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Dale Steyn Test record against England

2004-12-17 – 2015-12-26 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 12 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 18 batting innings and 22 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting181891215.7544.36
Bowling221,5815031.6255.28

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: 3.43 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 2,764.

Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 426.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year
  1. 200417 runs
  2. 20058 runs
  3. 200829 runs
  4. 200950 runs
  5. 201028 runs
  6. 201238 runs
  7. 201519 runs
Test · Wickets by year
  1. 20046 wickets
  2. 20052 wickets
  3. 20088 wickets
  4. 20092 wickets
  5. 201013 wickets
  6. 201215 wickets
  7. 20154 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
20151219179.5026.020020732420.002.7543.50
20123438269.5037.25005010261529.203.3452.40
201023282628.0043.0700306541320.233.1039.15
200912504725.0060.240033831247.002.76102.00
200822291929.0049.150040593836.253.5561.12
200512888.0042.100020192261.004.0690.00
20042317817.0068.000011254649.004.1870.33

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home71212217.4246.03132731.59
Away566713.4041.6192331.65
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v England · St George's Park

  2. Highest recorded innings · 47 runs

    Test v England · Kingsmead

  3. Best recorded bowling · 5/51

    Test v England · The Wanderers Stadium

  4. Latest available scorecard

    Test v England · Kingsmead

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2015-12-26Kingsmead4221--
2015-12-26Kingsmead3--010
2015-12-26Kingsmead21752--
2015-12-26Kingsmead1--470
2012-08-16Lord's4--161
2012-08-16Lord's3938--
2012-08-16Lord's2--494
2012-08-16Lord's12647--
2012-08-02Headingley4--126
2012-08-02Headingley3311--
2012-08-02Headingley2--2102
2012-08-02Headingley106--
2012-07-19Kennington Oval3--556
2012-07-19Kennington Oval1--299
2010-01-14The Wanderers Stadium3--264
2010-01-14The Wanderers Stadium215--
2010-01-14The Wanderers Stadium1--551
2010-01-03Newlands4--274
2010-01-03Newlands311--
2010-01-03Newlands2--474

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.