Steve Massiah
{{short description|Guyanese-born American cricketer}}
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{{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 .[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/usa/content/player/25883.html Steve Massiah] at Cricinfo A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/21160.html Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive he played for the United States national cricket team[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/all_teams.html Teams played for by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive and was captain of the side.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/WCL5/DATABASE/SQUADS/usa.shtml USA Squad] at official website for 2008 WCL Division Five He played two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the US in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/One-Day_International_Matches.html ODIs played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive
Biography
Born in Georgetown in 1979, 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.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive He made his List A debut later in the year, playing in the Red Stripe Bowl against Jamaica, Canada, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive
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. He made his first-class debut the same year when he played ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against Canada and Bermuda.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/21/21160/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Steve Massiah] at CricketArchive In between the two matches he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda. He played his two ODIs the same year, playing in the ICC Champions Trophy against New Zealand and Australia.
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 he played six matches in the tournament proper. He scored 108 not out against Uganda,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/82/82860.html Scorecard] of Uganda v USA, 4 July 2005 at CricketArchive his highest List A score. He captained the US for the first time the next year in the ICC Americas Championship tournament in Ontario.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/99/99927.html Scorecard] of Cayman Islands v USA, 21 August 2006 at CricketArchive
He represented his adopted country in Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey in 2008 where he again captained the side. 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.{{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}}
He was arrested in December 2011 in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud.{{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}}
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.