Background
He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk.
He was born at Ipswich, Suffolk.
Steel was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Steel made his debut in Minor counties cricket for Suffolk in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He made three further appearances in that season"s competition, playing in matches against Staffordshire and Norfolk.
In that same season he played a single List A match against first-class county Somerset in the National Westminster Trophy at the County Ground, Taunton.
In a Suffolk loss, Steel took a single wicket in Somerset"s total of 333/8, that of opening batsman Mark Lathwell, finishing with figures of 1/62 from 10 overs. He wasn"t called upon to bat in Suffolk"s innings of 271/6.
Steel made one further appearance for Suffolk, in the 1997 Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire.