World Cup 2019: Top 5 players who can help New Zealand win the tournament

#5 Tim Southee

Tim Southee

Tim Southee, along with Trent Boult, makes one of the most lethal bowling pairs of the current era. He made his ODI debut in 2008 and over the next decade or so, he has established himself as one of the most prominent swing-bowlers in the world.

Though Southee has a vast collection of deliveries, it is his late outswingers that have caused the most damage to the batsmen facing him. His ability to bowl off cutting slower balls almost like a faster off-spinner comes as quite handy in death overs.

In a career spanning over more than a decade, he has played 139 one-day internationals in which he has claimed 186 wickets. He is particularly very impressive in world cups. He bagged 18 wickets at an outstanding average of 17.33 in the 2011 World Cup and 15 wickets from 9 matches in the last edition.

Fans still remember how he wreaked havoc against English batsmen in the last World Cup. It was certainly one of the great bowling spells in world cup history. His 7 for 33 bundled out England for 123. More of these performances will be expected from him in this World Cup too.