Thursday 30 July 2015

Dale Steyn joins the 400-wickets club in 2nd test against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

South African First Bowler Dale Steyn join 400-wicket club after dismissed Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal in the first session of the 2nd Test at Mirpur. He is the second South African to get to the 400 wicket landmark after Shaun Pollock.  Dale Steyn is joint second-fastest in terms of Test matches (80), alongside Richard Hadlee and behind Muttiah Muralitharan, to the mark, and fastest in terms of balls. It took Steyn 10 years and 255 days to become the 13th bowler in the history of cricket to achieve the milestone in test matches. In 80 Test matches in his career Dale Steyn has taken 5 wickets in an innings 25 times, and 10 on five occasions. His best bowling figures in an innings is 7 for 51 runs while 11 for 60 is his best return in a match.

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