Vernon Philander
Bowler ·South Africa
Right-handed · Right-arm fast-medium
- 331wickets
- 24.22bowling average
- 3.17economy
- 158matches
- 2,799runs
- 2007–2020 on record
Career record
| Format | M | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | Balls | Wkts | Bowl avg | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 64 | 1,779 | 74 | 24.04 | 8 | 11,391 | 224 | 22.32 | 6/21 |
| MDM | 9 | 295 | 73* | 29.50 | 1 | 1,482 | 29 | 24.10 | 4/39 |
| T20 | 56 | 574 | 45* | 24.96 | 0 | 1,023 | 37 | 36.03 | 3/15 |
| ODI | 29 | 151 | 30* | 12.58 | 0 | 1,279 | 41 | 24.05 | 4/12 |
- Fivefor 0
- Tenfor 0
Career totals as recorded on Wikipedia, covering his whole career. They are kept separate from the figures above, which are counted from the ball-by-ball archive and cover only the matches in it — the two are different spans and adding them together would produce a number that is true of neither.
How he scores through an innings
A career strike rate describes a batter as if he were the same man in the first over and the last. This is the three of him.
Fastest in the death at 138.8, against 77.1 in the middle.
Counted from the over each ball was bowled in. Limited-overs cricket only — a Test innings has no death overs.
By format
| Format | M | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 64 | 60 | 5 | 1,779 | 96 | 32.35 | 44.5 | 224 | 2.63 |
| T20 | 56 | 40 | 17 | 574 | 45 | 24.96 | 148.3 | 37 | 7.82 |
| ODI | 29 | 19 | 7 | 151 | 30 | 12.58 | 70.9 | 41 | 4.63 |
| First-class | 9 | 9 | 2 | 295 | 73 | 42.14 | 48.5 | 29 | 2.83 |
A dash is an average with no completed innings behind it, not a zero.
Against pace and spin
Strike rate against each. The archive names the bowler of every ball but not what kind of bowler he is, so this covers only the deliveries where his type is on record — 4,604 of 5,203 faced.
Best performances
Grounds
Matches, not innings.
Opponents
Matches, not innings.
Competitions
Matches, not innings.
How he gets out
By year
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Format | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-24 | South Africa v England The Wanderers Stadium | Test | 14 (14) | 2/51 |
| 2020-01-16 | South Africa v England St George's Park | Test | 40 (108) | 0/41 |
| 2020-01-03 | South Africa v England Newlands | Test | 25 (109) | 2/70 |
| 2019-12-26 | South Africa v England SuperSport Park | Test | 81 (149) | 4/51 |
| 2019-12-06 | Cape Town Blitz v Nelson Mandela Bay Giants Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 16* (12) | 0/16 |
| 2019-12-01 | Cape Town Blitz v Tshwane Spartans Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 21* (17) | — |
| 2019-11-28 | Cape Town Blitz v Durban Heat Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 18* (9) | 0/25 |
| 2019-11-24 | Cape Town Blitz v Paarl Rocks Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 33 (25) | 1/25 |
| 2019-11-10 | Cape Town Blitz v Paarl Rocks Boland Park, Paarl | T20 | 3 (4) | 0/20 |
| 2019-11-08 | Cape Town Blitz v Jozi Stars New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | T20 | — | 0/20 |
| 2019-10-10 | South Africa v India Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Test | 81 (264) | 0/66 |
| 2019-10-02 | South Africa v India Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium | Test | 0 (13) | 2/89 |
| 2019-04-28 | Cape Cobras v Dolphins Kingsmead, Durban | T20 | 32* (23) | 0/10 |
| 2019-04-26 | Cape Cobras v Lions Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 1 (6) | 0/28 |
| 2019-04-24 | Cape Cobras v Titans Boland Park, Paarl | T20 | 0 (2) | 1/46 |
| 2019-04-16 | Cape Cobras v Knights Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 30* (15) | 1/17 |
| 2019-04-14 | Cape Cobras v Dolphins Newlands, Cape Town | T20 | 12 (7) | 1/28 |
| 2019-04-12 | Cape Cobras v Warriors Boland Park, Paarl | T20 | 3* (2) | 1/25 |
| 2019-04-10 | Cape Cobras v Titans Willowmoore Park, Benoni | T20 | 22* (11) | 1/28 |
| 2019-04-07 | Cape Cobras v Lions New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | T20 | 31 (17) | 0/35 |
Comparable records
Figures counted from ball-by-ball match records, which begin in 2002 and are thin before it. A match with no ball-by-ball record does not appear here, so these are not whole-career totals.