[80] After 14 months of injury, Steyn played his first international Test match against India and picked up a wicket in just 14 balls. He describes practising a trick on his board many hundreds of times until he got it right, no matter how much it hurt. However Steyn(4/48) then combined with Jacques Kallis (5/30) to restrict Bangladesh to 182 all out and South Africa were able to complete a five wicket victory on the fourth day of the match. He earned US$325,000 for his appearance in the tournament. Weeks before that terrible World Cup heartbreak in Auckland, Dale Steyn, an all-time fast bowling great, sat down with Ed Kemp to discuss the various challenges of bowling, the choices quicks have to make and his life away from the game.. First published in 2015. [25], In November 2020, Steyn joined Kandy Tuskers for the 2020 Lanka Premier League.[26]. The entire world is currently under the grip … In the first Test at Johannesburg he collected his fourth and fifth five-wicket hauls (5/35 and 5/59) and his first ten-wicket match as New Zealand were thrashed by 358 runs, South Africa's biggest victory margin in terms of runs to date. In the second innings he added a further three wickets to his match tally, finishing the game with eight wickets for 114 runs, as South Africa completed a crushing victory by an innings and 90 runs. Following a strong season playing domestic cricket for the Titans, Steyn was recalled to the Test side to play New Zealand in April 2006. Time and again he reached his own conclusions about how to dismiss a batsman – and then executed the plan. Later that year, Steyn was picked in the squad for the African XI in the Afro-Asia Cup of 2005/06, and he made his One Day International debut on 17 August 2005. I didn't think this Vaughan dismissal was the best delivery I had seen Steyn get a wicket with. There have been a few times when I wondered if I was ever going to take a wicket, but you never give up. 2.3 crores to Gujarat Lions", "RCB sign Dale Steyn as replacement for injured Coulter-Nile", "South African superstar Dale Steyn signs with Melbourne Stars for he also is selected by Islamabad united in psl season 5 BBL|09", "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place? For IPL 2011 he was bought by Deccan Chargers for $1.2 million. [73] Steyn took 16,634 balls to take his 400 test wickets and became the fastest bowler to complete the feat in terms of balls bowled. [70] He reached the landmark in 8 years and 16 days to become the second fastest South African bowler in terms of time taken after Shaun Pollock. [88], In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [67][68], 2013 article Hail Dale by Harsha Bhogle[69], On 2 January 2013, Steyn bowled Doug Bracewell out in first session of the first test of the New Zealand tour to South Africa to take his 300 Test wickets in 61 matches. He had a second stint in England, playing for Warwickshire in the first half of the 2007 English season. Get the latest news, recommended reading and offers sent to your inbox. He is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. Due to his ferocious bowling … He returned in the third Test, at Cape Town, when the selectors decided to rest André Nel and Shaun Pollock in preparation for the imminent 2007 Cricket World Cup. He was born on June 27, 1983 at Phalaborwa. The 24-year-old has so far taken 112 wickets in 26 first-class matches at an impressive bowling average of 20.14 with five five-wicket hauls. He holds the record amongst all players who are currently playing Test cricket. [95], Steyn is usually considered a tail-ender when batting and usually bats at number nine. ", "Dale Steyn: Injured South Africa bowler will miss Champions Trophy", "Dale Steyn back with a bang on Test return! 5:38. But not if you stop believing and start bowling slower. In the first Test at Karachi, during Pakistan's second innings, he picked up his third Test five-wicket haul as Pakistan were bowled out for 263 chasing 424 to win. Baru. Bangladesh were bowled out for 192 in their first innings, with Steyn claiming 3/27, but then South Africa collapsed to 170 all out, handing the hosts a shock 22 run lead. [46], He made his Twenty20 International debut on 23 November 2007 in the one-off game against New Zealand, taking the wicket of Scott Styris and only giving up 17 runs from his four overs. Some bowlers enjoy having their two bowling … [91] In August 2019, Steyn retired from Test cricket. [48], Steyn's next international appearance was in the first Twenty20 International against the West Indies. If there are any secrets to his success, they may lie on the dusty streets of Phalaborwa, on the border of the Kruger National Park, where Steyn grew up. Dale Steyn is currently the best swing bowler in the world, have a look on YouTube at footage of Dale, he has a fantastic bowling action for young bowlers to copy. The third secret lies a long way from his youth – in the video analyst’s laptop. Or more specifically, one group of cricketers. He is primarily a bowler and is a right-handed batsman and his bowling … In the 2nd Test match in a 3 match series, Steyn was involved in a record 9th wicket partnership of 180 with J.P. Duminy. New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): South Africa pacer Dale Steyn has revealed his favourite bowling spells. He played in the first three matches of the One Day International series, but could not match his Test success and was briefly dropped after failing to take a wicket and going for 62 runs in his ten overs during the third match at Port Elizabeth[53] He was recalled for the fifth match at Johannesburg but struggled again, taking one wicket but going for 78 runs from ten overs. [42], Steyn was by now an established member of the Test team, and he produced his finest series performance to date in the two Test matches against New Zealand in November. It was a quality central to the South African