Lee and Steyn serve up a treat

[Top_Cat]

Geez, jumping the gun a bit? Both Steyn and Lee have led their respective attacks and bowled like the world-class bowlers they should in, what, two Tests in a row? A solid year of similar bowling and maybe we can sart hailing them but not yet.

 

[Salamuddin]

A mate of mine wasnt a world class cricketer but got to face the touring Aussies in the late 90s in a FC game. Opened the batting. Faced 5 balls from McGrath and got hit 3 times and got out on the 5th. Said he didnt know what to do as it was good pace and crazy bounce. Too good for him and definately a painful experience

That mate wouldn't be Dale Benkenstein would it ?
I remeber Dale said that Mcgrath was bloody quick when he faced him ( I think western province v Australia 1997)

 

[Richard]

Benkenstein's not an opener, though.

Would think Kev's mate would be more likely to be a resident of these isles than the south of Africa, but may be wrong.

 

[roseboy64]

Wasn't it too long ago Steyn wasn't held in high esteem on here?

 

[Pup Clarke]

Yeah, when his performances weren't deserving of attention.

 

[Richard]

Wasn't it too long ago Steyn wasn't held in high esteem on here?

I still don't exactly hold him in high esteem - his performances against New Zealand have been sensational bar the one on a really flat pitch, those in a couple of home Tests against India and Pakistan on relatively sporting surfaces have been good, and one out of four in Pakistan was good.

That aside, he's still yet to convince.

And none of his recent performance changes the fact that selecting him in 2004\05 was an awful decision and was one of several things that cost South Africa that Test-series.