CricTracker's Test Team of the Year 2014

9. Dale Steyn (South Africa)

Matches: 7, Innings: 14, Wickets: 39, Best Figures: 6/34, 5-fers: 3, Average: 18.33

Anderson and Johnson would have taken the badge of World’s Best Fast Bowler for a short time but Dale Steyn has been a consistent performer as long as anyone can remember now. The aggression and the pace with which he bowls is always a sight to watch. It doesn’t matter to him if it’s the limited-overs format or the Tests, he always gives his hundred percent. His power to eviscerating any batting lineup on any kind of pitch was at full display when he took 9 wickets on a dead Galle pitch and 8 wickets at a Harare pitch that offered nothing to the pacers. His average of 18.33 is the best by any bowler in 2014.