蒂姆·索西 (Tim Southee) 將於本週末在塞登公園 (Seddon Park) 參加他為黑帽隊效力的最後一場測試賽

索西將作為黑帽測試球員最後一次踏上塞登公園球場，結束他長達 16 年的職業生涯。

Black Caps captain Tom Latham has confirmed that Will Young will open the batting in place of Devon Conway for the third Test against England at Seddon Park.

黑帽隊隊長湯姆·萊瑟姆確認威爾·楊將代替德文·康威在塞登公園對陣英格蘭隊的第三次測試中首發擊球。

Conway has stepped away from the team to await the birth of his first child.

康威已經離開球隊，等待他的第一個孩子的出生。

Latham said they wouldn’t be revealing their starting 11 for the Test until the coin toss tomorrow morning.

萊瑟姆表示，在明天早上擲硬幣之前，他們不會透露測試的首發 11 人。

"We'll have a look at the wicket in the morning and make a decision from there,” Latham said.

「我們將在早上查看檢票口並從那裡做出決定，」萊瑟姆說。

"We know we haven’t played to our potential over the last couple of games but hopefully we can put a good showing on for the fans and we really appreciate their support."

“我們知道在過去的幾場比賽中我們沒有發揮出我們的潛力，但希望我們能為球迷們帶來一場精彩的比賽，我們非常感謝他們的支持。”

Despite the squad not yet being announced, it would be surprising if Tim Southee was left out of the team for his final Test match.

儘管陣容尚未公佈，但如果蒂姆·索西（Tim Southee）在最後一場測試賽中被排除在隊伍之外，那將是令人驚訝的。

Southee is set to step onto his home ground of Seddon Park for the last time as a Black Cap Test player to bring an end his 16-year long career.

索西將作為黑帽測試球員最後一次踏上塞登公園球場，結束他長達 16 年的職業生涯。

"It’s a great occasion for Tim, it’s his last Test match and we’ll celebrate that throughout and post the Test match," Latham said.

「這對蒂姆來說是一個偉大的時刻，這是他的最後一場測試賽，我們將在整個測試賽後慶祝這一點，」萊瑟姆說。

"He (Southee) is going to be remembered as one of the greats of our game, the numbers back things up around that, but also internally the leader he is and the legacy he will leave from a bowling point of view."

「他（索西）將作為我們運動中最偉大的球員之一而被人們銘記，數字證明了這一點，而且他也是內部的領導者，從保齡球的角度來看他將留下遺產。”

Tim Southee is set to play his last Test match for the Black Caps at Seddon Park this weekend. (1News)

蒂姆·索西（Tim Southee）將於本週末在塞登公園（Seddon Park）參加他為黑帽隊舉行的最後一場測試賽。 (1則新聞)

Southee passed on his role as Black Caps skipper to Tom Latham earlier this year following a disappointing Test series in Sri Lanka.

今年早些時候，在斯里蘭卡的一系列測試令人失望後，索西將黑帽隊隊長一職交給了湯姆·萊瑟姆(Tom Latham)。

"I've had the privilege of playing pretty much all my Test matches with Tim. To see how he goes about things day in and day out, the longevity he's had as a seam bowler in New Zealand, to play the amount of Test matches that he has and to be pretty close to 400 Test wickets is no mean feat."

「我有幸和蒂姆一起參加了幾乎所有的測試賽。看看他日復一日地做事，他在新西蘭作為一名接縫投球手的壽命有多長，參加了多少測試賽他擁有並接近400 個測試三柱門，這絕非易事。

Southee ends his Test career as New Zealand’s all-time leading international wicket-taker (currently 774) across all formats of the game which includes 389 wickets in Test cricket.

Southee 結束了他的測試生涯，成為紐西蘭歷史上在所有比賽形式中領先的國際三柱門接收者（目前為 774 個），其中包括在測試板球比賽中的 389 個三柱門。

"We'll certainly miss him, the dressing room will miss him but he's going to leave behind a long legacy I'm sure that will live on for a long time."

“我們肯定會想念他，更衣室也會想念他，但他將留下一份長期的遺產，我相信這將持續很長時間。”

He is also the only player in the world to claim more than 300 Test wickets, 200 ODI wickets and 100 T20I wickets.

他也是世界上唯一一位擁有超過 300 個測試三柱門、200 個 ODI 三柱門和 100 個 T20I 三柱門的球員。

Southee debuted for the Black Caps in 2008, taking five wickets against England and hitting 77 off 40 balls in Napier.

索西於 2008 年首次代表黑帽隊出場，在對陣英格蘭隊的比賽中拿下 5 個三柱門，在內皮爾比賽中 40 個球打出 77 個球。

A man who has fond memories of Southee’s career is Seddon Park groundsman Karl Johnson, who has maintained the Hamilton ground for the last 20 years.

塞登公園場地管理員卡爾·約翰遜（Karl Johnson）對索西的職業生涯有著美好的回憶，他在過去 20 年裡一直維護著漢密爾頓的場地。

“I did see him when he first came to Northern Districts. He was an 18-year-old from Whangārei who was talked about for how good he was,” Johnson said.

「他剛來北區的時候我確實見過他。他是一名來自旺加雷的 18 歲年輕人，人們都在談論他的出色表現。

“He's a great mate, a good guy and he's done a lot for New Zealand Cricket so it should be a pretty special Test match.”

“他是一個很棒的伙伴，一個好人，他為新西蘭板球做出了很多貢獻，所以這應該是一場非常特別的測試賽。”

The Seddon Park Pavilion end has been renamed the “Tim Southee End” for his final Test match. (1News)

塞登公園館一端已更名為“蒂姆索西端”，以進行他的最後一場測試賽。 (1則新聞)

New Zealand Cricket have marked the occasion by renaming the Seddon Park Pavilion end the “Tim Southee End” for the Test match to acknowledge the 36-year-old’s contribution to the sport.

紐西蘭板球協會為紀念這一時刻，將測試賽的塞登公園球場端重新命名為“蒂姆·索西端”，以表彰這位 36 歲的板球運動員對這項運動的貢獻。

Following his final Test match, Southee will make a decision on whether he wants to make himself available for the Black Caps white-ball series against Sri Lanka at the end of the month.

在最後一場測試賽之後，索西將決定是否參加本月底對斯里蘭卡的黑帽白球系列賽。

The Black Caps are aiming to avoid a series clean sweep against England, who could become just the third visiting side to win a three-match series 3-0 in New Zealand.

黑帽隊的目標是避免系列賽橫掃英格蘭隊，英格蘭隊可能成為第三支在新西蘭以 3-0 贏得三場系列賽的客隊。