2011 Midyear Retirements – Departing Legends from the World of Cricket – Part 2
Along with many other ‘high-profile’ retirements of this year, Shane Warne and Scott Styris too made their way out from the sport.
After serving their nations for a good number of years, the two recently announced their exit from cricket.
Australian spinner, Shane Warne, who had already left international cricket in 2007, retired from the domestic game (IPL) while the Kiwi all-rounder decided to hold on to domestic cricket and quit the international format.
Here is a look into their careers and achievements.
Shane Warne
Although Shane Warne had opted for retirement from international cricket in 2007 however in a recent affair, the Australian called a complete off from the sport after playing 4 seasons for the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Shane Warne entered the international cricketing arena in 1992 during his Test debut against India. A year later, Warne marked his ODI debut against New Zealand.
Warne is regarded as one of the greatest leg spin bowlers in the world of cricket. After securing 517 wickets, he became Australia's greatest wicket taker.
The player’s googlies always made him stand out in the all-famous Ashes series against the English side that have always fallen vulnerable to the spinner’s deliveries.
Apart from bowling, Warne has also been highly effective in the lower-order batting. His numbers include 3154 runs in Test and 1018 in ODIs.
Despite Warne’s recognition for his cricketing talent and performances, his reputation with fans and cricket authorities is somewhat diverse.
In 1998, Warne was found guilty for providing pitch and weather reports to a man who was later found out to be operating with bookmakers.
In another instance, during the 2003 World Cup, more trouble came for the Australian after a positive drug test that resulted in a return ticket for Warne. Consequently, the player faced a two years ban from international cricket.
After completing his suspension, Shane Warne was again enlisted in the Australian Test team. The player managed to earn his 500th test wicket after dismissing Sri Lanka’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hashan-Prasantha-Tillakaratne-c62021. The achievement marked Shane Warne as the highest wicket taker
in Test cricket. However, the title was later over taken by Sri Lankan spinner Muralitharan with 519 wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672 holds a colorful cricketing career and despite his controversial spells, the player still holds a big sum of admirers.
Scott Styris
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. A few years later, in 2002, the player made his Test debut against the West Indies.
Recently, at the age of 35, the player announced his retirement from international cricket but decided to continue with domestic cricket.
As an all-out cricketer, Styris holds a decent ODI profile with 188 matches, scoring 4,483 runs including four centuries and 28 fifties, and took 137 wickets with a career best performance of 6 for 25.
Styris marked his highest ODI score in the 2003 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 when he earned 6 sixes for his side after collecting total runs of 141.
As for the Test format, the Kiwi opened his first ever game with a century against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in 2002.
In his 29 Test matches, Styris holds an aggregate score of 1586 runs with 20 wickets.
With the passage of his career, Scott Styris groomed his skills that turned him into an outperforming all-rounder cricketer.
The Kiwi represented his nation in three successive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cups and in 2007 and 2011 Styris paved his team to a place in the semi finals.
For Scott Styris, the player makes his exit from international cricket with a decent repute amongst his team-mates, fans and his nation.
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