Born on December 11, 1988, Timothy “Tim” Grant Southee is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman. He was one of New Zealand’s youngest cricketers, debuting at 19 years old in February 2008. On his Test debut against England next month, he picked a 5 for and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings.He plays for Northern Districts in the State Championship and Northland in the Hawke Cup.
Southee is known for his ability to generate late outswing at a brisk pace. He was the third-highest wicket-taker at the 2011 ICC World Cup (18 wickets at 17.33).
Southee was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, and grew up in Northland. He was educated at Whangarei 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.
He made his first-class cricket debut for Northern Districts on 19 February 2007 at the age of eighteen, having already played an Under-19 ICC World Cup for New Zealand. He lives on a sheep farm in Whangarei with his family.
Southee began his international career as one of the youngest ever to play for New Zealand. He has become a regular member of the international side in all three formats – Twenty20, one-day internationals, and test matches.
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.”
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. Who was the top scorer for India in the World Cup 2015 match against South Africa?
2. For which team Robin Uthappa played in IPL-7?
3. Who is the childhood coach of gymnast Palak Kour?
4. Who is the chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association?
5. Who is Shubham Khajuria?
Answers of the last week:
1 Virat Kohli 2. Delhi Daredevils 3. Ravi Sharma 4. Dr Farooq Abdulla 5. Former handball skipper of India.
The best entry of this week was received from Sanjay Dhar, R/o, Lane-1, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Ankit Sharma, Janipur Colony, Jammu; Ramesh Singh,Vijaypur, Samba; Rajesh Verma, Laxmi Vihar, Chinore, Jammu; Arvind Sharma, Nanak Nagar, Jammu and Irfan Ahmed, Ustad Mohalla, Jammu.
Dear Contestants, please send your reply within five days to:-
Sports sphere, Daily Excelsior
C/o Excelsior House, Janipur, Jammu. Pin 180007
Or through e-mail: sportsquiz@dailyexcelsior.com
The Contestants are requested to send their mobile numbers,
as the winner will be intimated through SMS.
Follow our WhatsApp channel