dale steyn Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
dale steyn is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Dale Willem Steyn
Born
June 27, 1983, Phalaborwa
Age
40 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 93 | 125 | 47 | 95 |
Inn | 119 | 51 | 12 | 37 |
Runs | 1251 | 365 | 21 | 167 |
Avg | 13.6 | 9.36 | 3.5 | 7.59 |
SR | 44.3 | 64.95 | 80.77 | 104.38 |
HS | 76 | 60 | 5 | 19 |
NO | 27 | 12 | 6 | 15 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 124 | 35 | 2 | 14 |
6s | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 93 | 125 | 47 | 95 |
Inn | 171 | 124 | 47 | 95 |
Balls | 18608 | 6256 | 1015 | 2176 |
Runs | 10077 | 5088 | 1175 | 2508 |
Wkt | 439 | 196 | 64 | 97 |
BBI | 51 / 7 | 39 / 6 | 9 / 4 | 8 / 4 |
BBM | 60 / 11 | 39 / 6 | 9 / 4 | 8 / 4 |
Eco | 3.25 | 4.88 | 6.95 | 6.92 |
Avg | 22.95 | 25.96 | 18.36 | 25.86 |
5W | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- South Africa
- Africa XI
- Botha XI
- Cape Cobras
- Cape Town Blitz
- Deccan Chargers
- Essex
- Glamorgan
- Gujarat Lions
- Hampshire
- Islamabad United
- Jamaica Tallawahs
- Kandy Tuskers
- Melbourne Stars
- Nelson Mandela Bay Stars
- North Eastern Transvaal
- Proteas
- Quetta Gladiators
- Rest of South Africa
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- South Africa A
- South African Invitation XI
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Titans
- Warwickshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Steyn made his Test debut in 2004, along with a fellow rookie by the name of AB de Villiers, after he impressed Ray Jennings with his raw pace and stamina, in the home series against England after a combined experience of just 7 first-class games. A humbling loss on debut set him back as he picked up just 3 wickets in the game, although it included a ripper of an outswinger to knock over Michael Vaughan in the second innings. After a tally of just 8 wickets in the 3-Test series, Steyn failed to make a significant impact and was dropped from the side.
After a slew of impressive first-class performances, Steyn continued to be in the radar and made a comeback in 2006 for the home series against New Zealand. Wary of not getting another chance, Steyn made his mark immediately with a five-for in his first Test, and bowled with more accuracy and vigour than the rookie 2 years earlier. He picked up 16 wickets in 3 Test matches and tormented the Kiwis with his wrecker-in-chief, Makhaya Ntini. Steyn continued to wreck oppositions and was named one of South Africa’s five cricketers of the year. Despite the honor of this accolade, due to the competition for fast bowlers in the side, Steyn found himself out of the reckoning at the beginning of 2007, citing the reason that he did not possess the intensity required off a fast bowler.
Upon his second coming, Steyn was now a full-time version of the monster we had only glimpsed over the years. When another opportunity came knocking, an away tour in Pakistan, Steyn bumped up his pace and fizzled out nine Pakistani batsmen who didn’t know what had struck them. In the subsequent home series against New Zealand, Steyn picked up two 10-wicket hauls and nailed his spot in the side. The one moment that really made the world sit up was his bouncer to Craig Cummin, who was hospitalised after a bouncer from a rampant Dale Steyn crashed into his helmet. After 3 years of ousters from the side and an anxious wait in the fringes, it was the age of Dale Steyn.
There was no looking back after that. In his prime as a fast bowler, Steyn picked up a scarcely believable 86 wickets in 14 games in 2008, earning him the prestigious ICC Player of the Year award in 2008. After stalwarts like Makhaya Ntini and Shaun Pollock called it a day, Steyn went on to form a lethal opening partnership with Morne Morkel. With all the seaming goodness from a giraffe’s height from one end, and the rapid swinging thunderbolts from another, the two formed, arguably, the most fearsome bowling pair-up of the generation.
