Dale Steyn Test record against Australia
2008-12-17 – 2016-11-03 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 15 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 23 batting innings and 28 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 23 | 294 | 19 | 15.47 | 40.16 |
| Bowling | 28 | 1,923 | 70 | 27.47 | 46.28 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 3.56 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,240.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 1 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 732.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 200884 runs
- 200972 runs
- 201165 runs
- 201226 runs
- 201443 runs
- 20164 runs
- 200814 wickets
- 200920 wickets
- 201111 wickets
- 201212 wickets
- 201412 wickets
- 20161 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 51.00 | 4.02 | 76.00 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 14.33 | 43.43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 6 | 12 | 26.41 | 3.54 | 44.75 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 5.20 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 5 | 12 | 30.83 | 3.37 | 54.75 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 41 | 65.00 | 57.52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 113 | 4 | 11 | 21.81 | 3.63 | 36.00 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 | 72 | 28 | 10.28 | 35.46 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 203 | 8 | 20 | 31.45 | 3.67 | 51.30 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 76 | 42.00 | 42.00 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 200 | 4 | 14 | 22.57 | 3.45 | 39.14 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 8 | 13 | 146 | 16.22 | 42.94 | 16 | 39 | 26.43 |
| Away | 7 | 10 | 148 | 14.80 | 37.75 | 12 | 31 | 28.77 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 5/67
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 76 runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-03 | WACA Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 51 |
| 2016-11-03 | WACA Ground | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 2014-03-01 | Newlands | 4 | 1 | 44 | - | - |
| 2014-03-01 | Newlands | 3 | - | - | 0 | 24 |
| 2014-03-01 | Newlands | 2 | 28 | 27 | - | - |
| 2014-03-01 | Newlands | 1 | - | - | 1 | 44 |
| 2014-02-20 | St George's Park | 4 | - | - | 4 | 55 |
| 2014-02-20 | St George's Park | 2 | - | - | 1 | 55 |
| 2014-02-20 | St George's Park | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 2014-02-12 | SuperSport Park | 4 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| 2014-02-12 | SuperSport Park | 3 | - | - | 2 | 61 |
| 2014-02-12 | SuperSport Park | 2 | 7 | 13 | - | - |
| 2014-02-12 | SuperSport Park | 1 | - | - | 4 | 78 |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 4 | - | - | 3 | 72 |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 3 | 8 | 17 | - | - |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 2 | - | - | 4 | 40 |
| 2012-11-30 | WACA Ground | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | - |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | 0 | 28 | - | - |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 3 | - | - | 2 | 50 |
| 2012-11-22 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.