Scott Styris: New Zealand’s world-class all-rounder
New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris possesses some of the most brilliant skills with both the bat and the ball. He is considered to be one of New Zealand’s most crucial players, as he has the ability to bowl out-swingers, in-swinger and multiple variations
keep most batsmen guessing. Styris’ batting temperament has allowed him to score at will with extreme power and placement. His contribution to the team is vital if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 are to compete in the ICC World Cup 2011.
Styris started his cricket at the school level which promoted him to domestic cricket and commenced his first class debut for Hamilton. He had always wanted to become a fast bowler and groomed himself in this department of the game. Styris began his first
class career in 1994 and matured himself as a world class bowler before he was inducted in the national side.
The New Zealander was enrolled as a specialist fast bowler in One Day International cricket on 5 November, 1999 against India. The Black Caps punched a mighty score of 349 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Styris will never forget
the first delivery which he bowled to the master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and shown him the way to the pavilion. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 was having an amazing opening partnership of 87 runs when Tendulkar was caught by Chris Cairns for 32 runs. The Kiwis’ won that match by
43 runs and Styris grabbed 3 wickets for 63 runs in 10 overs. He was the main weapon for the Kiwis’ in the ICC World Cup 2007 by scoring 499 runs in the tournament at an unbelievable average of 83.00 runs and paved the way for them to the semi-finals.
Styris has played 181 ODI matches, taken 133 wickets at an average of 35.42 runs with the best of 6 for 25 runs. He has scored 4341 runs at an average of 32.88 runs, with a best of 141 with 4 centuries and 27 fifties. Styris holds the honour of becoming
the third player in the history of New Zealand who has scored more than 4500 runs and taken 133 wickets in ODI cricket.
In the 2006 home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, Styris suffered a knee injury followed by a back injury. He then went on to concentrate on his bowling more than batting to avoid such injuries in the future.
Styris made his Test debut against The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 on 28 June, 2002 as he became a part of the history books of the batsmen who scored a century on a Test debut. He achieved another honour by picking the prize wicket of the brilliant batsman Brian
Lara on his first Test ball which was caught at the wicket by Robbie Hart on 48 runs.
The all-rounder has appeared in 29 Test matches and scored 1586 runs at an average of 36.04 runs, with the highest of 170 runs with 5 hundreds and 6 fifties. He has taken 20 wickets at an average of 50.75 runs with the best of 3 for 28 runs in an innings
and 3 for 44 in the match. Styris could not continue in the long version of the game and announced his retirement from Test cricket in February, 2008.
Styris began his T20 cricket on 17 February, 2005 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766. He has played 31 matches and scored 578 runs at an average of 21.40 runs with the highest of 66 runs which was his solo fifty in that version of cricket.
Styris pocketed 18 wickets at an average of 19.38 runs with the best of 3 for 5 runs.
The Black Caps will be looking to Styris to repeat his tremendous performance of the 2007 World Cup. The all-rounder has the ability and the heart to help New Zealand compete in the 2011 World Cup, and bring the top prize home.
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