400 reasons for celebration

The Phalaborwa Express no longer stops at Phalaborwa. It has long since left that bushveld siding and steamed, whistles tweeting, into the cricket capitals of the worldSome in Phalaborwa still fondly remember the Little Engine That Could before he became the best Test bowler in the world. That was when a young Dale Steyn, "with the mischievous grin", turned out for Ian Oatway's kiddies soccer team in a town where rugby ruled and cricket was an afterthought.