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| Full name | Steven J Massiah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1979 Georgetown, Guyana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 7) | 10 September 2004 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2000–2014 | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve J Massiah (born 21 June 1979) is a Guyana-born American former cricketer and cricket administrator . [1] A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, [2] he played for the United States national cricket team [3] and was captain of the side. [4] He played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the US in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. [5]
Born in Georgetown in 1979, [2] Steve Massiah played for the Guyana Under-19s team twelve times between 1996 and 1998 before making his debut for the USA against a combined Minor Counties side on a tour of England in 2000. [6] He made his List A debut later in the year,playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Jamaica,Canada,Barbados and Trinidad &Tobago. [7]
He did not play for the national side again until 2004 when he played in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates. [7] He made his first-class debut the same year when he played ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against Canada and Bermuda. [8] In between the two matches he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda. [6] He played his two ODIs the same year,playing in the ICC Champions Trophy against New Zealand and Australia. [5]
He next represented the US in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. After warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia [6] he played six matches in the tournament proper. [7] He scored 108 not out against Uganda, [9] his highest List A score. [7] He captained the US for the first time the next year in the ICC Americas Championship tournament in Ontario. [6] [10]
He represented his adopted country in Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey in 2008 [6] where he again captained the side. [4] He made his Twenty20 debut on 9 February 2010,for the United States in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates. [11]
He was arrested in December 2011 in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud. [12]
In 2012 Massiah was selected for the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four which takes place from 3 to 10 September 2012 in Malaysia. He last played for the US in October 2014,and is now involved as an administrator.