Test match debut

England were still touring
New Zealand when
Southee returned home
from the 2008 Under-19
World Cup as player of the
tournament. The one-day
series was over but the
three-match test was about
to begin. When injury ruled
Kyle Mills out of the third
Test match, in Napier,
Southee was added to the
squad and made his Test
match debut on 22 March
2008. Aged only 19 years
and 102 days, he was New
Zealand's seventh-youngest
test debutant.[16]
He had an immediate
impact in the first day,
dismissing Michael
Vaughan and Andrew
Strauss in his second and
third overs, and then later
claiming the wicket of
Kevin Pietersen. On the
second day he took two
more wickets and
completed a debut five-
wicket haul, finishing with
5-55. During New Zealand's
second innings, chasing 553,
Southee hit New Zealand's
fastest half-century in 29
balls. His innings, which
ended on 77* from just 40
balls, included nine sixes
and four fours.[17]
Only four other Test
cricketers had hit more
sixes in an innings - Wally
Hammond, Nathan Astle,
Matthew Hayden and
Wasim Akram.[18]
This was New Zealand's last
home match of the
summer.