Steyn 150, Kallis 250

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Steyn has been successful everywhere.

GroupingAscending  	Span  	Mat  	Inns  	Overs  	Mdns  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	5  	10  	
in Australia  	2008-2008  	2  	4  	91.2  	16  	316  	14  	5/67  10/154  	22.57  	3.45  	39.1  	2  	1  	view innings
in Bangladesh 	2008-2008 	2 	4 	62.4 	13 	176 	14 	4/48 	7/75 	12.57 	2.80 	26.8 	0 	0 	view innings
in England 	2008-2008 	2 	3 	81.3 	17 	290 	8 	4/76 	7/173 	36.25 	3.55 	61.1 	0 	0 	view innings
in India 	2008-2008 	3 	5 	85.0 	7 	303 	15 	5/23 	8/114 	20.20 	3.56 	34.0 	1 	0 	view innings
in Pakistan 	2007-2007 	2 	4 	55.3 	10 	222 	9 	5/56 	7/106 	24.66 	4.00 	37.0 	1 	0 	view innings
in South Africa 2004-2008 	16 	31 	503.5 	104 	1801 	82 	6/49 	10/91 	21.96 	3.57 	36.8 	6 	2 	view innings
in Sri Lanka 	2006-2006 	2 	3 	61.5 	4 	292 	8 	5/82 	5/163 	36.50 	4.72 	46.3 	1 	0 	view innings

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Hiow many fast bowlers took 15 wickets @ 20 a piece in their first ever trip to India (with one of the three tests (Chennai) played on an absolute patta)

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Hiow many fast bowlers took 15 wickets @ 20 a piece in their first ever trip to India (with one of the three tests (Chennai) played on an absolute patta)

in chennai ,he took wickets of dhoni,kumble,bhajji n rp singh legendary.in ahmedabad which was a fast bowler paradise,in first innings,3 of his 5 wickets were bhajji,rp n sreesanth.in 2nd innings,2 of his 3 wickets were bhajji n rp singh.in kanpur,he again got bhajji as 1 of his 3 wickets. all in all,9 of his 15 wickets were tailenders,so much for legendary figures

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in chennai ,he took wickets of dhoni,kumble,bhajji n rp singh legendary.in ahmedabad which was a fast bowler paradise,in first innings,3 of his 5 wickets were bhajji,rp n sreesanth.in 2nd innings,2 of his 3 wickets were bhajji n rp singh.in kanpur,he again got bhajji as 1 of his 3 wickets. all in all,9 of his 15 wickets were tailenders,so much for legendary figures

Really ? Lee, Johnson & Siddle struggled to blast out the same tail. If you recall our tail has wagged quite a bit in recent times, at times outscoring our top 5. To me, it doesnt matter whether Steyn knocked out our tail or top order in a particular match. Overall my impression is that he has taken a fair no. of top order wickets. You cant take 150 wickets at close to 5 wickets a test match @ 22 a piece & not be a special bowler. Its the batting equivalent of 3500 runs with 10-12 hundreds in 30 Tests at an avg of 60. If you disagree, prove me wrong, show me numbers that point to Steyn feasting on tailenders ?