{{short description|Guyanese-born American cricketer}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Steve Massiah | country = United States | fullname = Steven J Massiah | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Georgetown, Guyana | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off spin | role = Batsman | international = true | odidebutdate = 10 September | odidebutyear = 2004 | odidebutagainst = New Zealand | odicap = 7 | lastodidate = 13 September | lastodiyear = 2004 | lastodiagainst = Australia | club1 = United States | year1 = 2000–2014 | columns = 4 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 23 | bat avg1 = 11.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 23 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 160 | bat avg2 = 40.00 | 100s/50s2 = 1/0 | top score2 = 104 | deliveries2 = 66 | wickets2 = 1 | bowl avg2 = 35.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/10 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 17 | runs3 = 503 | bat avg3 = 38.69 | 100s/50s3 = 1/3 | top score3 = 108* | deliveries3 = 157 | wickets3 = 8 | bowl avg3 = 20.37 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 2/20 | catches/stumpings3 = 4/– | column4 = T20 | matches4 = 3 | runs4 = 8 | bat avg4 = 8.00 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 5* | deliveries4 = – | wickets4 = – | bowl avg4 = – | fivefor4 = – | tenfor4 = – | best bowling4 = – | catches/stumpings4 = 0/– | date = 14 April | year = 2010 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/21160.html CricketArchive }}
'''Steve J Massiah''' (born 21 June 1979) is a Guyana-born American former cricketer and cricket administrator .<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25883.html Steve Massiah] at Cricinfo</ref> A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/21160.html Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive</ref> he played for the United States national cricket team<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/all_teams.html Teams played for by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive</ref> and was captain of the side.<ref name="WCL5">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/WCL5/DATABASE/SQUADS/usa.shtml USA Squad] at official website for 2008 WCL Division Five</ref> He played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the US in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.<ref name="ODIs">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/One-Day_International_Matches.html ODIs played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive</ref>
==Biography==
Born in Georgetown in 1979,<ref name="CAP" /> 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.<ref name="OthM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive</ref> He made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Jamaica, Canada, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.<ref name="LAM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive</ref>
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.<ref name="LAM" /> He made his first-class debut the same year when he played ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against Canada and Bermuda.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive</ref> In between the two matches he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda.<ref name="OthM" /> He played his two ODIs the same year, playing in the ICC Champions Trophy against New Zealand and Australia.<ref name="ODIs" />
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<ref name="OthM" /> he played six matches in the tournament proper.<ref name="LAM" /> He scored 108 not out against Uganda,<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/82/82860.html Scorecard] of Uganda v USA, 4 July 2005 at CricketArchive</ref> his highest List A score.<ref name="LAM" /> He captained the US for the first time the next year in the ICC Americas Championship tournament in Ontario.<ref name="OthM" /><ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/99/99927.html Scorecard] of Cayman Islands v USA, 21 August 2006 at CricketArchive</ref>
He represented his adopted country in Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey in 2008<ref name="OthM" /> where he again captained the side.<ref name="WCL5" /> 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.<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/439496.html |title=1st Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at Abu Dhabi, Feb 9 2010 |accessdate=8 March 2020 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
He was arrested in December 2011 in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/current/story/545127.html|title=USA captain Massiah arrested in fraud case|last=Della Penna|first=Peter|date=12 December 2011|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref>
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.
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