Top 10 Interesting Facts and Stats about Scott Styris

Top 10 Interesting Facts and Stats about Scott Styris: Scott Styris, the Kiwi cricketer, has been a star performer for his team – New Zealand, in both tests and ODI for more than the last one decade. Interestingly, he has the ability to excel in all departments of the game; be it bowling, batting or fielding. In other words, he is someone who is perfect to be called a complete all-rounder.

His maiden wicket in ODI was the surprised scalp of Sachin Tendulkar in One-dayer at Rajkot in 2000. There are many other facts too, that are sure to astound you like never before. As the New Zealand all-rounder turns 40 today; take a look at some of the interesting facts and stats about the cricketer which you might have rarely heard about.

1. The Kiwi all-rounder was born in Brisbane in Australia on 10th July, 1975.

2. He has some unusual nicknames like the PigDog, Miley, Billy Ray, etc.

3. Styris wanted to become a fast bowler in his initial days, but injuries forced him to concentrate more on his batting in the later stages of his career.

4. Styris picked up his maiden wickets in Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar in his test and ODI debut respectively.

5. The Kiwi batsman maintained a steady average in ODIs as a batsman. He played 188 one-dayers, scoring 4483 runs at an average of 32.48 with 4 tons and 28 fifties.

6. Styris also got 137 wickets in his ODI career with 1 five-wicket haul.

7. He represented New Zealand in 29 tests, scoring 1586 runs at an average of 36.04. He also hit 5 centuries and 6 half centuries, apart from picking up 20 wickets in the longest format.

8. Scott Styris is a true match-winner in all respects. He bagged 10 Man-of-the-match awards and 1 man-of-the-series trophy in his international career.

9. Scott also picked up 18 wickets from 31 T-20 international matches for New Zealand while representing the national squad.

10. The right handed attacking batsman created world record, when he smashed 38 runs off a single over from James Faulkner in a domestic twenty-twenty match between Sussex and Gloucestershire.

If you have to list down top Kiwi all-rounders across all formats of the game in contemporary times, then the name of Scott Styris will probably appear just after the legend – Daniel Vettori. Styris has immense cricketing skills and talents, but he couldn’t prolong his international cricket career due to frequent injuries that took a toll on his overall fitness. It’s harsh but true that a gifted cricketer like Scott Styris could have played 100 tests by now, if injuries had not bowled him out so many times in his professional career.