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2011 ICC Cricket World
Cup
Southee was the third-
highest wicket-taker at the
2011 World Cup, hosted by
India, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh. He was named
by the ICC as the 12th man,
and only New Zealander, in
the "team of the
tournament"[78] having
finished with 18 wickets at
17.33 ( Shahid Afridi and
Zaheer Khan jointly topped
the wicket-takers).[79] He
opened the bowling in
seven of New Zealand's
eight matches and wasfirst
change in the other. New
Zealand used 12 bowlers in
the tournament, with only
Southee and Nathan
McCullum bowling in all of
their games.[80]
Southee's best figures came
in New Zealand's win
against eventual semi-
finalists Pakistan. He took
3/25, with each dismissed
batsman playing in
Pakistan's top five.[81] He
took wickets in all of New
Zealand's matches,
including three each
against Kenya, Zimbabwe
and Sri Lanka twice - in the
group stages and in the
first semi-final.[82]
The New Zealand team
employed former South
African fast bowler Allan
Donald as a bowling coach
from January 2011. His
work was credited as
contributing a lot towards
Southee's improvement
and success at the world
cup. Towards the end of
the tournament Donald
predicted that Southee
could be the best swing
bowler in world cricket:[83]
The first thing I said to
[Tim Southee] when I
met him was, 'I want
you to take the
responsibility of
leading this attack. As
young as you are, I
want you to take that
responsibility because
you could become the
best swing bowler in
world cricket in the
next year or so'. [...]
I haven't changed his
style of bowling,
although I think we
can improve that. I
think he can add the
inswinger to right-
handers and that's
something I need to
bring to his game to
add some variety.
New Zealand ended the
tournament as beaten
semi-finalists.