5 best exponents of the outswinger in cricket history

#4 Dale Steyn

South Africa v West Indies Test Match Series - Third Test Day 4 — Dale Steyn

With 417 Test wickets in just 85 Test matches, Dale Steyn is among the greatest fast bowlers to have ever played the game, and one of his most lethal weapons as a fast bowler is the outswinger. Steyn's prowess as an exponent of the outswinging delivery has destroyed some of the best batting lineups over the years, and the fact that all of it happens at express pace makes it doubly difficult for batsmen to negotiate the swing.

However, merely swinging the ball is not what makes him so good. In addition to the outswing, Steyn is very accurate and keeps plugging away at one spot in order to induce an error. Moreover, he does have the ability to swing the ball appreciably but instead of that, he prefers to swing the ball by just the right amount so that the batsmen are almost always forced to play a shot.

A 'play and miss' is quite common when Steyn is in his groove with the outswinger.