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Dale Steyn

Full Name
Dale Willem Steyn
Born
27-06-1983 Phalaborwa, Northern Province, South Africa
Current Age
39 years old
Major Teams
South Africa, African XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers, Gujarat Lions
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast
Dale Steyn

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    The best of Dale Steyn in Tests

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Dale Steyn Biography

Dale Steyn is by far the best pace bowler of his generation, a supreme combination of pace, skill and uncanny fitness. And it is inevitable that he will end his career ranked among the greatest fast bowlers of all time.

Perhaps the scorching heat of Valley of Olifants where he was born forged Steyn into the super-athlete that he is. To conserve energy while generating extreme pace in furnace-like conditions, he probably bartered his expressions. He picks up a wicket every seven overs in Tests, is uniformly lethal around the world, his brooding menace remains unaltered even as he changes into the coloured attire of shorter formats. All the while, his visage betrays barely a flicker of emotion.

At frantic speed he swings the ball in both directions — in traditional and reverse ways. He skids on, darts in, and veers away from right-handers at alarming angles. One ball thudded into the face of Craig Cummins resulting in 23 fractures to the Kiwi batsman. His average is streets ahead of others in this bat-dominated era, and his strike rate remains among the top five across space and time. His new-ball combination with Vernon Philander has rarely been matched. And all this is achieved with wicked, poison-tipped deliveries sent down at the end of an excellent economic action.  

The mind boggles when one considers the peaks he may scale if blessed with a few more uninterrupted, injury-free years as the gold-tipped spearhead of South Africa.

Arunabha Sengupta

Dale Steyn Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 93 119 1251 27 76 13.59 2824 44.29 0 2 124 36 26 0
ODIs 125 51 365 12 60 9.359 562 64.94 0 1 35 9 28 0
T20s 47 12 21 6 5* 3.500 26 80.76 0 0 2 0 12 0
World Cup 14 4 45 0 20* 11.25 73 61.64 0 0 7 0 4 0

Dale Steyn Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 93 18608 10077 439 22.95 3.249 42. 26 5 7/51 11/60
ODIs 125 6256 5087 196 25.95 4.878 31.91 3 0 6/8 6/39
T20s 47 1015 1175 64 18.35 6.945 15.85 0 0 4/9 4/9
World Cup 14 690 538 23 23.39 4.678 30.00 1 -- 5/50 6/39

Dale Steyn Career statistics

Test Debut

South Africa v England at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, December 17, 2004

Last Test

South Africa v Sri Lanka at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, February 21, 2019

ODI Debut

African XI v Asian Cricket Council XI at Centurion Park, Centurion, August 17, 2005

Last ODI

South Africa v Sri Lanka at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, March 13, 2019

T20 Debut

South Africa v New Zealand at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, November 23, 2007

Last T20

South Africa v Australia at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, February 21, 2020

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Umran Malik took 22 wickets in 14 games of IPL 2022 and was in the hunt for the Purple cap.

Umran Malik Admits Being Inspired by Dale Steyn’s Iconic Chainsaw Celebration

IPL 2022: Following the win, Malik in a conversation with Bhuvneshwar Kumar admitted being inspired by Steyn's wicket celebration.

IPL 2022: MS Dhoni’s Heartwarming Gesture Towards Dale Steyn After CSK Beat SRH; PIC Goes Viral

SRH vs CSK: Steyn, who seemed to be a Dhoni fan, asked the CSK skipper for an autograph after the game.

IPL 2022: Not Dale Steyn; Umran Malik Names Jasprit Bumrah as His Bowling Idol

IPL 2022: It is a little surprising as Dale Steyn is a part of the Sunrisers set up and must have worked a lot with the 22-year-old.

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