Dale Steyn can come back and take the Indian line up apart

There are few players in today’s game who can be mentioned in the same sentence as Glenn McGrath, Curtley Ambrose or Waqar Younis.One of them however, is Dale Steyn.
With a surreal average of 22 after 85 test matches, 26 five wicket hauls and 9 Man of the Match awards, Dale Steyn will go down as a legend of the game. AB De Villiers is one of the most talented and innovative Test batsmen and averages more than 50 after over 100 test matches.

Amala gain No.1 spot in Test Rankings

South African batsman  Hashim Amla on Monday became the first batsman since Ricky Ponting to top both Test and ODI rankings at the identical time in the latest ICC  Rankings. Amla leads a number of South Africa players was  continue to make remarkable gains in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings. South Africa players now chief the ICC Test Player Rankings tables for batting, bowling and all-rounders after their  211 runs  win over Pakistan in the 1st  Test at Johannesburg today, which gave it a 1-0 lead in the three match series.

Paceman  Dale Steyn has broken down the 900 rating points barrier for the 2nd  time in his career to keep his number one spot in the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, and Jacques Kallis still lead  the ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders. Steyn now has 908 ratings points, the best by a Test bowler since Muttiah Muralitharan reached the matching rating in July 2008 against India. Dale Steyn last broke the 900 ratings points fence in November 2011 after the Cape Town Test against Australia. 

South Africa right on Top after commanding Day 2 against Pakistan

South Africa seized a 411 run lead over Pakistan at the end of the 2nd  day of the first Test at the Wanderers on Saturday with seven  wickets still in hand after sent  Pakistan  for their lowest Test score of 49 runs.

Fast bowler Dale Steyn claimed  6 for 8, it was his  best bowling  figures at home, as Pakistan were all out in 29.1 overs four runs less than of their previous lowest  innings total against Australia. Phillander and Jacques Kallis take two wickets each.

Graeme Smith then determined he would not enforce the follow on and at the stumps  South Africa were 207 for 3  in their 2nd  innings.

Openers Smith and Alviro Peterson (27) put  82 runs. Graeme Smith reached his 37th Test 50 fifty  and Jacques Kallis made 7 runs. Hashim Amla unbeaten 50  and AB de Villiers (63*) then added  108 runs to take South Africa to the close.

South Africa wrap the Test Series with huge win

South Africa's cruel destruction of New Zealand showed why they are ranked the number one team in Test cricket, both captains agreed after the South Africa  finished an innings win in the 2nd  and final Test at St George's Park on Monday.

Fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel used the 2nd  new ball to upsetting effect as South Africa won by an innings and 197 runs before lunch on the fourth day. It was their second consecutive innings win against the outclassed New Zealanders.

Man of the match Steyn claimed  3 for 48 for match figures of 8 for 65 while Morkel take 2 for 36 as New Zealand were bowled out for 211 on Monday. They wanted only a combined 34 deliveries to take the last five wickets. Dean Brownlie and BJ Watling put on 98 runs  for the 5th  wicket before Brownlie was caught behind off Jacques Kallis for 53 in the tenth over of the day.

The new ball was taken three overs later and the rest of the batsmen folded quickly, with an early finish becoming inevitable when Watling was bowled by Dale Steyn for 63. The both  teams meet in three one day internationals, starts  in Paarl on Saturday, but then both face new Test challenges next month. South Africa are at home to Pakistan in three Tests while New Zealand will be hosting England.