South Africa bowling plans leaked!

The detailed "bowling plans" of arguably the best bowler in world cricket- Dale Steyn have been accidentally leaked!

A sheet of paper with the bowling plans, meant only for the eyes of South African speedster, Dale Steyn, was slipped under the wrong hotel room door, ending up in wrong hands. Eventually then posted on social media.

The Proteas are set to start a one-day series against New Zealand on Wednesday at Centurion, but it seems like they might need to come up with some new tricks for the opposition!

The hotel guest who mistakenly got the plan posted a photo of it to Facebook saying: 

"Something tells me I wasn't supposed to get the South African team plan/strategy for New Zealand team batsmen and bowlers under my hotel room door... I wonder if this means Dale thinks he's sleeping in my room?"

The top of the page is marked with “Dale Steyn” and the plans are separated into three columns for each batsmen, including “areas to bowl, bouncers and death (late) overs”.

New Zealand’s highest-ranked batsman is Kane Williamson, who lines up at number three for the Black Caps.

The plans to the classy Kiwi seem simple enough.

“Areas to bowl: 4th stump good length – shaping away. Drives on the up through covers,” it said. “Bouncers: attack. Doesn’t pull well.”

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“Death overs: Full and wide. Bouncers angling in.”

Of course it isn’t the first time a team’s secret tactics have ended up in the wrong hands.

In 2000, 2001 and 2012, Australia’s cricketing plans were all accidentally leaked to the media.

The first time was before a match against New Zealand with the next two occasions being before against South Africa.

Here's the plan: