Mirpur rekindles Dale Steyn's fire
Dale Steyn would like everybody to just "shut up," about his new hairdo, to stop pre-empting how much longer he will play, because "if I am fit and I am strong I will bowl all day." He wants to cut his team-mates a bit of a break because they are playing in "really difficult conditions to bat and bowl" in Bangladesh, but those frustrated phrases are all just a facade. Steyn is actually having the time of his life. "I love what I am doing right now, even if it's in 40 degree heat and the ball is staying ankle high and it's not bouncing and there's no seam and it's very slow. Shit, I love it. I would rather be here than anywhere else right now," Steyn said.
Just a week ago, Steyn looked like he would rather be anywhere else. He struggled for success in Chittagong and looked a shadow of the seamer who could charm even subcontinent surfaces. It all seemed to be getting too much. Steyn was shattered after South Africa's World Cup semi-final defeat and sullen through an IPL in which he warmed the bench more than he played. He sneered that he did not want to "waste" the deliveries he had left on an ODI series in Bangladesh and has now admitted he needed some space to sort himself out.
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