Nearly 1450 days since getting to 400 Test wickets, Dale Steyn’s finally gone past Shaun Pollock’s South Africa record (1:21)
Dale Steyn has become South Africa’s leading wicket-taker in Test cricket, after claiming his 422nd wicket in Centurion. It took just 19 balls on the day for Steyn to reach the landmark, achieved when Fakhar Zaman prodded at one outside off, edging to Dean Elgar in the slips. The 35-year old fast bowler overtook Shaun Pollock, whose record of 421 wickets had stood for 10 years.
The crowd rose as one to give him a prolonged standing ovation, while his teammates hoisted him on his shoulders. Pollock, the man he overtook to become South Africa’s most prolific wickettaker, called him “an absolutely brilliant performer, an absolute champion and a true leader of the attack”.
Steyn made his comeback from a heel injury earlier this year, having battled shoulder and groin problems since 2015. He has only played seven Tests in the last two years but in an interview with ESPNcricinfo in June stated his intention to try to reach 100 caps. And rather more recently, he insisted he felt like a 23-year old and was hoping to go on playing for a long time yet.
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo