Southee, who with fellow stalwart Kane Williamson was playing his 100th Test, said he thought the contest had been a great advert for the longest form of the game.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians in New Delhi, on Saturday.
Heavy rain washed out the entire third day's play of the second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday.
Countries that attracted the fewest include Japan, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Heavy overnight rain ended New Zealand's hopes of winning the third Test against South Africa and levelling the series at 1-1 on Wednesday when the final day in Hamilton was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Steve Smith continued his outstanding Ashes form, striking an unbeaten 60 as Australia recovered from another failure by their openers to reach 170-3 at the close of the rain-affected first day of the fourth Test against England.
Rain disrupted almost all of the second day of the first Test between New Zealand and England on Friday, with the hosts managing to extend their lead to 171 runs before they were forced from the field for good ahead of the final session.
Having qualified for the ODI World Cup after 12 years, the Netherlands are not going to settle for anything less than a semifinal finish.
The third and final Test between New Zealand and Pakistan ended in a draw after rain washed out the final session of play at McLean Park on Tuesday, leaving the series drawn 1-1. Set 208 for victory, New Zealand were 90 without loss and scoring freely when the players were forced off the field.
NZ bowlers dismissed the tourists for 164 and reducing them to 113 for two, still 303 runs in arrear
South Africa were 123 for four in the third Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Saturday before rain forced the abandonment of the first day's play after 41 overs.
New Zealand conjured up a remarkable victory for the second time in two weeks by chasing down a target of 285 runs on the final ball of the rain-shortened final day to beat Sri Lanka by two wickets.
Chennai Super Kings will be wary of Mumbai Indians, which has a superior record in Chennai and has gathered some momentum by winning their last two matches.
Australia have amassed a string of explosive batters in their lineup but Finch said the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis and Tim David could play the anchor's role as well.
New Zealand started their World Twenty20 campaign on a positive note, beating England by nine runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in a Group 1 league match that was called off following heavy rain and thunder storm, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, on Saturday.
The opening match of New Zealand's five-week tour of Sri Lanka was ruined by bad weather on Tuesday when the one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele was abandoned as a no-result.
pace bowlers Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Neil Wagner emerged from the dressing room to check out the rainy day at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Friday.
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis lit up the M Chinnaswamy stadium as guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a cracking win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2023 opener.
Pakistan would be desperate to plug the gaping holes and hope their star players regain form when they open their World Cup campaign against a free spirited Netherlands in Hyderabad on Friday.
Chapman (57-ball 104 not out) combined with Jimmy Neesham (45) to overhaul the 194-run target and stun Pakistan
Rain frustrated Australia's bid to win the third Test against England at Old Trafford on Sunday and keep alive their slender hopes of regaining the Ashes. At the premature close of the fourth day, Australia led England by 331 with three second innings wickets remaining.
England, chasing 455 to pull off the highest successful run chase in Test history, reached 44 for no wicket at the close on a rain-hit fourth day of the second and final match of the series against New Zealand on Monday.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 Qualifier 2 match between Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Skipper Virat Kohli played a handy cameo after yet another impressive show by the bowling unit as India comfortably beat Australia by nine wickets in a rain-curtailed opening T20 International, in Ranchi, on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore were forced to share points with Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match after heavy downpour led to match being called off.
Any chance of breaking the ODI batting record they set on Friday were banished as the Dutch won the toss and batted first.
New Zealand were bundled out for 126
"Really happy with the way things went till now, would have loved to have a full game here and as Siraj said the weather is not in our hands," he said.
Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli slammed half-centuries as India edged Australia by six wickets in the third and final T20 International in Hyderabad on Sunday, to claim the series 2-1.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the third and final Test between England and New Zealand in Headingley on Monday.
An unbeaten Joe Root century and a bowling masterclass by James Anderson put England in complete control of the second Test on Saturday.
IMAGES from the 2nd T20I played between India and Australia in Nagpur on Friday.
Sri Lanka bid to sweep New Zealand and reach WTC final
Root helped kick off England's sparkling run under Stokes by scoring a mountain of runs against New Zealand and India in the home summer.
New Zealand completed an innings and 58-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second test in blustery Wellington on Monday to sweep the series 2-0.
At stumps on Day Four, New Zealand's second innings score read 62/2 and the visitors have extended their lead to 165 runs. For the Kiwis, Tom Latham (30*) and Neil Wagner (2*) are unbeaten at the crease.
Trent Boult took two wickets in one over and broke a partnership that had threatened to take the game out of New Zealand's reach as Sri Lanka reached 264 for seven by the end of a rain-shortened first day of the second Test on Friday.
Jimmy Neesham's scintillating performance with bat and a gutsy cameo by Mitchell Santner overshadowed Kieron Pollard's heroics
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