The 28-year-old Southee was ruled out of his side's massive win by an innings and 67 runs in the opening Test in Wellington to attend the birth of his first child.

Tim Southee will miss the opening Test against the Windies as he is expecting the birth of his child.

New Zealand came close to winning the series last year before going down 2-3 and now they have another shot at beating the hosts in their backyard.

Mumbai:  Praising Brendon McCullum for his aggressive style of leadership, Kiwi pacer Tim Southee feels that the New Zealand captain has set a new benchmark in world cricket for others to follow."He's changed the game

 Melbourne: New Zealand's new ball bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee have proved the old adage "pace bowlers hunt in pairs" to be true with stupendous performances en route their maiden cricket World Cup final

Melbourne, Australia: Fast bowler Tim Southee says that after reaching the Cricket World Cup final for the first time and with its most well-rounded limited-overs team ever assembled, New Zealand is ready for "one more

Auckland: Scoreboard of New Zealand vs Australia Group A, 20th Match of the ICC World Cup 2015 played at Eden Park here Saturday. Result: New Zealand defeated Australia by 1 wicketMan of the Match: Trent BoultToss:

Auckland: Star pacer Tim Southee on Thursday sent a scare through the New Zealand camp two days before their cricket World Cup showdown against Australia by hurting his right shoulder during training.Southee, who destroyed England

New Delhi: Ten day old World Cup 2015 has seen some huge totals piled up thanks to batting friendly wickets however while the batsmen are having gala time some bowlers managed to thrive despite adverse

Tim Southee who took 7-33 in the most destructive spell in New Zealand's limited-overs history as the tournament co-hosts crushed England by eight wickets on Friday. He was given the man of the match for

Wellington, New Zealand: Brendon McCullum made the fastest 50 in a Cricket World Cup match and Tim Southee took 7-33 in the most destructive spell in New Zealand's limited-overs history as the tournament co-hosts crushed England

Wellington, New Zealand: Tim Southee took 7-33 — the best return by a New Zealander in limited-overs internationals — as England was bowled out for 123 in a Cricket World Cup Pool A match on

First-timers may get excited with the bounce on Australian pitches and try to bowl short, but bowling short of a good length and variations in pace have become the main weapon for bowlers in limited-overs

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand seam bowler Tim Southee is in doubt for the second cricket test against Sri Lanka, starting Saturday, because of an ankle injury.   Captain Brendon McCullum told a news conference Friday

Christchurch, New Zealand: Shaminda Eranga and Suranga Lakmal put on 59 for the last wicket to lift Sri Lanka to 407 in its second innings Monday and set New Zealand a chase for 105 to

Christchurch, New Zealand: Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne made his maiden test century to provide dogged resistance as the tourists followed on Sunday on the third day of the first test against New Zealand.At tea

Christchurch, New Zealand: Trent Boult and Tim Southee took a wicket each before lunch on the third day of the first cricket test against Sri Lanka on Sunday to edge New Zealand closer to a

Christchurch, New Zealand: Openers Dimuth Karunarate and Kaushal Silva led Sri Lanka's fightback on the second day of the first cricket test Saturday as it followed on 303 runs behind New Zealand after being dismissed

Christchurch, New Zealand: Trent Boult and Tim Southee combined to take five wickets, including Boult's 100th in tests, as New Zealand dismissed Sri Lanka for 138 and forced it to follow on 303 runs behind

Mohali: Kings XI Punjab put up yet another dominating performance as they outclassed Northern Knights from New Zealand by a whopping 120 runs to enter the semi-finals in their maiden appearance in the Oppo Champions