Steyn hailed as South Africa’s greatest fast bowler

Steyn hailed as South Africa’s greatest fast bowler

PRETORIA (Reuters) - vale Steyn, long thought-about South Africa’s greatest quick bowler, confirmed his standing statistically once he became the country’s leading take a look at wicket-taker on Wed.

Steyn, plagued by injury for the last three years, had Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman (12) caught at second slip by Dean Elgar to move to 422 test wickets, taking the outright high spot on South Africa’s incomparable list from Shaun Pollock.

It has taken Steyn 89 tests to reach that mark, 19 fewer than his former teammate, and his strike rate of a wicket every 42.1 balls is only bettered among current players by compatriot Kagiso Rabada (39.2).

Steyn is arguably the best take a look at seamer of his generation, and would probably have past 500 wickets by now were it not for serious shoulder, foot and groin injuries that have restricted him to solely seven tests within the last 3 years.

“I should admit that after I was standing at the highest of my mark (after taking the wicket) I nearly pushed a tear. There was a lump in my throat as a result of I didn’t assume it'd happen,” Steyn told South Africa’s SuperSport.

“There have been a lot of test matches and, hopefully, there is a lot more to come.”