DALE STEYN

SOUTH AFRICA
CRICKET
BOARD
Dale Willem
Steyn
(/sten/; born 27 June 1983) is a South
African cricketer who plays in Tests, T20 Internationals and One Day
International cricket for South Africa. Steyn plays domestic cricket in
South Africa for Cape Cobras. He is a right-arm fast bowler, and bowls
at speeds of around 145150 km/h (his fastest being recorded at
156.2 km/h during the 2010 IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers against
Kolkata Knight Riders). His fastest ball in international cricket was
clocked at 155.7 km/h (96.8 mph) against New Zealand, making him
tied for 4th fastest active bowler with Lasith Malinga as of 3 January
2015. Steyn held the record for the fastest South African to reach 100
wickets in Test Match cricket, a feat he achieved on 2 March 2008.

SOUTH AFRICAN
PACER

Steyn is widely regarded as the best fast bowler of his generation. He

currently has the best bowling strike rate of all time in Test match
cricket (amongst bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 10,000
deliveries). Dale Steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of
16.24 in Season 2007/08 and was subsequently rewarded with the
prestigious ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award. He was named
one of the Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013. He was named Wisden
Leading Cricketer in the World for the YEAR 2013 IN 2014.
He dominated the number one spot in the ICC test rankings for several
years between 2008 and 2014. He is currently the number one ranked
Test bowler in the world, achieving the 900+ points benchmark on 13
November 2011 following his important early work with pace bowling
expert, Ian Pont. In October 2012, alongside Philander and Morne
Morkel, Steyn was part of a South African pace attack bowling coach
and former test cricketer Allan Donald called the best the country had
ever produced. Steyn played a cameo as himself in the 2014 Hollywood
film Blended.
five-wicket haul (also known as a "fivefor" or "fifer") refers to a bowler
taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a
notable achievement, and only 42 bowlers have taken at least 15 fivewicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm
fast bowler, Steyn reached 300 Test wickets in fewer matches than any
other South African bowler. He was named the ICC's Test Player of the
Year in 2008, and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of
their cricketers of the year in 2013.

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