"It's so bloody long ago I can't even remember it." That's Dale Steyn talking about the last ODI he played. "What I do remember is that we won five-nil. And it's a team game. And that's all that matters," he adds.
Injuries have sidelined Steyn, now 35, ever since South Africa beat Australia five-nil at home in October 2016. Now back to fitness, he returns to a side that's learnt to live without him. Kagiso Rabada and Lungisani Ngidi - both young, fiery and at the helm of South Africa's pace regeneration - are the new incumbents. But with the team management looking for the right mix of bowlers before the 2019 World Cup, the competition for spots has sure lit up.
"It's good to have challenges," Steyn says in the build-up to the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe on Thursday (September 27). "I think Lungi and KG would also appreciate the fact that I'm coming back into the side because they would also know that their positions are under threat. We all are. You can only take a handful of these fast bowlers to the World Cup and we're all fighting for a spot."
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