Dale Steyn

Dale Willem Steyn (/ˈstn/; born 27 June 1983) is a South African former professional cricketer who played for the South African cricket team. He is regarded by many as the greatest bowler of the Modern Era. Steyn's late swing combined with sheer pace was one of the peculiar qualities which made him stand apart from other bowlers. Many cricketing legends has regarded his length deliveries unplayable when the ball swung. During the 2007–08 season, Steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of 16.24, and was subsequently rewarded with the ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013, and the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013 in 2014's Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In December 2015 he injured his shoulder in the Durban Test against England ; after this injury his career was a short lived one as it was followed by multiple injuries; these injuries were the reason why many cricketing greats didn't even consider post 2015 Steyn as "The Dale Steyn" which the batsmen feared to face. He was featured in Wisden Cricketers of the Decade at the end of 2019. He also was included in the ICC Test Team of the Decade at the end of 2020.

Dale Steyn
Steyn in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Dale Willem Steyn
Born (1983-06-27) 27 June 1983
Phalaborwa, Transvaal Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
  • South Africa (2004–2020)
Test debut (cap 297)17 December 2004 v England
Last Test21 February 2019 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 82)17 August 2005 v Asia XI
Last ODI13 March 2019 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.8
T20I debut (cap 31)23 November 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I21 February 2020 v Australia
T20I shirt no.8
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003/04–2005/06Northerns
2004/05–2009/10; 2017/18–2018/19Titans
2005Essex
2007Warwickshire
2008–2010; 2019–2020Royal Challengers Bangalore
2010/11–2016/17Cape Cobras
2011–2012Deccan Chargers
2013–2015Sunrisers Hyderabad
2016Gujarat Lions
2016Glamorgan
2016Jamaica Tallawahs
2018Hampshire
2018–2019Cape Town Blitz
2019/20Melbourne Stars
2020Islamabad United
2020Kandy Tuskers
2021Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 93 125 47 141
Runs scored 1,251 365 21 1,824
Batting average 13.59 9.35 3.50 13.71
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/0 0/4
Top score 76 60 5 82
Balls bowled 18,608 6,256 1,015 27,183
Wickets 439 196 64 618
Bowling average 22.95 25.95 18.35 23.57
5 wickets in innings 26 3 0 35
10 wickets in match 5 0 0 7
Best bowling 7/51 6/39 4/9 8/41
Catches/stumpings 26/– 28/– 12/– 33/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 February 2020

Steyn dominated the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings at the peak of his career, for a record 263 weeks between 2008 and 2014. Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan sits next on the list with 214 weeks. In terms of days, Steyn had spent 2,356 days at the top as of 6 October 2016. In October 2012, former South African test cricketer Allan Donald called the South African pace attack, which Steyn was part of, alongside Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel, the best South Africa had ever produced. In December 2018, during the first Test against Pakistan, Steyn became the leading wicket taker for South Africa in Test cricket, a distinction previously held by all-rounder and former-captain Shaun Pollock.

On 5 August 2019, Steyn announced his retirement from Test cricket, to focus on limited-overs cricket. Steyn announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 31 August 2021.

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