Dean Jones trolls Scott Styris as ICC posts trivia about the former Kiwi all-rounder

Jones and Styris often trolls each other on social media.

By Rashmi Nanda - 30 Jun, 2020

Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has yet again tried to troll his trans-taxman rival and former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris with whom he often shares commentary box on the International Cricket Council’s latest post on social media.

The ICC took to Twitter on Monday (June 29) to share an interesting trivia with fans while remembering Styris’ rare achievement in the Test cricket that he made on the same day back in 2002.

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On June 29, 2002, the former Kiwi all-rounder made his Test debut against the West Indies at St George's, Grenada, and played a record unbeaten knock of 107 to enter into an elite list of players who have scored a century on Test debut, batting at No. 8.

Recalling the feat, the ICC shared a picture of Styris celebrating his maiden Test century and further noted that he is still among the only nine players who have been able to achieve this feat so far.

The Cricket's world governing body has further revealed that 4 out of 9 players are from New Zealand and Styris is one of them and asked fans to name the other three Kiwis who achieved the feat on Twitter.

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The ICC captioned the post: “Of the nine hundreds scored by players batting at No.8 on Test debut, four have been scored for New Zealand. One was scored by Scott Styris #OnThisDay in 2002, but can you name the other three Kiwis to have achieved the feat?”

Meanwhile, Jones took it as another opportunity to troll his fellow commentator as the Aussie posted a hilarious comment on ICC's tweet to pull Styris' legs on Twitter. He commented: "@scottbstyris were they bowling beach balls?".

Noteworthy, Styris could play only 29 Test matches in which he scored 1586 runs and took 20 wickets in his career for New Zealand despite a terrific start to his Test career.

By Rashmi Nanda - 30 Jun, 2020

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