10 cricketers who started out in a completely different role

#2 Scott Styris

Scott Styris made his debut as a specialist seamer and batted down at numbers 6-10 for more a year and a half since debut. However, when Zimbabwe came visiting in early 2001, Styris smoked a brilliant six which was enough to prompt Fleming to promote Styris to number 3 in the next game after a 153-run opening stand.

Sent in to accelerate, Styris did exactly what was required to remain unbeaten on 48 in merely 33 balls, quite heavenly back in the early 2000s.

A freakish knee injury meant he had to concentrate more on his batting to retain his place in the side and soon a bowler who could bat became a batsman who would occasionally come on to bowl. Styris eventually finished his career after the 2011 World Cup with 9 international centuries and 35 half-centuries across all formats, averaging 36.04, 32.48 and 21.40 in descending order of longevity of the format along with a stunning performance in the 2007 World Cup.

His Test and ODI bowling averages of 50.75 and 35.32 provide compelling evidence of the transition.