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dale steyn

dale willem steyn -lrb- ; born 27 june 1983 -rrb- is a south african cricketer who plays in tests , t20 internationals and one day international cricket for south africa .
steyn plays domestic cricket in south africa for cape cobras .
he is a right-arm fast bowler , and bowls at speeds of around 145 -- 150 km/h -lrb- his fastest being recorded at 156.2 km/h during the 2010 ipl , bangalore royal challengers against kolkata knight riders -rrb- .
his fastest ball in international cricket was clocked at 155.7 km/h -lrb- 96.8 mph -rrb- against new zealand , making him tied for 4th fastest active bowler with lasith malinga as of 3 january 2015 .
steyn held the record for the fastest south african to reach 100 wickets in test match cricket , a feat he achieved on 2 march 2008 .
steyn is widely regarded as the best fast bowler of his generation .
he currently has the best bowling strike rate of all time in test match cricket -lrb- amongst bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 10,000 deliveries -rrb- .
dale steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of 16.24 in season 2007/08 and was subsequently rewarded with the prestigious icc 2008 test cricketer of the year award .
he was named one of the wisden cricketers of the year in 2013 .
he was named wisden leading cricketer in the world for the year 2013 in 2014 wisden cricketers ' almanack .
he dominated the number one spot in the icc test rankings for several years between 2008 and 2014 .
he is currently the number one ranked test bowler in the world , achieving the 900 + points benchmark on 13 november 2011 following his important early work with pace bowling expert , ian pont .
in october 2012 , alongside philander and morne morkel , steyn was part of a south african pace attack bowling coach and former test cricketer allan donald called the best the country had ever produced .
steyn played a cameo as himself in the 2014 hollywood film `` blended '' .
