Dale Steyn sets sights on World Cup
Dale Steyn is determined to participate South Africa's squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November after switching his focus from Test cricket to the shortest sort of the game.
South Africa's all-time leading Test wicket-taker will be 37 by enough time the global showpiece starts and has not played international cricket since last March.
But he said on Tuesday he was looking towards his comeback in the first Twenty20 international against England at Buffalo Park on Wednesday.
"I love playing cricket," he said. "I awaken every day and I cannot see myself doing anything else right now."
Steyn said he had discussed some options forever after cricket but that was something for future years.
"As long as that drive is still there to play at the highest level, to get batters out, fox them and outsmart them and that sort of stuff, if I can do that I'll continue to do this."
Steyn was selected for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales but didn't play a casino game before returning house with a shoulder injury.
He announced his retirement from Test matches in August and said he'd devote the rest of his career to limited overs cricket.
But he didn't play in the three-match one-day series against England which ended on Sunday and he indicated on Tuesday that his focus had narrowed to the 20-overs format.
Steyn said that he planned to play in T20 leagues in Pakistan and India in the coming months.
"After that it is definitely the Proteas and I will give it everything I've got before World Cup."
He said his decision to quit Tests, after going for a South African record 439 wickets in 93 matches, was as a result of the workload.
"If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs per day. I possibly could play about five T20s in that space."
He said that in Test cricket he had prided himself on having the capacity to bowl at high pace throughout a long day.
Certain requirements for T20 cricket were different, "but guys have to know that it's still there and that you can bowl a 90 miles one hour bouncer or yorker."
Steyn said he hoped to perform well himself but also to impart a few of his knowledge to the young bowlers in South Africa's line-up.
"I want to guide them," he said. "I want to stand at mid-off and say, 'what are you thinking, what ball are you contemplating bowling?'."
England stars Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Mark Wood return for the three-match T20 series after being rested through the one-day matches.
