Dale Steyn

Now on 97 wickets in his 19th test.

Handy.

Will put him joint 5th on the all time list if he gets to 100 in this match

And yet KP made mincemeat of him first up. The lad has obviously improved significantly since his early days.

He has a terrific s/r in tests. How does he compare to the young Donald, overall would you say?

Rob I wrote:He has a terrific s/r in tests. How does he compare to the young Donald, overall would you say?

Not as quick. Donald was very erratic early on

Looking forward to seeing him at the WACA next summer.

He's going to be a handful this Summer.

If he bowls the right length...

Invader Zim wrote:If he bowls the right length...

I daresay AD and Pollock will have been offering plenty of advice on that subject.

He's come on very well. We had him for a season at Essex and he was a scattergun.

In fairness, he has had a few easy series to get there. A long way to go before the hype becomes anything like the reality.

This guy is class. If he stays fit then this time next year he should easily be the best fast bowler in the world.

Big hooray for Dale Steyn. He makes me believe again. He is really good. I'm not drunk. He bowls quick. Sexy sexy.

Thought Steyn looked awesome prospect when he took a couple of 'crackerjack' wickets when he debuted versus England. Think he'd only played 9 FC matches, or maybe even less. Was going to take a while to polish him up. His action's remarkably like Donald, but with less physicality he's half a yard or so slower. Still damn quailty.

Not relishing him, Ntini and Morkel this summer. We'll do well to win that series.

Batfink Begins wrote: We'll do well to win draw that series.

Fixed

He's probably up there with Lee as the best fast bowler in the world at the moment. Morne Morkel is arguably an even better prospect, though.

I am a little surprised that he hasn't done too well in ODIs but its just a question of time before he becomes one of the best ODI bowlers as well.

skully wrote:And yet KP made mincemeat of him first up. The lad has obviously improved significantly since his early days.

When has Steyn bowled to KP? He wasn't in the Test team when Steyn debuted.

ntini, morkel, steyn...damn. arguably the best pace attack in the world atm. akhtar, asif, gul and lee, clark, johnson would run them close

Both those attacks quail before the might of SiBo and Jimmy.

Ash wrote:ntini, morkel, steyn...damn. arguably the best pace attack in the world atm. akhtar, asif, gul and lee, clark, johnson would run them close

Ntini is very very average on flat pitches. Morkel is a rookie so they only have Steyn who can do damage on flat low bouncing pitches.

AKhatr, Asif and Gul have yet to play together and are the most injury prone "established" bowlers in the world.

Lee is class, Clark needs a bit of help from the pitch(bit like Asif) and i haven't been impressed by Johnson.

PlanetPakistan wrote:
Lee is class, Clark needs a bit of help ...

Unthinkable statement even less than a year ago!

morkel is a rookie but looks class. ntini is a home track bully and seems to have lost pace over the last yr or two.

id still put them slightly ahead of the others though. maybe this deserves another thread...

Ntini's home/away record isn't that dissimilar to Kumble's.