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Cape Town – They call him the Steyn Remover ... but for just how long will bowling trump-card Dale Steyn be “removed” from the South African attack in the remainder of the decisive third Test against Australia at Newlands here?
The pedigreed fast bowler broke down with a right hamstring strain after the first ball of just his 11th over as the Proteas were made to toil rather grimly on Saturday, experiencing the rare, flimsy return for them of one wicket per session on a belter of a track for stroke-players.
They were under pressure from the moment Michael Clarke won an inviting toss and took the logical decision under sunny skies of batting first, and with the controversial, outspoken David Warner very much to the fore – a handy little psychological result for the Aussies, wasn’t it? – have worked themselves into a position where a score in excess of the 450-mark is invitingly on, and perhaps then some.
