“There have just been too many times when we as a team go, gulp, ‘Vern might be injured again'”
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South Africa all-rounder Vernon Philander will work on his fitness and conditioning ahead of the Proteas’ summer at home.
“There’s been too many times where you’re fighting to get him onto the field”
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Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith has lashed out at pace bowler Vernon Philander after he was ruled out of the fourth Test against England with a back injury.
“He will remain in hospital overnight on intravenous fluids for rehydration and will be reassessed in the morning”
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South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander will remain in hospital overnight due to a potential viral infection.
Cook struck 10 boundaries during his unbeaten knock of 82
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South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander proved to be a thorn in England’s side once again, but Alastair Cook kept the hosts afloat as he scored an unbeaten 82 on a rain-affected opening day at The Oval.
“He is becoming the new Jacques Kallis the way he is batting”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has compared Vernon Philander to legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis following his superb performance in the second Test against England.
South Africa celebrate after securing a convincing win
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South Africa’s bowlers worked as a cohesive unit to demolish England by 340 runs on the fourth day of the second Test at Trent Bridge and level the series at 1-1.
Amla scored his 34th Test fifty
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England face a monumental task going into the penultimate day of second Test at Trent Bridge as South Africa set them a mammoth target of 474 to win.
South Africa’s bowlers were all over England on the second day
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A superb bowling performance by South Africa led to them taking a 205-run lead over England at the end of the second day of the second Test at Trent Bridge.
Amla became the fourth South African batsman to surpass 8,000 Test runs after Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers
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The South African trio of Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and Vernon Philander proved to be thorns in England’s side on the opening day of the second Test at Trent Bridge as they scored 78, 68 and 54 not out respectively.
“JP will be the first guy to say he knows he needs to score runs for this team”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has conceded that all-rounder JP Duminy could lose his place in the Test side due to his poor run of form as of late.
