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[19] 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".[20]
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.
[21]
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.[22] The position
went to O'Brien.
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