Never a dull moment with Styris

New Zealand allrounder Scott Styris recently announced his retirement from international cricket. Writing in the Dominion Post, Jonathan Millmow says that just because Styris has retired let's not pretend he has been an angel. While he will be remembered as a competitive and effective batsman, throughout his 11 years he banged heads with most people he crossed and right till the end was telling folk how it should be.

It was never dull when Styris was around. He has been a polarising figure, both in cricketing circles and with the greater public. He grew sick of hearing about "the great team of the 80s", constantly felt hard done by at the hands of the selectors, and by the end of his career was trying to control how the media should operate. In short he could hit boundaries but didn't always know them.