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The 23-year-old had an impressive start to his Test career, where he took a five-wicket haul along with striking nine sixes to score an unbeaten 77 off 40. However, things haven’t gone according to plan in the current season where his poor showing in the
first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 during the home series earlier in the year, saw him relinquishing his spot in the longer version.
His figures of 0/40 and 0/100, coupled with a score of 0, has seen him drop down the pecking order, with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Gillespie-c1904 now been given an extended run in the team. The pacer knows that he has a difficult task ahead but is confident of making
a return to the side by working on his batting technique as well.
"It's not a nice feeling being left out. It's been a kick up the backside for me," Southee told Fairfax News. "For me, if we can get our bowlers scoring runs, then that's got to be a good thing for New Zealand cricket and I want to be a part of that; to
contribute with the bat as well as with the ball and not make so many silly decisions when I bat."
In a 17- Test match career so far, the player has scored 485 runs at a reasonable average of 20.20. While his stats are not inspiring, focusing on his all-round game could prove vital for the national team, which currently does not have a genuine all-rounder
in their ranks. Southee feels that with the tail contributing, it overall helps the team to frustrate their opponents – an example of which could be the English lower-order, comprising of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465, both of whom have been handy contributors
with the bat.
"Hopefully we're making progress," he said. "It makes it tough as a bowler, when you know the opposition's tail isn't just going to fold."
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