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Vernon Philander at the other end gets his wickets at 22 with a strike rate of 48.I suppose the only knock on him is that he could be more economical (3.24 isn't bad, but it's not great, either), but his near-GOAT strike rate and the fact that he plays in such a batting-dominant era cancels that out. Doing it all at the pace he does while standing just 5'11" deserves some credit, too.
I think part of the reason Steyn doesn't get as much praise as he should is that he's pretty mechanical and almost boringly consistently good, and isn't really known to be much of a character, either. As I said earlier in the thread RE: Flintoff, charisma and big moments can serve to overrate a bowler, while just being the same old consistent wicket-taker without much fuss probably isn't as "sexy" to most.
Sure he's stealing wickets from Steyn, and building pressure at the other end, but two guys with such ridiculous records at the same time suggests friendly pitches/maybe the batting isn't as good as everyone says.