Dale Steyn
South Africa
Personal information
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm fast
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	13	7
Runs scored	80	4
Batting average	6.15	2.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	13	3
Balls bowled	{{{test overs}}}	247
Wickets	59	9
Bowling average	30.33	29.11
5 wickets in innings	3	0
10 wickets in match	2	n/a
Best bowling	5/34	3/65
Catches/stumpings	2/-	0/-
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Dale Willem Steyn (born June 27, 1983, Phalaborwa) is a cricketer who has played in Test and One-day International cricket for South Africa. is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Phalaborwa is a large town situated at half way up along the length of the Kruger National Park in Limpopo Province of South Africa. ... This article is about the sport. ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ...

He made his ODI debut for the African XI during the 2005 Afro-Asian Cup. The following cricketers have played at least one one-day international for the African XI. This is a complete list, with the next match due to be played sometime in 2006. ... The Afro-Asian Cup was a cricket competition played for the first time in 2005 and which is intended to run for at least three years. ...

Recalled to the Test side in April 2006, he responded with his first five-wicket haul, as New Zealand were routed in the first Test at Centurion. Finished the three-Test series with 16 wickets, and made a fine impression throughout. Took 3 for 129 in the first Test against Sri Lanka in July, and 5 for 82 in the first innings of the second match even as South Africa slumped to a 2-0 series whitewash.

He spent some time playing for Essex County Cricket Club in the summer of 2005. He played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club for the first half of the 2007 season as their 2nd overseas player.He had a good stint with Warwickshire in 2007, topping the wickets table in the limited overs games with 16 wickets. Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. ...

He took his fourth five wicket haul, and his first ten wicket haul for the match against Pakistan in Novemeber 2007, contributing to the convincing 1st Test victory for South Africa, giving them the unassailable 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Dale Steyn picked up Test-best figures of 10 for 93 to condemn New Zealand to a huge 358-run defeat in the first Test at the Wanderers in November 2007. It was South Africa's largest margin of victory (by runs), beating the 356-run win over England at Lord's in 1994.