4) Dale Steyn (South Africa)
Arguably the no. 1 fast bowler in the world, Dale Steyn is the fourth best bowler of the year. With just 1 wicket short of Anderson, he has 39 wickets in 14 innings at an economy of 3.09 and has the best average 18.33 in the list.
He ripped through the West Indies top order to claim his 25th five-wicket haul (6/34) in test cricket and give South Africa an innings and 220-run in the first test of ongoing test series.
He is now set to overtake Makhaya Ntini as the second-highest wicket-taker in Test for his country. He moved to 389 wickets in the longest format of the game with his six-wicket haul.
Ntini claimed 390 Test wickets in his career from 101 matches at an average of 28.82, but Steyn raced to one behind the mark of Ntini's in just 76 matches at a remarkable average of 22.44.
He recorded his best match figures with 9/99 against Sri Lanka in July 2014. This was his best match figures against Sri Lanka in Tests, as he bettered the 6/54 at Centurion in December 2011. This is also the best bowling performance by a South African in Test vs Sri Lankan in Sri Lanka. In fact, no other fast bowler has done as well in a Test played at Galle, which hosted its first five-day match back in June 1998.
