Vernon Darryl Philander (born 24 June 1985) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed bowling all-rounder, he has previously represented his country at under 19 level. He plays for Cape Cobras in South African domestic cricket.

Philander made his ODI debut on his 22nd birthday, against Ireland at Belfast. He took 4 for 12, a match-winning performance.

Philander was chosen for the emerging players tournament in Australia, and took 3 for 30, as well as hitting 59 off 50 balls in the final against New Zealand A. South Africa would go on to win the tournament. Philander was one of Middlesex CCC's overseas players for the 2008 English Domestic season.

International Career[link]

Philander enjoyed a tremendous start to his international career. On 9 November 2011, Philander made his Test debut against Australia, and was awarded Man of the Match after taking 5-15 in Australia's second innings,^[1] in which Australia was dismissed for 47, that country's lowest completed test innings total since 1902. He was also Man of the Series, with 14 wickets at 13.92 and two five-wicket hauls across the two tests. The following month he took five wickets in each innings in the first test of South Africa's home series against Sri Lanka. He became the fifth player in history to take five wickets in an innings in each of his first three tests.^[2] These performances led to him being awarded a national contract by Cricket South Africa in January 2012.^[3] Philander continued his sensational form in the series in New Zealand which began in March 2012. He picked up five wickets in the first test at Dunedin, which ended a draw. ^[4] He followed this up with a match-winning performance in the second test at Hamilton where he picked up 4-70 and 6-44 for the second 10-wicket haul of his career.^[5] In the 3rd test at Wellington, he excelled once again, picking up 6-81 in the first innings. During the course of this innings, he bowled New Zealand batsman Doug Bracewell for his 50th test wicket in only his 7th match, and thus became the second-fastest bowler ever to claim 50 wickets. The only bowler to get to the mark faster was Charles Turner who did it in 6 matches. ^[6] He went wicketless in the second innings as New Zealand held on for a draw. ^[7]

Achievements[link]

Test 5-Wicket Hauls[link]

Vernon Philander's Test 5-Wicket Hauls[8]
No.	Figures	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	5-15	1	Australia	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands	2011	Won
2	5-70	2	Australia	Johannesburg, South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2011	Lost
3	5-53	3	Sri Lanka	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2011	Won
4	5-49
5	6-44	6	New Zealand	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2012	Won
6	6-81	7	New Zealand	Wellington, New Zealand	Basin Reserve	2012	Drawn

References[link]

External links[link]

• Player profile: Vernon Philander from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Vernon Philander from ESPNcricinfo

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