Southee and Jamieson shared eight wickets between them while spinner Ajaz Patel took the remaining two before openers Will Young and Tom Lathan shared a 129-run stand to remain unbeaten at stumps. Southee also overcame stiffness in his right groin the night before to bowl a match-changing spell. It's just about asking tough questions for long periods of time." So just that shift that training because you end up bowling with the old ball more and when it swings I think that's my main skill. But maybe it's just a shift I made without really really knowing but obviously training and working a lot harder with an older ball. Each time you go and represent your country and looking at different ways to learn and get better throughout as well." Bettering his old ball skills has also contributed to his growth."The main skill is swinging the new ball, but a lot more training with the older ball and looking at different ways to take wickets (over the past three-four years,) and same here in the subcontinent conditions," he saidĪsked about the significant improvement in his average with the old ball, he said: "I'm not too sure exactly. Talking more about his success over the past three years, he said: "Like I said, just the hunger to get better.
Though he is a multi-format player, his love for the whites can be gauged from the fact that he keeps a red ball in his bag no matter which format he is playing. Southee also boasts of the best bowling average by an away pacer since 2018, eclipsing the likes of Pat Cummins, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. Learnt a lot from those trips early on in my career," said Southee, who played his first Test in India back in 2010. "I have been fortunate to come to this part of the world as a youngster. The 32-year-old said the experience of playing in India helped him bowl the way he did. Southee, who has played a lot in India across formats and is on his third Test tour, also bowled a fuller length to draw the batters forward, something the Indians could not do. His new-ball partner Kyle Jamieson, too, was not far behind. While the Indian seamers struggled to get a breakthrough, Southee used the crease brilliantly and extracted swing both with new and old ball on a slow and low pitch to trouble the opposition batters.
Southee took his 13th five-wicket haul in his 80th Test, including second in India, to put his team in a strong position against the hosts on the second day of the opening Test here. New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has attributed his stellar success away from home in the last three years to adapting quickly to foreign conditions and honing his craft with the old ball.
Southee also overcame stiffness in his right groin the night before to bowl a match-changing spell.The 32-year-old said the experience of playing in India helped him bowl the way he did.Southee took his 13th five-wicket haul in his 80th Test.
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