Scott Styris

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{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Scott Styris
| image = Scott Styris 11.jpg
| country = New Zealand
| fullname = Scott Bernardo Styris
| nickname = Miley, The Rus, The Virus<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38407.html|title=Player profile: Scott Styris|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|7|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| heightft = 5
| heightinch = 8
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]]
| role = Batting [[all-rounder]]
| family =
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1999–2011
| testdebutdate = 28 June
| testdebutyear = 2002
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 221
| lasttestdate = 16 November
| lasttestyear = 2007
| lasttestagainst = South Africa
| odidebutdate = 5 November
| odidebutyear = 1999
| odidebutagainst = India
| odicap = 111
| lastodidate = 29 March
| lastodiyear = 2011
| lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka
| odishirt = 56
| T20Idebutdate = 17 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2005
| T20Idebutagainst = Australia
| T20Icap = 9
| lastT20Idate = 30 December
| lastT20Iyear = 2010
| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan
| club1 = [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1994/95–2004/05}}
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
| year2 = 2005–2006
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
| year3 = 2005/06–2009/10
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]]
| year4 = 2007
| clubnumber4 =
| club5 = [[Deccan Chargers]]
| year5 = 2008–2009
| clubnumber5 =
| club6 = [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]
| year6 = 2010–2011
| clubnumber6 =
| club7 = [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
| year7 = {{nowrap|2010/11–2014/15}}
| clubnumber7 =
| club8 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| year8 = 2011
| clubnumber8 =
| club9 = [[Sylhet Royals]]
| year9 = 2012
| clubnumber9 =
| club10 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year10 = 2012–2013
| clubnumber10 =
| club11 = [[Kandurata Warriors]]
| year11 = 2012
| clubnumber11 =
| club12 = [[Hobart Hurricanes]]
| year12 = 2012/13
| clubnumber12 =
| club13 = [[Titans (cricket team)|Titans]]
| year13 = 2013
| clubnumber13 =
| club14 = [[Gazi Tank Cricketers]]
| year14 = 2013
| clubnumber14 =
| club15 = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
| year15 = 2014
| clubnumber15 =
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 29
| runs1 = 1,586
| bat avg1 = 36.04
| 100s/50s1 = 5/6
| top score1 = 170
| deliveries1 = 1,960
| wickets1 = 20
| bowl avg1 = 50.75
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/28
| catches/stumpings1 = 23/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 188
| runs2 = 4,483
| bat avg2 = 32.48
| 100s/50s2 = 4/28
| top score2 = 141
| deliveries2 = 6,114
| wickets2 = 137
| bowl avg2 = 35.32
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/25
| catches/stumpings2 = 73/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 128
| runs3 = 6,048
| bat avg3 = 31.33
| 100s/50s3 = 10/30
| top score3 = 212[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 12,826
| wickets3 = 204
| bowl avg3 = 31.59
| fivefor3 = 9
| tenfor3 = 1
| best bowling3 = 6/32
| catches/stumpings3 = 102/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 354
| runs4 = 8,709
| bat avg4 = 33.49
| 100s/50s4 = 7/57
| top score4 = 141
| deliveries4 = 12,259
| wickets4 = 303
| bowl avg4 = 31.00
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 6/25
| catches/stumpings4 = 135/–
| date = 2 January
| year = 2017
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/scott-styris-38407 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Scott Bernardo Styris''' (born 10 July 1975) is a New Zealand cricket commentator and former [[cricket]]er, who played all formats of the game. An allrounder, Styris played as an aggressive [[batsman|right-handed middle order batsman]] and a [[Bowler (cricket)|right-arm medium pace bowler]]. Styris was a member of the New Zealand team that won the [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy]].

Educated at [[Fairfield Intermediate]] and [[Hamilton Boys' High School]], Styris has represented Auckland and Northern Districts since 1994/95. Styris has played for [[Hamilton cricket team|Hamilton]] in the [[Hawke Cup]].

==Domestic career==
Domestically Styris played for Northern Districts and for Auckland

In 2005 he signed with [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] and stayed with them for the 2006 season as well where he deputised for the country captain [[Ben Hutton (cricketer)|Ben Hutton]] in several matches. He received his county cap during the 2006 season. He signed a 2-month contract at [[Durham County Cricket Club]] from 1 June 2007. He was bought to play for the [[IPL 2009]] champions [[Deccan Chargers]], which is a [[Hyderabad]] based [[Indian Premier League]] franchise. In 2010 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]], Styris scored the equal third-fastest T20 century (37 balls) in the [[2012 Friends Life t20#Quarter-finals|quarter finals]] of the [[2012 Friends Life t20]] competition.<ref name="T20Century">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/18975216 |title=Scott Styris hits equal third-fastest T20 ton as Sussex beat Gloucestershire |date=24 July 2012|access-date=12 November 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> It won the 2012 [[Walter Lawrence Trophy]].

