Newlands dream goes on for Vernon Philander

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Early today, Proteas seamer Vernon Philander insisted that results were all that mattered after he starred with the ball to leave Sri Lanka on the ropes after two days of the second Sunfoil Test at PPC Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday.

The champion medium pacer took 4/27 to move past 150 Test wickets in his 39th match for South Africa as the tourists were bundled out for 110 in 43 overs, before the hosts extended their lead to 317 with all 10 second wickets intact.

The 31-year-old Philander’s wickets took his total to 35 in six matches at the famous Cape venue.

Speaking about the place, he said, “Coming here to the home of cricket, it’s always a good place to play and doing it at a ground I enjoy playing at. I couldn’t have asked for a better place to have taken it than at Newlands, but look, there’s a lot more wickets still to be taken in my career hopefully going forward.

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Thanks for the post @sportscrunchin

 

Welcome to the forum. I have moved your thread to the Cricket Talk section.

 

On topic, Vernon is a' excellent bowler when conditions suit him. Right up there with anyone to exploit the conditions to his favor.