dressing room. He was born on 27 June in 1983. Before 2013, the presence of a bowler of Steyn's repetoire was … On Christmas Day, Kallis had dropped his bombshell: this would be his final Test. Dale Steyn has a grave fear over the future of fast bowling SOUTH African quick Dale Steyn is extremely worried about the future of cricket. Steyn also starred in the first innings with figures of 5–87 (29.0 overs). He has successfully spearheaded the South African pace-battery for several years in all … [35] In the second Test, at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Steyn took his second five-wicket haul in Tests during Sri Lanka's first innings, but went wicketless in their seconds innings as Sri Lanka sealed a 2–0 series victory by a single wicket. ... but arguably the best two swing bowlers of this generation have been Jimmy Anderson and Dale Steyn. If Jimmy Anderson finishes playing cricket and they make him do England Women to get his stripes, it will be the biggest crying shame in the world, Fast, penetrative and parsimonious – it was some combination, Ever since Steyn first discovered that what he had regarded as the perfect spell could be disproven by scientific evidence, South Africa-England combined T20I team selector, England Test team of the 1990s team selector, Related Story: Watch: Resurfaced 2013 clip shows heated sledging between Dale Steyn and Rohit Sharma. (File) After South Africa scored 253 in the first innings, Dale Steyn was lethal bowling from the Golf Course End at The Wanderers. [62] The final Test at Kanpur saw Steyn pick up three first innings wickets which took him to 15 wickets in the series at an average of 20.20. Opening the bowling is really difficult in one-day cricket because of the field restrictions. Relive Dale Steyn's devastating bowling spell against the Mumbai Indians in match 40. Also read: Yuzvendra Chahal VS Krunal Pandya VS … He even endured the longest barren stint of his career: 416 balls without reward, between the wickets of Shikhar Dhawan in India’s first innings at Johannesburg and Cheteshwar Pujara in their first at Durban. India had a good start to their batting innings but could not maintain their momentum, in the process losing their final 9 wickets for just 29 runs. In the first Test against the Windies in the 2010 series, South Africa convincingly beat them, with Steyn take his 200th wicket, Sulieman Benn, clean bowled (off stump). Steyn dominated the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings during the peak of his career, for a record 263 weeks between 2008 and 2014. [86] On 3 October, he scored his maiden half-century in ODI cricket against Zimbabwe in a 120 run victory. [77], 2015 article Is Dale Steyn the greatest fast bowler post WWII? His first victim in Test cricket was Marcus Trescothick whom he bowled with a fast in-swinging delivery. [60], The first Test at Chennai turned out to be a very high scoring affair, with South Africa batting first and making 540, then India responding strongly, led by Virender Sehwag who scored 319 from 304 balls, to reach 468/1 by the end of the third day. [38], Despite his strong performance on his return to the team in the third Test against India, Steyn missed out on a place in the first two Tests against Pakistan, with the selectors opting to play a four-man attack featuring full-time spinner Paul Harris. Steyn got career best ODI figures of 5 wickets for 50 runs against India in Nagpur during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. “I enjoy taking wickets more than most people can understand,” he says. Steyn did not bowl particularly well[31] and after another below par performance against Sri Lanka[32] he dropped out of consideration for the South African ODI team. Three more wickets in the second innings took his Test haul for the year to 51 in only nine games at an average of 17. On the fourth day Steyn helped to restrict India's lead to 87 runs by dismissing MS Dhoni with a bouncer then blasting through the lower order, taking three wickets in two overs for the cost of two runs, all bowled with reverse swinging deliveries. [82][83] Two days later, he was ruled out of the rest of the series. Steyn is an extremely competitive cricketer and often celebrates vigorously after taking a wicket. South Africa slumped to defeat by an innings and 153 runs. [citation needed], Steyn went to England in 2005 to play for Essex, appearing in seven matches between May and June. Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan sits next on the list with 214 weeks. In December 2019, he was drafted by PSL franchise Islamabad United as their first pick of the draft in the Platinum Category. You must have a good bowling technique to bowl a … Dale Steyn bowling average and the latest news. [87], In December 2018, in the first session of the Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park in Centurion, Steyn became South Africa's leading wicket-taker in Tests, taking his 422nd wicket, surpassing Shaun Pollock who had held the record for ten years. This was also the wicket that brought Steyn his 14th five – for, a superb achievement considering Steyn's modest record of only 38 tests. [81] However, on day two of the same Test, Steyn damaged his left heel. IPL 2012 Match 40 – MI vs DC: Dale Steyn. by Glenn Mitchell[78], Recovering from surgery, he missed the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy but was named in the South Africa A squad for their tour of England a few months later. Quiz! Dale Steyn was lethal bowling from the Golf Course End at The Wanderers. [52] His 20 wickets at 19.10. That for me was the one he bowled to Cheteshwar Pujara in the 2010-11 Newlands Test. On the back of his performance, he broke into the top five of the ICC rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career. The England pair of Stuart Broad (62 wickets) and Jimmy Anderson (52) may have taken more wickets, but