21 Facts About Scott Styris

Scott Bernardo Styris was born on 10 July 1975 and is a New Zealand cricket commentator and former cricketer, who played all formats of the game.

An allrounder, Styris played as an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Scott Styris was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

Scott Styris received his county cap during the 2006 season.

Scott Styris signed a 2-month contract at Durham County Cricket Club from 1 June 2007.

Scott Styris was bought to play for the IPL 2009 champions Deccan Chargers, which is a Hyderabad based Indian Premier League franchise.

In 2010 Scott Styris played for Essex County Cricket Club in the Friends Provident t20 competition and returned to the club for the 2011 season.

In 2012 while playing for Sussex County Cricket Club, Scott Styris scored the equal third-fastest T20 century in the quarter finals of the 2012 Friends Life t20 competition.

Scott Styris had to wait until mid-2002 to play his first Test Match, against the West Indies at Grenada.

Scott Styris's debut had almost come at Karachi 2 months earlier but the match was abandoned due to bomb blasts near the team hotel.

When it was New Zealand's time to bowl Scott Styris came on and took 2 for 88.

Scott Styris made an unbeaten 69 in the second innings to complete a dream debut but missed out on the man of the match award which went to Chris Gayle who scored a double hundred.

In June 2004 New Zealand toured England and Scott Styris impressed at Nottingham, making 108.

Scott Styris scored his fifth Test hundred at Auckland against the West Indies, an unbeaten 103 helping his side to win the Test.

Scott Styris then suffered a back injury missed out on the Sri Lanka series of December 2006.

Scott Styris started the tournament with the man of the match award in a win over England at St Lucia.

Scott Styris made another half century in the game against Kenya and made 80 not out in a successful run chase against the home side.

Shortly after the world cup Scott Styris' form dropped of contributing to injuries and not enough practice due to the injuries.

Scott Styris then participated in a test series against South Africa in 2007 but was dropped from the test squad.

Scott Styris then continued to participate in ODI's and took part when the English cricket team were touring New Zealand in January to February 2008 and the Subsequent Return tour he participated well in both series with the bat but not much with the ball.

In 2010, Scott Styris married former Miss New Zealand runner-up and former trampolinist Nicky Scott Styris.