennai, 10 December 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> and took a combined 1/97.<ref name="India2010stats">[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=11;spanmax1=17+Dec+2010;spanmin1=11+Nov+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Statistics – Tim Southee v India, November and December 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

===2010–11 season: Pakistan in New Zealand===
With the [[2011 ICC World Cup]] starting in February, New Zealand only hosted one tour for the summer. Pakistan visited for three Twenty20s, two tests and six ODIs. Southee only missed one ODI, playing all the other matches. He became the third bowler (and second New Zealander) to take a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] in a Twenty20 international, and also took his first ODI five-wicket bag.<ref name="T20HT">[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283738.html Records – Twenty20 international hat-tricks (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

The Twenty20 series began on Boxing Day in Auckland, where Southee was named man of the match. He finished the sixth over of the game with a wicket. In his next over he took a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] – only the third in international Twenty20 cricket<ref name="T20HT" /> – giving him four top-order wickets in five balls. He ended with 5/18 in four overs – at the time his best figures in Twenty20 internationals. New Zealand won the match.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473918.html Scorecard – New Zealand v Pakistan Twenty20, Auckland, 26 Dec 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref><ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=3;orderby=wickets;template=results;type=bowling;view=match Statistics – Southee's match figures (all Twenty20 internationals) ordered by wickets taken (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> Southee also took consecutive wickets in the second match, finishing with 2/26. In the third he took 1/53. His bowling average for the series was 12.1.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=3;spanmax1=19+Feb+2011;spanmin1=15+Dec+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround;view=match Statistics – Southee in Twenty20 internationals, Dec 2010 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref>

The first day of the first test saw Pakistan take seven wickets in 65 overs. Southee, batting at 8, played through to the end of the 90-over day with [[Kane Williamson]] in a partnership that "prevented Pakistan's complete domination",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/495733.html|title=Determined Pakistan stifle hosts|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=7 January 2011}}</ref> earning his second test half-century in the process. He was out the next morning for 56, making him joint top-scorer for the innings. Southee also took two first-innings wickets, but over the second and third days Pakistan easily won the match.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473921.html Scorecard – New Zealand v Pakistan test, Hamilton, 7–9 Jan 2011]</ref> Established as one of New Zealand's opening bowlers, Southee added two wickets in each innings of the second test. This gave his 6 for the series, averaging 40.5. He also scored another 23 runs in a drawn match.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473922.html Scorecard – New Zealand v Pakistan test, Wellington, 15–19 Jan 2011 (on ESPNcricinfo)]</ref> Both his batting and bowling averages for the series were better than his test career averages to date.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=1;spanmax1=19+Feb+2011;spanmin1=15+Dec+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=allround Statistics – Southee in tests, career vs tests in January 2011]</ref>

Southee played five of the six ODIs. One was washed out in the third over, effectively making it a five-match series. Pakistan won 3–2.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/team/5.html?class=2;spanmax1=10+Feb+2011;spanmin1=25+Dec+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=results Series results – NZ v Pakistan ODIs Jan–Feb 2011]</ref> In the first match Southee won another man of the match award for taking his first ODI five-wicket bag, including three in his opening spell. His 5/33 helped bowl Pakistan out for 134, leaving an easy chase for his team.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473923.html Scorecard – New Zealand v Pakistan ODI, Wellington, 22 Jan 2011]</ref>

His figures faded through the series though, and in the last two matches he played (the fourth and sixth of the series) he didn't take any wickets. Across the series he took 7/217, averaging 31.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=2;spanmax1=19+Feb+2011;spanmin1=15+Dec+2010;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling;view=match Bowling statistics – Southee in ODIs v Pakistan, 22 Jan – 5 Feb 2011]</ref>

He was awarded the T20 Player of the Year by NZC for the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/new-zealand-cricket-awards/|title=New Zealand Cricket Awards|last=Richards|first=Harley|date=2018-04-04|website=NZ CRICKET MUSEUM|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

===2011 ICC Cricket World Cup===
Southee was the third-highest wicket-taker at the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 World Cup]], hosted by India, [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]]. He was named by the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] as the 12th man, and only New Zealander, in the "team of the tournament"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10716972|title=Cricket: Southee 12th man in tournament team|publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=4 April 2011}}</ref> having finished with 18 wickets at 17.33 ([[Shahid Afridi]] and [[Zaheer Khan]] jointly topped the wicket-takers).<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=4857;type=tournament 2011 World Cup records – Most wickets (on ESPNcricinfo.com)]</ref> He opened the bowling in seven of New Zealand's eight matches and was [[Glossary of cricket terms|first change]] in the other. New Zealand used 12 bowlers in the tournament, with only Southee and [[Nathan McCullum]] bowling in all of their games.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=innings_bowled;series=4857;team=5;template=results;type=bowling Statistics – New Zealand bowlers at the 2011 ICC World Cup (on ESPNcricinfo.com)]</ref>

Southee's best figures came in New Zealand's win against eventual semi-finalists [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]. He took 3/25, with each dismissed batsman playing in Pakistan's top five.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/433581.html Scorecard – New Zealand def. Pakistan, match 24 (group A), ICC 2011 World Cup, Kandy (Sri Lanka), 8 March 2011]</ref> He took wickets in all of New Zealand's matches, including three each against [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]], [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] twice – in the group stages and in the first semi-final.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=4857;template=results;type=allround;view=match Statistics – Tim Southee at the 2011 ICC World Cup (on ESPNcricinfo.com)]</ref>

The New Zealand team employed former South African fast bowler [[Allan Donald]] as a bowling coach from January 2011. His work was credited as contributing a lot towards Southee's improvement and success at the world cup. Towards the end of the tournament Donald predicted that Southee could be the best swing bowler in world cricket:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/4814609/Southee-could-lead-NZ-attack-Allan-Donald|title=Southee could lead NZ attack – Allan Donald|publisher=stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Media)|date=27 March 2011}}</ref>

<blockquote>
The first thing I said to [Tim Southee] when I met him was, 'I want you to take the responsibility of leading this attack. As young as you are, I want you to take that responsibility because you could become the best swing bowler in world cricket in the next year or so' ... I haven't changed his style of bowling, although I think we can improve that. I think he can add the inswinger to right-handers and that's something I need to bring to his game to add some variety.
</blockquote>

New Zealand ended the tournament as beaten semi-finalists. He was named as 12th man in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/world-cup-2011/sachin-zaheer-yuvi-in-iccs-world-cup-xi-1572998|title=Sachin, Zaheer, Yuvi in ICC's World Cup XI {{!}} Cricket News|last=NDTVSports.com|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

===Twenty20s in India and England in 2011===
Southee had been passed over at the [[List of 2011 Indian Premier League personnel changes|2011 IPL player auction]] in January, but shortly after New Zealand were eliminated from the World Cup his form led to the [[Chennai Super Kings]] signing him for the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]'s [[2011 Indian Premier League|2011 season]], which began on 8 April.
The Super Kings coach [[Stephen Fleming]]'s last test appearance for New Zealand had coincided with Southee's first.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/4832294/Black-Cap-Tim-Southee-to-play-in-IPL|title=Black Cap Tim Southee to play in IPL|publisher=stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Media)|date=2 April 2011}}</ref> In his IPL debut Southee helped the Super Kings to a two-run victory over the [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] by conceding only 6 runs in the last over of the match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/72407/southee-stars-as-chennai-launch-ipl-with-close-win|title=Southee stars as Chennai launch IPL with close win|publisher=[[Radio NZ]] |date=8 April 2011}}</ref> By playing the IPL Southee gave up the chance to join English county [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] for their domestic summer,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/essex/9449907.stm|title=Essex coach Paul Grayson lines up new overseas bowler|publisher=BBC|date=7 April 2011}}</ref> but he did join them for the 2011 [[Friends Life t20]] after the IPL.<ref name="joinEssex">{{cite news|title=New Zealand's Tim Southee joins Essex Twenty20 side|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/13308205|publisher=New Zealand Cricket|access-date=21 May 2011}}</ref> During a victory over [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]], Southee took 6/16 including a hat-trick, establishing the record for best bowling figures for Essex in a t20.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/14023962|title=Tim Southee takes six wickets as Essex beat Glamorgan|publisher=BBC|date=8 July 2011|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref>

On 26 August 2021, Southee was included in the [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] squad for the second phase of the [[2021 Indian Premier League]] (IPL) in the UAE.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportstiger.com/just-in-kkr-sign-tim-southee-as-a-replacement-for-pat-cummins-for-remaining-ipl-2021-fixtures/ |title=KKR sign Tim Southee as a replacement for Pat Cummins for remaining IPL 2021 fixtures |work=SportsTiger |access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

===2011–12 season (southern summer)===
New Zealand's season began with a [[New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2011–12|short tour to Zimbabwe]] which included their first test match since January 2011, ten months before. Southee  was injured out of that tour, with his knee not having recovered.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/536458.html|title=Injured Southee to miss one-off Zimbabwe Test|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 October 2011}}</ref> Instead his season began with Northern Districts' first class matches, proving his fitness with a haul of 7–37 in the first innings against Wellington.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/5972662/Wellington-duo-drop-ball-in-Caps-tour-quest|title=Wellington duo drop ball in Caps tour quest|publisher=stuff.co.nz (Fairfax Digital)|date=16 November 2011}}</ref>

===2012 northern season===
On the [[New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 2012|tour to West Indies]] there were 2 T20Is, 5 ODIs and 2 tests. On a difficult tour NZ won only 1 ODI, losing all the other internationals.

In the 5-match ODI series Southee was top NZ wicket-taker with 10.

Partnering [[Neil Wagner]] and [[Doug Bracewell]], [[Trent Boult]] and Southee were called up for the 2nd test at [[Sabina Park]] and took 4 and 3 wickets respectively.

The schedule for [[New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2012–13|New Zealand's tour to Sri Lanka]] included a Twenty20 match (abandoned due to rain), five ODIs (two abandoned, three rain-affected and won by Sri Lanka), and two test matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-2012/engine/series/582185.html|title=Tour results, NZ in Sri Lanka Oct & Nov 2012}}</ref>

Southee played all three of the ODIs to count, taking only two wickets. In the fourth ODI he picked up three wickets before rain interrupted his over and ultimately led to the match being abandoned.

The test series was drawn one match all – including New Zealand's first win in Sri Lanka in over a decade – and Southee played a major part. He took 12 wickets at an average under 14. ESPNcricinfo rated him the best of the New Zealanders, saying that "on this series' evidence he can be an effective spearhead for New Zealand in the years to come."<ref>{{cite news|title=Southee, Boult biggest positives for New Zealand|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-new-zealand-2012/content/current/story/594448.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=30 November 2012|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref>

===2012–13 season (southern summer)===
By the start of the 2012–13 summer, national captain [[Brendon McCullum]] recognised Southee as "our number 1 bowler", an assessment that held even as New Zealand toured South Africa in December and January without Southee, who stayed behind for the birth of his first child and then injured his thumb in a domestic match.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Woodcock|first1=Fred|title=Southee a 'huge loss' for Black Caps – McCullum|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/8107789/Southee-a-huge-loss-for-Black-Caps-McCullum|access-date=5 August 2014|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=21 December 2012}}</ref>

On 14 February Southee returned to cricket after two months. Playing for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield, he took 1 wickets and scored 3 runs. His form, and Mitchell McCleneghan being ruled out, led to a selection for the squad to play against the touring English team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cricket: New faces in Black Caps squad|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10852621|access-date=7 December 2012|newspaper=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=7 December 2012}}</ref>

Southee returned to the New Zealand test side for the three match series against England. He took only one wicket in the first two matches, but in the third game at [[Eden Park]] Southee returned to form, taking 5 wickets as New Zealand fell one wicket short of a series win over the tourists.

===2013 season (northern summer)===
In May 2013, New Zealand travelled to England to play two further test matches. Southee lead the New Zealand attack, bowling superbly to take a career best 10 wickets in the first test at Lord's (becoming the first New Zealander since [[Dion Nash]] to do so). He also bowled well in the second test at Headingley, and was widely regarded as unfortunate to finish with just 2 wickets.

===2014-15 and Cricket World Cup===
In the first half of 2014, Southee continued to establish himself as one of the best new ball bowlers in the world, leading [[New Zealand]] to a test series victory over a touring Indian side with 11 wickets in a series of consistent performances. He followed this by once again leading the New Zealand bowlers in their tour of the West Indies. Southee again took 11 wickets as New Zealand won their first away series against major opposition in 12 years. By the end of the tour, Southee had risen to number 6 in the ICC world bowling rankings. For his performances in 2014, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/180621|title=Johnson takes top honours at LG ICC Awards 2014|website=www.icc-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

In the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]] group match in Wellington, he took his career best bowling figures of 7/33 against England. The opponents were bowled out for 123 and the Black Caps won by 8 wickets with Southee being named Man of the Match.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hoult|first1=Nick|title=Tim Southee claims 7–33 as England humiliated by New Zealand in Cricket World Cup thrashing in Wellington|date=20 February 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/cricket-world-cup/11424251/Tim-Southee-claims-7-33-as-England-humiliated-by-New-Zealand-in-Cricket-World-Cup-thrashing-in-Wellington.html|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref>

=== 2016 onwards ===
Coming at no.10 against [[India national cricket team|India]] at [[Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium|Dharamshala]], Southee scored his first half century in ODIs. This was the fifth highest by any player in ODIs at no. 10 position. After getting dropped in the 1st test versus South Africa for [[Jeetan Patel]] he came on as a substitute fielder and caught [[Hashim Amla]].<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-new-zealand-2016-17/engine/match/1030219.html | title = Scorecard in Southee's maiden fifty | work = ESPNcricinfo | access-date = 16 October 2016}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284242.html | title = ODI Records – Most runs in an innings (by batting position) | work = ESPNcricinfo | access-date = 16 October 2016}}</ref>

In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by [[New Zealand Cricket]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23512513/todd-astle-bags-first-new-zealand-contract |title=Todd Astle bags his first New Zealand contract |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the [[2018 Global T20 Canada|inaugural edition]] of the [[Global T20 Canada]] tournament.<ref name="Squads2">{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/global-t20-canada-league-full-squads-announced/ |title=Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced |work=CricTracker |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, in the [[New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019|series against Sri Lanka]], Southee became the fourth bowler for New Zealand to [[List of New Zealand Test cricket records#Most career wickets|take 250 wickets in Test cricket]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/sri-lanka-vs-new-zealand-tim-southee-follows-new-ball-partner-trent-boult-to-250-test-wickets-884640 |title=Sri Lanka vs New Zealand: Tim Southee follows new-ball partner Trent Boult to 250 Test wickets |work=Cricket Country |date=26 August 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> In August 2019, Southee equaled the tally of sixes by the legend [[Sachin Tendulkar]] in test cricket with 69 sixes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/tim-southee-equals-tendulkars-tally-of-sixes-in-tests-2272855.html|title=Tim Southee Equals Tendulkar's Tally of Sixes in Tests|date=2019-08-16|website=News18|language=en|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>
On 29 December 2020, in the First Test of the series against Pakistan, Southee became the Third bowler for New Zealand to take 300 wickets in Test cricket.

Southee played his first match in the [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019 Cricket world cup]] against [[England cricket team|England]] on 3 July 2019 at the [[Riverside Ground]]. It was his only match played in the entire [[CWC 2019]]. In that match, he had bowled 9 overs (54 Balls) giving out 70 runs and taking 1 wicket at an economy of 7.78 in bowling. With the [[Cricket bat|bat]], he scored 7*(16) with no boundaries at the strike-rate of 43.75.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Worldcup|first=Cricket|date=3 July 2019|title=PLAYER CWC STATISTICS|url=https://www.cricketworldcup.com/teams/new-zealand/players/307|website=Cricket World Cup.com}}</ref> In August 2021, Southee was named in New Zealand's squad for the [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/126013220/black-caps-announce-twenty20-world-cup-squad-two-debutants-for-leadup-tours-with-stars-absent |title=Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=9 August 2021 |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>

