Dale Steyn retires from Test cricket

[Burgey]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

****. Just no. He's not allowed to. I'm not ready for this yet.

 

[GIMH]

What a player. There were a few years before Anderson peaked, the new breed of Aussies emerged, etc where he really did stand alone amongst fast bowlers.

A joy to watch unless you were hoping for him to fail and walks into a C21 XI.

 

[Starfighter]

Wow, did not expect that.

 

[GotSpin]

One of my favourite bowlers ever

What an action

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Pretend I posted chrisisaak.jpg here.

 

[Bahnz]

The best fast bowler of the post-McGrath era by miiiiiiiiiles. Really sad to see him go.

 

[Flem274*]

the best bowler to watch ever, and top 5 of all time in greatness

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Absolutely sensational bowler, the greatest pacer of the modern era. To some extent this is not a major surprise, he's had a torrid time of if with injuries, but he will still be missed majorly

 

[Slifer]

Greatest post McGrath bowler period. Top ten of all time. Still would have a select few above him though.

 

[morgieb]

Depressing the last four years of his career and also the lack of a real send-off. One of the greatest bowlers of all-time. Just was a remarkable bowler.

 

[the big bambino]

One of the great fast bowlers I put him ahead of Walsh and Ambrose

Well, yes and no.

 

[Daemon]

The thing about watching his highlights reels are that the wickets themselves are almost secondary to the whole spectacle. You need to watch the entire spell of bowling where he’s flicked a switch and is steaming in and beating the bat again and again to really truly know what Dale Steyn was all about. You hit peak enjoyment and get your money’s worth long before he actually finds the inevitable edge or rips the off pole out the ground.

 

[stephen]

Was the only player I almost enjoyed watching beat my side. His ability to dominate the game was second to none. A sad loss for cricket.

But a reminder that cricket stops for no one. All the greats eventually have to stop and it's only after they're gone that their genius can be truly appreciated.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Well, yes and no.

I agree with this.

No way you can **** with Ambrose

 

[Logan]

I would place Steyn ahead of Ambrose. Steyn was peerless. The best strike rate in history of cricket.

 

[Jezroy]

One of the greats. Scary at his best.

 

[Slifer]

I would place Steyn ahead of Ambrose. Steyn was peerless. The best strike rate in history of cricket.

Regarding sr Um no. See Rabada for example.

 

[Logan]

I take 200 wickets or 50 Tests as a minimum requirement

 

[akilana]

Regarding sr Um no. See Rabada for example.

Rabada what?

See number of test for example.

 

[Slifer]

Rabada what?

See number of test for example.

Well then that should have been included as a caveat.