Donald has the better average, Steyn has more wickets.
I think Steyn does pip him based on the latter.
Strike rate and performance in Asia gets him over the line imo
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Donald has the better average, Steyn has more wickets.
I think Steyn does pip him based on the latter.
Donald has a phenomenal record in Asia though, albeit with a fraction of the amount of Tests there. 36 wickets at 20.33Strike rate and performance in Asia gets him over the line imo
Donald has a phenomenal record in Asia though, albeit with a fraction of the amount of Tests there. 36 wickets at 20.33
McGrath always gets a lot of stick for this, but I always saw it as a fairly facetious response to reporters asking a stupid question.He wasn’t prone to things like the 5-0 predictions etc though either.
McGrath always gets a lot of stick for this, but I always saw it as a fairly facetious response to reporters asking a stupid question.
Probably close to my favourite bowler of all time.
Short bowler, express pace, great action and could swing the ball both ways. The fire to boot.
Not relying on his physical traits meant he was awesome in India, he had the pace, the low skiddy bounce and the reverse swing skills to kill it there.
He's in my personal all time XI.
The 4th best SR of all time for bowlers with more than 100wkts and pretty much #1 when you consider he's about 300 wkts clear of those ahead of him on that list. A SR of 42 with 439 test wickets is just nuts.
Probably doesn't get the recognition he deserves in Australia, as of all the countries, he was pretty average here for his standards.
My point was if you ask an athlete how they think they are going to go in an upcoming tournament, you're putting them in a bit of a no-win situation. If they think they'll win they're arrogant, if they think they'll lose they lack self belief.I didn’t hate him doing it admittedly and usually he got it right.
It did expose a bit of underlying arrogance that surpassed that of most of his contemporaries though (not without merit admittedly)
The moment that comes to mind immediately when i think of Dale Steyn. Michael Clarke was in sublime form at this point of his career but was dismissed by sensational piece of bowling.
Dale Steyn vs Steve Smith would have been brilliant to watch in South Africa last year. A phenomenal bowler and competitor who'll be missed on the field.
He was unplayable which goes to show how good Tendulkar was. Could have had him out numerous times. Balls moving both ways. Incredible.
Ive tried hard to find extended highlights of that innings over the years but failed - BCCI copyright perhaps? Id even buy the whole test if I could somehow. Anyone know where to get such a thing should it exist?
I've long searched for even a short highlights of that battle only in vain. I searched in twitter wondering if I could find some link and I did find a few links on YouTube but surprise surprise, all of those channels had been taken down. The BCCI really is an insufferable organisation.
That debut wicket of Vaughan turning him inside out just encapsulated all that was to come.
Probably my favourite bowler to watch, absolute beast.
Holy f*** what a ball