Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn was chosen as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for 2013, a year in which he took 51 Test wickets in only nine games at an average of just 17.
Wisden described Steyn as “Fast, penetrative and parsimonious, it was some combination.”
The Five Cricketers of the Year, an honour dating back to 1889, were India’s Shikhar Dhawan, Australia duo Chris Rogers and Ryan Harris, England batsman Joe Root and England women’s captain Charlotte Edwards.
The Cricketer of the Year, the personal choice of the Wisden editor and an award that generally reflects performances in the previous English season, can, by tradition, only be won once in a player’s career.
Congratulate Dale on this prestigious achievement.