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Is Dale Steyn the new Allan Donald?

Is Steyn the new Allan Donald?


  • Total voters
    49

smash84

The Tiger King
Donald v Steyn
just some figures...

Batsmen 1-3 39.1% v 31.2%
Batsmen 4-7 34.8% v 35.6%
Batsmen 8-11 26.1% v 33.2%

Donald - bowled 18.8% caught 38.2% c/b 30.3% lbw 12.4%
Steyn - bowled 24.5% caught 38.3% c/b 20.9% lbw 16.2%

Steyn
Sehwag 52.16 (7)
Harbhajan 18.66 (7)
Hussey 50.45 (5)
Clarke 46.34 (5)
Katich 45.03 (5)

Donald
Atherton 37.70 (11)
Waugh 41.82 (10)
Stewart 39.55 (9)
Anwar 45.53 (7)
Ramprakash 27.33 (6)
Nice stats FBU

Can you post the same for some other bowlers?
 

FBU

International Debutant
Nice stats FBU

Can you post the same for some other bowlers?
Steyn to left handers - 28.6%
Donald 24.8%

After 49 Tests

2159.2 overs 259 wickets at 22.95 econ 2.75 s/r 50.0 18 5fers 5 10fers - Lillee
1672.5 overs 255 wickets at 22.82 econ 3.47 s/r 39.3 16 5fers 4 10fers - Steyn
1896.3 overs 248 wickets at 21.91 econ 2.86 s/r 45.8 16 5fers 2 10fers - Donald
1802.4 overs 233 wickets at 21.48 econ 2.77 s/r 46.4 14 5fers 2 10fers - Marshall
1992.0 overs 232 wickets at 22.60 econ 2.63 s/r 51.5 15 5fers 1 10fers - McGrath
2082.1 overs 225 wickets at 24.55 econ 2.65 s/r 55.5 16 5fers 3 10fers - Hadlee
2002.1 overs 222 wickets at 21.08 econ 2.33 s/r 54.1 11 5fers 3 10fers - Ambrose
1796.3 overs 203 wickets at 20.26 econ 2.28 s/r 53.0 10 5fers 0 10fers - Pollock

Targeting the stumps

Bowled - caught - c/behind - lbw
24.5% - 38.3% - 20.9% - 16.2% - Steyn
21.3% - 40.8% - 18.6% - 19.3% - Hadlee
19.4% - 38.3% - 22.1% - 20.2% - Marshall
14.0% - 41.6% - 23.0% - 21.4% - Pollock
13.5% - 39.3% - 27.0% - 20.1% - McGrath
20.5% - 42.7% - 23.7% - 12.8% - Ambrose
15.2% - 40.0% - 27.3% - 17.5% - Lillee
18.8% - 38.2% - 30.3% - 12.4% - Donald
 

Red Wingz

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Donald in his peak looked like he could kill a batsman silll i would pick steyn anyday

Donald bowled in much bowler friendly wickets to steyn and steyn still has better stats

Only fast bowler slightly better than steyn is mcgrath and mcgrath is the greatest fast bowler of all time

I have seen steyn bowling at dead rubbers in india and still humilating the legendary indian line up.....Peak setyn was jaw dropping
 

vcs

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His average is almost identical to Donald's, SR is around 41 compared to Donald's 47, so his ER is correspondingly a bit higher. Steyn has 4.9 WPM compared to Donald's 4.58. Since he's bowled in the era of flatter wickets and bigger bats, out of those two, it has to be Steyn.
 

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Steyn is a beast and despite the fact that I rate McGrath higher than him, is much rather watch Steyn than virtually any other fast bowler, particularly in India.
 

Coronis

International Coach
Steyn for me, but when you get to the top level ATG quicks, you're not gonna lose much picking between them.
 

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