==International career==
Styris made his debut for New Zealand in a [[One Day International]] at [[Rajkot]] in 1999/2000. His maiden wicket was that of [[Sachin Tendulkar]], one of 3 wickets for the match.

He had to wait until mid-2002 to play his first [[test cricket|Test Match]], against the West Indies at [[Grenada]]. His debut had almost come at Karachi 2 months earlier but the match was abandoned due to bomb blasts near the team hotel. In the Test at Grenada he batted at number 8 and top scored with 107. When it was New Zealand's time to bowl Styris came on and took 2 for 88. The first of his wickets was that of [[Brian Lara]] which gave him impressive maiden scalps in both formats of the game. He 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 the ODI series after the Tests he continued his form but this time with the ball, taking 6 for 25 at Trinidad. This broke the record for best One Day International bowling figures by a New Zealander. At [[Mohali]] in 2003/04 against India he scored his second Test hundred with 119, one of 4 New Zealander's to make a century in the innings. Soon after he made his career best Test score of 170 against South Africa in [[Auckland]], his innings taking just 220 balls.

In June 2004 New Zealand toured England and Styris impressed at Nottingham, making 108. He scored his fifth Test hundred at Auckland against the West Indies, an unbeaten 103 helping his side to win the Test. When New Zealand chased what was then an ODI record of 322 in 2005/06 against Australia at Christchurch, Styris contributed 101.

[[Image:Scott Styris graph.png|right|250px|An innings-by-innings breakdown of Styris' Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).]]
He then suffered a back injury missed out on the Sri Lanka series of December 2006. Making his return in the latter stages of the Commonwealth Bank series in Australia and then in the Chappell Hadlee series at home, Styris had done enough to be included New Zealand's World Cup squad.

Styris started the tournament with the man of the match award in a win over England at St Lucia. Chasing 210 for victory, Styris made an unbeaten 87 to guide his side home. His pugnacious batting style and distinctive gait led to former England captain Nasser Hussain referring to him as a "street fighter" from the commentary booth during the game.
He made another half century in the game against Kenya and made 80 not out in a successful run chase against the home side. In the Super Eight stage the New Zealanders played Sri Lanka and Styris top-scored with 111 not out. The century came off 152 balls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/ODI/Overall/Batting/Slowest_Hundreds_by_Balls.html|title=Match scorecard}}</ref> It was his second ever World Cup century; he scored one in 2003.

Shortly after the world cup Styris' form dropped of contributing to injuries and not enough practice due to the injuries. He then participated in a test series against [[New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2007–08|South Africa in 2007]] but was dropped from the test squad.

He then continued to participate in ODI's and took part when the [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2007–08|English cricket team were touring New Zealand in January to February 2008]] and the [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 2008|Subsequent Return tour]] he participated well in both series with the bat but not much with the ball.

Styris, aged 35 and competing for a competitive medium pace all-rounder slot with [[Grant Elliott]], was selected for the [[Sri Lanka Triangular Series in 2010|Tri-series in Sri Lanka August 2010]] he scored 88 runs in the first ODI.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite news|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/sl-tri2010/content/current/story/471941.html|title=Scott Sytris' successful second wind|date=11 August 2010|access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> He completed his comeback by showing a bowling performance in the next match against [[Sri Lanka]] when he took the wicket of [[Kumar Sangakkara]]<ref name="Cricinfo the Styris Rise">{{cite news|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/sl-tri2010/content/current/story/471941.html|title=Scott Sytris' successful second wind continues with a good bowling performance|date=13 August 2010|access-date=13 August 2010}}</ref> However, after the tournament he suffered a back stress fracture during training and missed the series against Bangladesh and India.

== Personal life ==
In 2010, Styris married former Miss New Zealand runner-up and former trampolinist Nicky Styris (née Walker).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Black Cap Styris ties the knot |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/black-cap-styris-ties-the-knot/YBJLAIJBGN5IXMTOKE6YSDKPTQ/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref> She went on to become [[Newshub|TV3/Newshub]] sports presenter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newshub's Nicky Styris reflects on her sporting life |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/124002314/newshubs-nicky-styris-reflects-on-her-sporting-life |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{ESPNcricinfo|id=38407}}

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