Overview
- Two respected voices offered opposing picks within 24 hours when Nasser Hussain named Harry Brook the world's best and, on Wednesday, Dale Steyn replied on X with the three words “Harry don't bowl.”
- Steyn's intervention came during the second Test at St George's Park after Marco Jansen scored 85 and took 5 for 33 to put South Africa in a dominant position over Australia.
- Steyn framed his view around all‑round contribution, noting Jansen opens the bowling for South Africa, bats in the lower middle order, and ranked second only to Ravindra Jadeja on the ICC Test All‑Rounder list at the time.
- Harry Brook's case rests on specialist excellence: he has spent much of the past two years at or near the top of the ICC Test batting rankings and is seen as England's most consistent batter across formats.
- The episode shows how a short social‑media remark can focus a broader, subjective debate about how to define ‘best cricketer’ and could shape public opinion and selection talk as pundits press quality versus overall match value.