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Dale Steyn

Dale Steyn
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Personal information
Full name Dale Willem Steyn
Born (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983 (age 33)
Phalaborwa, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname Steyn Remover, Steyn Gun, Phalaborwa Express, The Master
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 297) 17 December 2004 v England
Last Test 26 December 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 82) 17 August 2005 v Asia XI
Last ODI 14 October 2015 v India
ODI shirt no. 8
T20I debut (cap 31) 23 November 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I 28 March 2016 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003–2004 Northerns
2004–2010 Titans (squad no. 8)
2005 Essex
2007 Warwickshire
2007–2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 2)
2011–2012 Deccan Chargers (squad no. 8)
2010–present Cape Cobras (squad no. 8)
2012 Brisbane Heat (squad no. 1)
2013–2015 Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 8)
2016–present Gujarat Lions
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 85 116 42 128
Runs scored 1162 298 15 1,670
Batting average 14.00 8.27 3.00 14.15
100s/50s -/2 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top score 76 35 5 82
Balls bowled 17,286 5,821 901 25,006
Wickets 417 180 58 576
Bowling average 22.30 26.62 17.39 23.28
5 wickets in innings 26 3 0 34
10 wickets in match 5 n/a n/a 7
Best bowling 7/51 6/39 4/9 8/41
Catches/stumpings 22/– 26/– 11/0 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2017

Dale Willem Steyn (/ˈstn/; 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 can bowl at speeds of around 145–156 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.

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 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.


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