Stryris answers the critics

Since retiring from test cricket I've sometimes wondered if Styris, on some level, had lost his edge. His courageous and typically pugnacious innings tonight anchoring an unlikely run chase shows very much that he still has it. The sight of Styris face to face with an irate Mitchell Johnson, refusing to give an inch, just summed up his combative approach. He took the Australians on and almost singlehandedly (with a brilliant supporting cameo from Shane Bond) took NZ across the line. The imperious straight six to finish the game of Bollinger was an emphatic statement that he was back.