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Black Caps' Southee faces quickfire questions before 100th T20

October 14, 2022

He's used to serving up the heat in the game's shortest format but can Black Cap Tim Southee handle the pressure when it's flipped on to him? (Source: 1News)

Tim Southee has dedicated his life to cricket and today he'll celebrate a special milestone to reflect it.

The pace bowler will become just the third Black Cap in history to play 100 international T20s.

Before then though, he sat down with 1News Sport to face some speed instead of dishing it out, taking on quickfire questions from reporter Jordan Oppert.

Watch the video above to see how he got on - and who he thinks is the easiest batter in the world to rile up.

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