Danny
22-02-2005, 03:15 PM
After top scoring for NZ in the 20/20 match and striking himself into some form, he is now out with a knee injury.
Knee puts Styris out
by: Lynn McConnell
Sportal
A knee injury has flared up for Scott Styris and he will not play in the second one-day international against Australia at Jade Stadium in Christchurch.
Styris recently missed the domestic State Shield semi-final and final matches from the same injury.
In making the call-up for a 12th player to be added to the squad, the New Zealand selectors have sprung a significant surprise by calling up Hamish Marshall's twin brother, James.
He won't play, having already been named 12th man with Jeff Wilson being confirmed in the side, but it is an indication of the selectors' thinking with the future in mind.
James, with an unbeaten 95, played a big hand in Northern Districts reaching the State final when sharing a superb 193-run stand with Daniel Vettori which proved too much for Canterbury in the semi-final.
James had a chance to be selected five years, as a replacement for the 2000 tour of South Africa, but selectors later revealed they had mistakenly picked the wrong player of the identical twins.
Events proved their decision to be a good one, but this latest selection is the closest indication that James is set to match his sibling's international selection.
New Zealand general manager Lindsay Crocker said Styris would be assessed by the medical panel to decide on the appropriate rehabilitation and just how long Styris would be out of the game would not be known until after that assessment.
Knee puts Styris out
by: Lynn McConnell
Sportal
A knee injury has flared up for Scott Styris and he will not play in the second one-day international against Australia at Jade Stadium in Christchurch.
Styris recently missed the domestic State Shield semi-final and final matches from the same injury.
In making the call-up for a 12th player to be added to the squad, the New Zealand selectors have sprung a significant surprise by calling up Hamish Marshall's twin brother, James.
He won't play, having already been named 12th man with Jeff Wilson being confirmed in the side, but it is an indication of the selectors' thinking with the future in mind.
James, with an unbeaten 95, played a big hand in Northern Districts reaching the State final when sharing a superb 193-run stand with Daniel Vettori which proved too much for Canterbury in the semi-final.
James had a chance to be selected five years, as a replacement for the 2000 tour of South Africa, but selectors later revealed they had mistakenly picked the wrong player of the identical twins.
Events proved their decision to be a good one, but this latest selection is the closest indication that James is set to match his sibling's international selection.
New Zealand general manager Lindsay Crocker said Styris would be assessed by the medical panel to decide on the appropriate rehabilitation and just how long Styris would be out of the game would not be known until after that assessment.