Broad averaged 25 and Anderson 31, and both spread their scalps across 14 Tests. Steyn's form continued into the Test series. He picked up an injury whilst bowling early in India's first innings in the first Test at Johannesburg which prevented him from taking much further part in the game and also ruled him out of the second Test. It is almost … [15], Steyn made his first-class debut for Northerns (subsequently merged with Easterns to form the Titans) on 17 October 2003. He had a fairly indifferent match in the first Test at Port Elizabeth, taking 5/188 in the match as the West Indies scored their first away victory in Test matches for two and a half years, although he did hit his highest Test match score to date, 33 not out, in South Africa's second innings. Steyn was named man of the match for this performance. … [54], In the first Test of the two match series against Bangladesh, at Dhaka, Steyn helped South Africa avoid an embarrassing defeat. Steyn … Most remarkable, perhaps, for a man of his pace, was his meanness: an economy-rate of 3.65 was comfortably the lowest among bowlers to have sent down 100 one-day international overs in 2013. It was a shock to everyone, but especially devastating for Steyn. Sounds a bit like fast bowling, doesn’t it?”, Steyn likens his childhood obsession of skateboard tricks to the art of fast bowling, Another secret is the open-minded naivety about cricket provided by his upbringing. This is the third time that he has taken 10 wickets in a match in his test career. Despite this, however, Steyn… [10][11], On 5 August 2019, Steyn announced his retirement from Test cricket,[12] to focus on limited-overs cricket. Steyn, who after Johannesburg had lost his four-year grip on top spot in the ICC Test rankings to team-mate Vernon Philander, sent down another 18 wicketless overs. [30] Steyn made his One Day International debut for South Africa on 20 January 2006 in a match against Australia at Melbourne, a match which was part of the 2005–06 VB Series. Dale Steyn, whose full name is Dale Willem Steyn, is a South African cricketer. [citation needed]. Later, India’s recovery was building ominously at 320-5, but Steyn returned to crush the lower order: 334 all out. Steyn signed to play in the Indian Premier League in 2008, playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. “We have always believed that a wicket is just one ball away,” he says. [57], Steyn featured in the final One Day International of the three match series, going wicketless but only giving away 19 runs in 8 overs. It is easy to jump the gun and think about how you will release the ball. Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis paying tribute to Mark Boucher, “Right from the start of my career I was surrounded by people like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith, who gave 100 per cent in every performance,” says Steyn. [17], Steyn seized the opportunity to cement his place in the South Africa Test team, and as a result of becoming a regular selection for the national team, he has subsequently played little domestic cricket in South Africa during the last three seasons, appearing for the Titans in just three SuperSport Series matches. [27] However, his overall performance was underwhelming, he took eight wickets at an average of 52.00[28] and he was dropped after bowling poorly in England's second innings of the fourth Test in January 2005, bowling eight no-balls in nine overs which went for 47 runs. 1. [14] His family is from Zimbabwe. [43] This devastating form continued into the second Test at Centurion where he picked up 4/42 in the first innings and his sixth five-wicket haul (6/49) to help South Africa to victory by an innings and 59 runs. Steyn … Steyn, who after Johannesburg had lost his four-year grip on top spot in the ICC Test rankings to team-mate Vernon Philander, sent down another 18 wicketless overs. 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[19] After Deccan Chargers were terminated from the IPL he was drafted to Sunrisers Hyderabad where he played three seasons. [6][7][8] He was also featured in Wisden Cricketers of the Decade at the end of 2019. [71] Steyn played a cameo as himself in the 2014 romantic comedy Blended starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. [23] IPL 2020 : ‘Dale Steyn is bowling some different deliveries, will contribute a lot in IPL 2020’, says Hesson Looks is not the only change that Steyn has come up with for IPL 2020. The majority of spectators booed Steyn. In List A cricket, he has collected 41 wickets in 28 … [41] He had an unremarkable second Test, with the match petering out to a draw, handing South Africa the series 1–0, and finished the series with nine wickets at 24.66. Steyn now had match figures of 10–154. Steyn made his debut for South Africa on 17 December 2004 in the first Test of England's tour. He shows no signs of slowing down or losing his enthusiasm. Steyn was the pick of the bowlers taking five wickets for 23 runs, dismissing Sehwag and Rahul Dravid then mopping up the last three batsmen for the cost of 11 runs. He took the exceptional figures of 4/9 in three overs, with all four wickets being picture perfect yorkers, but was unable to stop the West Indies chasing down the target of 59 runs in a match reduced to 13 overs by rain.[49]. Dale Steyn Names South African Cricketer He Would Love To Be Quarantined With Steyn said that, given an option, he "would love to be in quarantine" with Quinton de Kock. Among bowlers to have taken 100 wickets, his strike-rate of 42 was bettered only by George Lohmann, Philander and S. F. Barnes – two of whom plied their trade over a century earlier. Dale Willem Steyn (/ ˈ s t eɪ n /; born 27 June 1983) is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the South African Cricket Team.He is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. 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