Vernon Philander News

Philander, boasting 225 wickets in 64 Tests for South Africa, remarked that Bumrah appears to have no weaknesses in his game.

The decision comes on the day former Pakistan batsman Ramiz Raja officially took over as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Captain Joe Root led from the front as ruthless England took 10 wickets on Sunday to move to the brink of victory in the third Test with South Africa reeling on 102-6 in their second innings. Root claimed Test-best figures of 4-31 and was ably assisted by Stuart Broad and Mark Wood as South Africa ended the fourth day still 188 runs adrift.

South African seamer Vernon Philander has confirmed that he is all set to represent English county side Somerset next year. 

Markram sustained the injury on the second day of the ongoing opening Test between the two sides at the SuperSport Park in Centurion and now, he is all set to be sidelined for at least six weeks. 

The win, Sri Lanka`s first in any format since October, ends South Africa`s run of seven home series victories in a row with the second and final test in Port Elizabeth from Feb. 21-25.

South Africa used a four-prong seam attack against a Pakistan team clearly not equipped to handle the pace and bounce of South African conditions.

South Africa and Pakistan will head into the first Test on Boxing Day (December 26) at the SuperSport Park. 

South Africa and Pakistan are slated to play three-match Test series, beginng on Boxing Day (December 26) at the SuperSport Park. 

The 28-year-old played a key role in Pakistan's 1-0 win in the recently concluded 2-match Test series against Australia, making his presence felt with a 10-wicket haul in Abu Dhabi. 

Philander ripped through Australia's middle and lower order in a devastating 83-minute spell to finish with career-best figures of 6/21.

Australia's ball-tampering scandal came back to bite them when three replacement batsmen failed on a disastrous day for the tourists in the fourth Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.

Fast bowler Rabada made contact with Smith`s shoulder after dismissing him in the first innings of their six-wicket victory in the second test in Port Elizabeth. He was later found guilty of "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player" by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and will miss the rest of the four-match series.

"It doesn't matter that the Test series has already been won; we want to win all three matches," said the South African pacer. 

Five days before the final Test on a pitch that bore an excessively green tinge, pacer Kagiso Rabada said South Africa are gunning for a whitewash of India, having trampled the visitors in the first two matches.

"Virat is a quality player, and the key thing is to keep him quiet and make sure that we set him up with the other one. I always knew I had the one coming back," said 'Man of the Match' Vernon Philander

India's batsmen must show a more positive mindset to combat the South Africa bowling attack, their captain Virat Kohli said after losing the first Test on Monday.

After handing India a 72-run defeat in the opening Test at Newlands, South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis on Monday focussed on the importance of putting pressure on the opposition in a brief three-match rubber.

Needing 208 to win on Monday, India's famous batsmen failed terribly against the South African bowlers, especially Vernon Philander who took 6/42, as a result of which they now trail the three-game rubber 0-1.

Pandya scored 93 in India's 209 and then took two late wickets to restrict the hosts to 65/2; however, South Africa's lead reached a healthy 142 by stumps.