In November 2022, during [[Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23|India tour of New Zealand]], Southee claimed his second hat-trick in T20Is and joined Sri Lankan bowling legend Lasith Malinga in an elite list of T20I bowlers who have taken more than one hat-trick in the shortest format of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 2022 |title=Tim Southee Emulates Lasith Malinga's T20I Feat After Taking Hat-Trick |url=https://www.probatsman.com/ind-vs-nz-tim-southee-emulates-lasith-malingas-t20i-feat-after-taking-hat-trick-watch-video |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=ProBatsman.com}}</ref>

In February 2023, Tim Southee made history by becoming the first player from New Zealand to reach 700 international wickets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2023 |title=Tim Southee Becomes New Zealand's Leading Wicket-Taker |url=https://www.probatsman.com/nz-vs-eng-tim-southee-becomes-new-zealands-leading-wicket-taker |access-date=24 February 2023 |website=ProBatsman.com}}</ref> He achieved this unprecedented milestone during the 2nd Test of [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23|England's tour of New Zealand, 2023]], when he dismissed [[Ben Duckett]].

In May 2024, he was named in New Zealand’s squad for the [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]] tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Squad for ICC Men's World Cup 2024 |url=https://www.scorewaves.com/news-details/new-zealand-squad-icc-mens-world-up-2024-new-zealand-jersey |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=ScoreWaves |language=en}}</ref>

In November 2024, Southee announced his retirement from Test cricket at the end of the upcoming [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2024–25|series against England]]. Southee played all 3 matches in the series, picking up 6 wickets to take him to 391 in Tests. His final tally is the second-highest for New Zealand in the format, behind [[Richard Hadlee|Sir Richard Hadlee]] (431 wickets) and the eleventh-highest by any [[Fast bowling|pace bowler]].

===Captaincy===
Southee was named stand-in T20I captain for the first T20I [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18|against West Indies]]. On 29 December 2017, he made his [[List of New Zealand national cricket captains#Twenty20 International captains|T20I captaincy]] debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/kitchen-expected-debut-black-caps|title=Kitchen expected to debut for Black Caps|work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=29 December 2017 |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> Under his captaincy, New Zealand won the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/100210694/black-caps-seamer-tim-southee-doesnt-need-captaincy-role-longterm |title=Black Caps seamer Tim Southee doesn't need captaincy role long-term|publisher=[[Stuff Limited]]|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/100776943/captain-tim-southees-100-per-cent-record-continues-its-pretty-easy-when-they-play-like-that |title=Captain Tim Southee's 100 per cent record continues: 'it's pretty easy when they play like that'|publisher=[[Stuff Limited]]|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> Southee again captained New Zealand for first T20I [[Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 2017-18|against Pakistan]] as [[Kane Williamson]] was ruled out due to an injury. New Zealand won the match by 7 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/100783625/Kane-Williamson-ruled-out-of-Twenty20-against-Pakistan-Tim-Southee-to-captain-Black-Caps|title=Kane Williamson ruled out of Twenty20 against Pakistan, Tim Southee to captain Black Caps|date=22 January 2018 |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date= 22 January 2018}}</ref>

Southee was named as the captain for the ODI series [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2017-18|against England]] at home due to regular captain Kane Williamson was dropped from the squad due to injury. On 28 February against England, Southee made [[List of New Zealand national cricket captains#Men's One-Day International captains|ODI captaincy debut for New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/10883/report/1115776/new-zealand-vs-england-2nd-odi-eng-tour-aus-nz-2017-18|title=England level series with domineering win|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> In April 2019, he was named the vice-captain of [[2019 Cricket World Cup squads#New Zealand|New Zealand's squad]] for the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26426227/sodhi-blundell-named-new-zealand-world-cup-squad |title=Sodhi and Blundell named in New Zealand World Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=2 April 2019 |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1154328 |title=Uncapped Blundell named in New Zealand World Cup squad, Sodhi preferred to Astle |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref> In August 2019, against Sri Lanka, he was named stand-in T20I captain for New Zealand as regular captain Kane Williamson was rested.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27423334/kane-williamson,-trent-boult-rested-sri-lanka-t20is-tim-southee-lead |title=Kane Williamson, Trent Boult rested for Sri Lanka T20Is; Tim Southee to lead |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, Kane Williamson was ruled out of T20I series [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2019–20|against England]] due to a hip injury,<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12345/11844378/kane-williamson-out-of-new-zealands-t20-series-against-england |title= Kane Williamson out of New Zealand's T20 series against England |work=Sky Sports |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref> with Southee named as captain.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/50177320 |title=Kane Williamson: New Zealand captain out of England T20 series with injury |work=BBC Sport |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>

Southee was named the full time Blackcaps Test captain in December 2022 after the resignation of Kane Williamson from the role.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Williamson steps down as New Zealand Test captain |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/63978275 |access-date=2024-02-18 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> In his first series as captain, he would lead New Zealand to a 0-0 draw against [[New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 2022–23 (December 2022)|Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PAK v NZ {{!}} 2022 New Zealand tour of Pakistan {{!}} Live Score, Schedule, News |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-pakistan-2022-23-1339576 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> In New Zealand's first Test series at home following his appointment, the Blackcaps would split the honours with England in a [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23|two-Test series]]. On 28 February 2023, after defeat in the first Test,  New Zealand won against England by a single run, having earlier been asked to [[follow-on]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Wagner strikes gold to uphold New Zealand and England's unspoken promise |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-zealand-and-england-s-unspoken-promise-sees-wagner-strike-gold-1361034 |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> They became just the second team, after the West Indies, to win a Test match by this margin and the fourth team to win after following-on.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand win a thriller at the Basin |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/on-this-day/cricket-events/february/28 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

Southee stood down as New Zealand Test team captain in October 2024, after a 2-0 defeat against Sri Lanka at Galle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cn8j32641ego|title=Latham replaces Southee as New Zealand Test captain|date=October 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=1 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/tim-southee-stands-down-as-black-caps-test-captain-tom-latham-to-lead-in-india-and-beyond/7FTECCRI5JAOTE23JGIUQZXH2U/|title=Tim Southee stands down as Black Caps test captain, Tom Latham to lead in India and beyond|date=October 2024 |publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=1 October 2024}}</ref>

===Playing style===
Southee is a right arm medium fast out-swing bowler and lower-order batsman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/507399.html |title='You've got to have skills but you also need attitude' |first=Nagraj |last=Gollapudi |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=23 March 2011}}</ref> While not as quick as fellow new-ball bowler [[Trent Boult]] (and the fact that he does not keep bowling at 136–141&nbsp;km/h for long spells in tests), Southee's meticulous accuracy and well disguised variations have allowed him to develop into a genuine spearhead. In 2008 when Southee was first selected in the national team Richard Hadlee remarked of him "He runs in relatively straight, he gets through his action nicely and he moves the ball, particularly away from the batsman".<ref name="NZ_Herald_10489802"/>  He also established himself as the new opening bowling attack partnership with Boult<span>,</span><ref>'''Cricket: Skipper loves the 3–4 punch'''</ref><ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/video_audio/814775.html Southee-Boult the best new ball pair around]</ref> <span>having taken 46% of all wickets between them since 2013, especially since the retirement of [[Chris Martin (cricketer)|Chris Martin]].</span><ref>[[cricket|Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Dec 26–30, 2014]]</ref> In seaming conditions or bowling with an older ball, he tends to bowl more cross-seam deliveries. In damp pitches, he tends to bowl off cutters akin to a fast off spin. In Tests, they have been ably complemented by Neil Wagner's short left-arm seam deliveries.