Steyn’s climb up to the higher echelon of fast bowling was alarming, particularly in statistical terms, as he rubbed shoulders with fast-bowling legends across generations. For instance, he became the fastest Protea to 100 Test wickets and ended up with 249 wickets at the end of his 48th Test, second only to Dennis Lillee in the race for the fastest bowler to 250 Test wickets. His Test strike-rate is particularly astonishing, and remains second only to George Lohmann of England, who played way back in the 19th century. He was the fourth South African bowler to reach the 300-wicket mark as well, after Pollock, Ntini, and Donald, and was easily the fastest to the landmark out of the four.
Steyn’s crowning achievement, however, will not be a World Cup triumph or a glitzy T20 league win; it’ll be his contribution in a South African Test side that dominated overseas in a generation when home series were starting to become more and more one-sided. After a decimation of Australia in the world’s toughest backyard in 2009, he produced an outstanding spell of reverse-swing in the away tour against India to pick-up 7-51 on a flat wicket in Nagpur, to deliver a South African victory as the visitors went 1-0 up in the series, only for India to make a comeback and tie the series in Kolkata with a thrilling last-session victory. South Africa went onto dominate in the tour of England in 2012 and won 2-0, as Steyn unsurprisingly topped the wicket charts with 15 scalps in 3 games. At the pinnacle of their Test game, South Africa received the Test Championship mace after this victory and became the highest-ranked Test side in the world, taking over from England.
After almost 6 years at the peak of his powers, Steyn’s body was starting to break down, unfortunately for South Africa, in the middle of another ICC tournament (the Champion’s Trophy of 2013) as he was ruled out with a groin strain. His tryst with injuries continued, with a fractured rib, a side-strain, and multiple hamstring strains.
However, amidst all the injury concerns, even the crippled warrior managed to be a force on the international stage. In late 2013, when India toured South Africa, Steyn went through the longest wicketless phase in the first Test at Johannesburg, but came back to skittle the Indians with a five-for in Durban as South Africa clinched the series 1-0.
In the subsequent home series against Australia, Steyn bowled a phenomenal spell in the second Test but an injury midway through the 3rd made him a liability as Australia went on to win the series 2-1, highlighting the extent of Steyn’s performances on South Africa’s fortunes. He was also fit in time for the series in Sri Lanka as he played a major role in South Africa’s first series win in Sri Lanka in more than 20 years - another feather in the cap for Steyn and South Africa, another away Test series triumph.
His colossal achievements in Test cricket and South Africa’s reputation in ICC tournaments often understates Steyn’s effectiveness in white-ball cricket. He has prioritised Test cricket over the years but has bowled in some key moments in the limited-overs format too.
Steyn has been a key bowler for his franchises in the Indian Premier League as well, churning out wonderful bowling spells, first with Bangalore and later for the Hyderabad franchise. He was also retained by the Hyderabad team during the 2014 auction.
In late 2015, Steyn was in the first XI on the tour to India, but he picked up a groin injury in the first Test, and missed the rest of the series. Consequently, South Africa’s reign in away Test series broke after 9 incredible years as they were steamrolled by India 3-0 in a low-scoring tour full of dustbowls. Steyn had another plethora of injuries as he missed most of the series against England, but made a comeback in mid-2016 for the series against New Zealand, before breaking down with an injured shoulder during the Australia tour.
Steyn went on to break the 400-wicket barrier in 2017, and equalled Shaun Pollock’s tally of 421 Test wickets by the end of the short 2-Test away series against Sri Lanka in 2018, as spinners made merry on two custom-made dustbowls. Earlier that year, he got injured after the first Test against India as South Africa went on to win 2-1, and unfortunately couldn’t be in the field to celebrate South Africa’s first home series win against Australia after readmission amidst the chaotic ball-tampering controversy.
The fearsome bowler is in his mid-thirties and is perhaps in the twilight of his career. With his 30s being marred with injuries, he is recuperating from yet another one, as he looks to sign off from Test cricket with one last hurrah, and perhaps dreams of a comeback for the World Cup of 2019 too, with the objective of finally handing South Africa an ICC tournament win, shake off the chokers’ tag for good, and perhaps execute one final chainsaw celebration without fearing for his shoulder.
The disappointment of having missed out the 2019 World Cup made Steyn realise that he has to pick up his playing days going forward and hence he decided to retire from Test cricket as he had an eye on the T20 World Cup in 2020. He signed up in the Big Bash League 2019-20 for the Melbourne Stars and continued his alliance with Cape Town Blitz in the Mzansi Super League.
World Cup through the years..
When Dale Steyn and World Cup are mentioned in the same sentence then the only thing that comes to mind is Grant Elliott smashing a six off the penultimate ball of the match to knock South Africa out. A veteran of two World Cups but Steyn has not quite lived up to his billing in the mega events. Yes, he averages 23.39 and has picked up 23 wickets in 14 games, but he has gone missing when South Africa have needed him the most. In almost same number of matches and across two World Cups, Imran Tahir and Morne Morkel have got more wickets than South Africa's premier fast bowler.
South Africa have been knocked out twice in two World Cups by New Zealand - 2011 in a quarterfinal and 2015 in a semifinal. In 2011, Steyn picked up 2 for 42 in his 10 overs but was outbowled by Tahir (2/35) and Morkel (3/46) on a slow surface. In the next edition, he had gone for 65 in his 8 overs and was still entrusted to bowl the final over with 12 to defend, he failed to do so as the pair of Daniel Vettori and Elliott finished the game with a ball to spare.
This upcoming 2019 edition gives Steyn one last chance to prove his mettle on the world stage. He has not played much cricket of late but like before he does not have the burden of the leading the pace attack. The job for Steyn would be that of a mentor to the likes of Rabada and Ngidi. However, an injury during the warm-ups robbed him of his last chance.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Scary eyes, throbbing veins and a chainsaw celebration have all made Dale Steyn South Africa's most feared fast bowler. Extreme pace, the ability to swing the ball both ways, and accuracy have perhaps made him the country's best ever. At the peak of his powers, Steyn possessed a lithe and wiry body, a steaming run-up that culminated in a aerodynamic action, and a ripper of an outswinger.
Steyn grew up in Phalaborwa, in the country's northern-most province, and spent his childhood obsessed with skateboarding. It was only when he moved to a bigger city, Pretoria, that he gave cricket a proper go and it did not take long before he was considered a serious prospect. He played just seven first-class matches before he was selected for South Africa and made his debut against England in 2004, in the same match as AB de Villiers.
He did not have an immediate impact and spent the following winter playing for Essex in Division 2 of the county championship, and the 2005-06 season honing his craft in the domestic set-up before he was recalled, a visibly fiercer bowler. Steyn took 16 wickets in his second series, against New Zealand, but it was only when he faced them the next year, in the 2007-08 summer, that he announced himself as one of the fierce fast men.
A visibly fired-up Steyn took ten wickets in the first Test in Johannesburg. Then, shortly after lunch on the first day of the second Test in Centurion, he delivered a short ball to Craig Cumming, who missed. The ball crashed into his face and sent him to intensive care.
The flow of wickets became a gush, and in 2008, he became the fastest South African at the time, and the 15th fastest overall, to reach 100 Test wickets. That September, Steyn was named ICC Test Player of the Year after taking 86 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 18.10.
He was part of the South African side that beat England and Australia for the first time away from home since readmission, and then proved he could do it on the subcontinent. In 2010, Steyn summoned reverse-swing reminiscent of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis and took 7 for 51 as South Africa beat India in Nagpur.
He went on to win the Test championship with the team in England in 2012 and took his 300th Test wicket the following year, against New Zealand. He was only the fourth South African to rack up that many scalps.
After he turned 30, Steyn's injury-free run ended. He suffered a groin strain in the Champions Trophy in June 2013, a side strain later that year and a rib fracture in early 2014, a year in which he had three hamstrings strains but also played a part in South Africa's first Test series win in Sri Lanka in over two decades.
He led South Africa's attack at the 2015 World Cup but also became the face of their failed campaign. He delivered the final over in the semi-final against New Zealand and was hit for six by Grant Elliott off the penultimate ball.
Steyn did not seem to be the same afterwards. In November 2015, he suffered a groin strain during the first Test against India in Mohali and missed the rest of the four-match series. He returned in December to play against England but a shoulder injury cut short that summer. In the 2015-16 season, Steyn missed six of South Africa's eight Tests and all their ODIs. He recovered for the World T20 but only played two of the four matches.
Firdose Moonda