Waqar Younis rates Dale Steyn among top 3 pacers of all time – Cricket News Update
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 pacer Waqar Younis believes the South African spearhead pacer Dale Steyn is just a couple of years away from hitting the top of the all-time pace bowling list.
The 41-year-old veteran pacer, who is fast bowling mentor of IPL franchise Sunrisers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 in the ongoing season six of the lucrative Indian Premier League, on Thursday ranked Steyn among the top three fast bowlers of the last four or five decades, and
hoped to see the Proteas pacer at the top of the list in the next two to three years.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 is definitely in the top three for me. And if he keeps going like this for the next two-three seasons, he'll hit the top. Not many bowlers have swung the ball at his pace and have had his fitness," Waqar said while speaking to the official tournament
website.
"I don't want to offend anyone because there have been some seriously great bowlers in the last four-five decades that I can remember. We've had http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Anthony-Holding-c75756 and so many big names," the
41-year-old former Pakistan skipper went on to add.
Younis, one of the pioneers of reverse swing, also admitted that he was a “big fan” of the Proteas pace bowling spearhead.
“Not only me but everyone in the cricket world loves Steyn for the way he plays the game,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193, who played 87 Tests and 262 One Day Internationals for Pakistan during a cricketing career spanning 1989 to 2003.
“That’s not only because of his bowling but other things that he brings to the table: he likes to talk. He’s amazing when he talks to the coaches and youngsters alike,” added the fast bowling great.
The 29-year-old Phalaborwa Express made his Test debut for the Proteas in 2004 and has so far played 65 matches picking up 332 scalps at an impressive average of 22.65 and an economy rate of 3.30.
In the ongoing Twenty20 league in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, Steyn has played a key role in getting his team (Sunrisers Hyderabad) to a good position in the tournament, picking up nine wickets from eight games at an average of 21.88 and an admirable economy rate of 6.18.
The Sunrisers will next play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals at Jaipur on Saturday, April 27, 2103.
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