Despite not being considered a recognised batsman, Southee's aggressive lower order batting was often useful. He scored 7 Test half-centuries (with a highest of 77* from 40 balls on debut against England) and has a top score of 156 in First-Class cricket. His Test strike-rate of 82.68 is the third highest of all time (minimum 2000 career runs) and his 98 sixes (equal fourth highest of all time) came at an unmatched rate of one for every 27 balls faced.

==International cricket five-wicket hauls==
{{anchor|List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Tim Southee}}
Southee has taken 20 [[five-wicket haul]]s in international cricket. He took his first on his Test debut, against England at [[McLean Park]], [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] in 2008, becoming the [[List of New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut|sixth New Zealander to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut]], taking figures of 5/55 in the first innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;debut_or_last=3;filter=advanced;orderby=start;team=5;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|title=List of New Zealand cricketers to take a five-wicket haul on debut|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Test debut">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/300444.html|title=3rd Test, Napier, Mar 22 - Mar 26 2008, England tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> His best innings figures in Tests are 7/64, taken against India at [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bangalore]] in 2012.<ref name="Test best">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/565818.html|title=2nd Test, Bengaluru, Aug 31 - Sep 3 2012, New Zealand tour of India|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

His best ODI figures are the 7/33 he took against England during the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="ODI best">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/656415.html|title=9th Match, Pool A (D/N), Wellington, Feb 20 2015, ICC Cricket World Cup|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="CWC15">{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=6537;type=tournament|title=ICC Cricket World Cup best bowling figures|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref> His best figures in a T20I are 5/18, taken against Pakistan in 2010.<ref name="T20I best">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473918.html|title=1st T20I, Auckland, Dec 26 2010, Pakistan tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Five-wicket hauls in Test matches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|title=List of five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Tim Southee|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
!No.
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Inn
!Overs
!Runs
!Wkts
!Result
|- align=center
|| 1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2008|3|22}} || [[McLean Park]], [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] || {{cr|ENG}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|23.1}} || {{nts|55}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05166|5}}
|| Lost<ref name="Test debut"/>
|- align=center
|| 2 || {{dts|format=dmy|2012|8|31}} || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|24}} || {{nts|64}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05132|7}}
|| Lost<ref name="Test best"/>
|- align=center
|| 3 || {{dts|format=dmy|2012|11|25}} || [[Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium]], [[Colombo]] || {{cr|SL}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|22}} || {{nts|62}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|07106|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/582193.html|title=2nd Test, Colombo, Nov 25-29 2012, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 4 || {{dts|format=dmy|2013|5|16}} || [[Lord's]], London || {{cr|ENG}} || {{nts|3}} || {{nts|19}} || {{nts|50}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05150|6}}
|| Lost<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/566921.html|title=1st Test, London, May 16-19 2013, New Zealand tour of England|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 5 || {{dts|format=dmy|2016|11|25}} || [[Seddon Park]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]] || {{cr|PAK}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|21}} || {{nts|80}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05070|6}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1019995.html|title=2nd Test, Hamilton, Nov 25-29 2016, Pakistan tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 6 || {{dts|format=dmy|2017|1|20}} || [[Hagley Oval]], [[Christchurch]] || {{cr|BAN}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|28.3}} || {{nts|94}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05066|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1019987.html|title=2nd Test, Christchurch, Jan 20-23 2017, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 7 || {{dts|format=dmy|2018|3|30}} || [[Hagley Oval]], [[Christchurch]] || {{cr|ENG}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|26}} || {{nts|62}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|07048|6}}
|| Drawn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115781.html|title=2nd Test, Christchurch, Mar 30-Apr 3 2018, England tour of Australia and New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 8 || {{dts|format=dmy|2018|12|15}} || [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington]] || {{cr|SL}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|27}} || {{nts|68}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|08150|6}}
|| Drawn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153838.html|title=1st Test, Wellington, Dec 15-19 2018, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 9 || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|12|12}} || [[Perth Stadium]], [[Perth]] || {{cr|AUS}} || {{nts|3}} || {{nts|21.1}} || {{nts|69}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05108|5}}
|| Lost<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1183532.html|title=1st Test (D/N), Perth, Dec 12-15 2019, ICC World Test Championship|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 10 || {{dts|format=dmy|2020|2|21}} || [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{nts|3}} || {{nts|21}} || {{nts|61}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|06118|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1187685.html|title=1st Test, Wellington, Feb 21-24 2020, India tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 11 || {{dts|format=dmy|2020|12|11}} || [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington]] || {{cr|WIN}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|17.4}} || {{nts|32}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|07106|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1233958.html|title=2nd Test, Wellington, Dec 11-14 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 12 || {{dts|format=dmy|2021|6|2}} || [[Lord's]], London || {{cr|ENG}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|25.1}} || {{nts|43}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05150|6}}
|| Drawn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-england-2021-1249202/england-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-1249210/full-scorecard|title=1st Test, Lord's, June 02 - 06, 2021, New Zealand tour of England|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 13 || {{dts|format=dmy|2021|11|25}} || [[Green Park Stadium]], [[Kanpur]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|27.4}} || {{nts|69}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05132|5}}
|| Drawn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-india-2021-22-1278658/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-1278674/full-scorecard|title=1st Test, Kanpur, November 25 - 29, 2021, New Zealand tour of India|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 14 || {{dts|format=dmy|2022|2|17}} || [[Hagley Oval]], [[Christchurch]] || {{cr|RSA}} || {{nts|3}} || {{nts|17.4}} || {{nts|35}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05066|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-new-zealand-2021-22-1288965/new-zealand-vs-south-africa-1st-test-1288981/full-scorecard|title=1st Test, Christchurch, February 17 - 19, 2022, South Africa tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 15 || {{dts|format=dmy|2023|3|9}} || [[Hagley Oval]], [[Christchurch]] || {{cr|SL}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|26.4}} || {{nts|64}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05066|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-tour-of-new-zealand-2022-23-1322351/new-zealand-vs-sri-lanka-1st-test-1322357/full-scorecard|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=17 December 2024 |title=NZ vs SL Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Christchurch, March 09 - 13, 2023 }}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Five-wicket hauls in One-Day Internationals<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|title=List of five-wicket hauls in One-Day International cricket by Tim Southee|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
!No.
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Inn
!Overs
!Runs
!Wkts
!Result
|- align=center
|| 1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2011|1|22}}|| [[Wellington Regional Stadium]], [[Wellington]] || {{cr|PAK}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|9.3}} || {{nts|33}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05166|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473923.html|title=1st ODI (D/N), Wellington, Jan 22 2011, Pakistan tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 2 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|2|20}} || [[Wellington Regional Stadium]], [[Wellington]]  || {{cr|ENG}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|9}} || {{nts|33}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05132|7}}
|| Won<ref name="ODI best"/>
|- align=center
|| 3 || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|2|20}} || [[University of Otago Oval|University Oval]], [[Dunedin]] || {{cr|BAN}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|9.2}} || {{nts|65}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|07106|6}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1153846.html|title=3rd ODI, Dunedin, Feb 20 2019, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Five-wicket hauls in T20Is<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/232364.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=start;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|title=List of five-wicket hauls in T20 International cricket by Tim Southee|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
!No.
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Inn
!Overs
!Runs
!Wkts
!Result
|- align=center
|| 1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|26}} || [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]] || {{cr|PAK}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|4}} || {{nts|18}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05166|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473918.html|title=1st ODI (D/N), Wellington, Jan 22 2011, Pakistan tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|- align=center
|| 2 || {{dts|format=dmy|2023|8|17}} || [[Dubai International Cricket Stadium]], [[Dubai]] || {{cr|UAE}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|4}} || {{nts|25}}
! scope="row" | {{sort|05166|5}}
|| Won<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/473918.html|title=1st ODI (D/N), Wellington, Jan 22 2011, Pakistan tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Tim Southee}}
* {{cricinfo|id=232364}}
* {{NZCPA|Tim_G_Southee}}
* [http://archive.blackcaps.co.nz/Players/97/97576/statistics_lists.html Lists of matches and detailed statistics for Tim Southee – blackcaps.co.nz]

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