10 greatest South African cricketers of all time

#5. Dale Steyn

Fast, ferocious and tremendously pumped up, Dale Steyn is undoubtedly the most feared and the most consistent pacer in Test cricket in the last one decade. When on the song, he can pitch the ball wherever he wants to, can swing it in both ways and can ball at wanted pace.

But what separates him from the rest is his ability to repeat this ordeal over after over and on any surface in the world. In 85 Tests, he has 417 wickets, the second-most by any South African at a stunning average of 22.30.

His strike rate of 41.4 is the best among bowlers with more than 100 Test wickets but the South African bowler's greatest achievement is the fact that he kept the art of genuine pace bowling alive in an era when the game tilted in the favor of the batsmen the most.