Dale Steyn retires from Test cricket

[Heboric]

In a way I am kind of sad, hoping he had one more go at Newlands

What a champion bowler, although all those injuries at the end

Dale Steyn brought down the curtain on one of the great fast bowling Test careers of the modern era when he announced his retirement from red-ball cricket with immediate effect.

https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Proteas/dale-steyn-calls-time-on-test-career-20190805

 

[vcs]

Love him

Enjoy your retirement Dale!

 

[h_hurricane]

A celebrated career full of immense achievements. Absolute champion. Will be missed.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Greatest Cricketer of this century

 

[StephenZA]

Sad to see the man go. Thank you for the many great memories.

 

[Spark]

When was his last Test? Real shame he couldn’t get a proper send-off.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Favourite non Indian cricketer ever. Quite close to being favourite full stop.

There was nothing else which gave me the same feeling as watching one of those crazy eye spells where you could see he was about to **** the opposition up. Greatest quick since McGrath by a distance.

 

[Heboric]

Sad to see the man go. Thank you for the many great memories.

So I think its only Amla thats left from the 2008 team that won in England and Australia

 

[OverratedSanity]

When was his last Test? Real shame he couldn’t get a proper send-off.

The home series against SL. Those two series against Pak and SL kind of made it obvious the end was near. He was actually bowling decently, and had stretches where he'd look like SA's best bowler by a mile, but also became weirdly hittable.

 

[StephenZA]

When was his last Test? Real shame he couldn’t get a proper send-off.

SL vs SA this last Feb. Which is a sad way to end such a magnificent career.

 

[Heboric]

When was his last Test? Real shame he couldn’t get a proper send-off.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1144165.html

 

[Maximas]

Played at home against Sri Lanka in the Kusal Perera game iirc

EDIT: and the next test too, yeah those tests will be remembered as anything but Steyn's last

 

[StephenZA]

So I think its only Amla thats left from the 2008 team that won in England and Australia

And maybe not even him soon....

 

[andmark]

Great cricketer simply.

 

[Logan]

Steyn was ahead of the other test bowlers in his era by the same margin that Viv was ahead of other ODI batsmen of his era.

 

[Spark]

The home series against SL. Those two series against Pak and SL kind of made it obvious the end was near. He was actually bowling decently, and had stretches where he'd look like SA's best bowler by a mile, but also became weirdly hittable.

Yeah that was always very possible at the end of his career once he lost a bit of pace/zip, because of how attacking a length he bowled by default. Unless it’s hooping, half-volley machine without that.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The 2010 version of Steyn was probably the best and most entertaining fast bowler I've ever seen. Hooping it miles with the new ball, ridiculous reverse with the old, had it all.

 

[Spark]

Steyn vs Tendulkar in that SA/India series is as about as pure a cricketing contest as you can get

 

[akilana]

Sad to see a young and promising fast bowler retire early at 23.

 

[Heboric]

https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1158397619099619328