{"id":6171,"date":"2011-12-16T00:22:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T22:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/cricket-philander-continues-impressive-test-introduction\/"},"modified":"2011-12-16T00:22:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T22:22:08","slug":"cricket-philander-continues-impressive-test-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-philander-continues-impressive-test-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Philander continues impressive test introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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CENTURION, South Africa<\/span> Dec 15 (Reuters) – Keeping it
\nsimple in seamer-friendly conditions again paid dividends for
\nSouth Africa’s Vernon Philander who continued his impressive
\nimpact in tests with another five-wicket haul on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The 26-year-old rocked Sri Lanka with figures of five for 53
\non the opening day of the first test — his third five-wicket
\nhaul in his first three tests.<\/p>\n

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Philander took 14 wickets in two tests in his debut series
\nagainst Australia last month and produced another impressive
\ndisplay as Sri Lanka were skittled for just 180 at Centurion.<\/p>\n

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“I just try to keep it as simple as possible. There was a
\nbit of assistance there today and I tried to exploit it,”
\nPhilander told a news conference.<\/p>\n

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“For me, I just tried to bowl as if it was a flat pitch.
\nSometimes you get on a greentop and you think you should bowl
\nbouncer, bouncer, yorker and then bowl the middle stump out. But
\nthe assistance is there, why try to bowl any differently?”<\/p>\n

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Philander is not new to South Africa’s national team, having
\nplayed seven ODIs and seven Pro20 matches between 2007 and 2008,
\nbut he was considered ill-equipped mentally and physically for
\nthe rigours of international cricket and dropped.<\/p>\n

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Since then, Philander has taken 151 first-class wickets at
\nan average of just 17.80 to suggest his omission was ill-judged.<\/p>\n

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He is also a hard-hitting lower-order batsman who has scored
\ntwo first-class centuries and averages 27.13 with the bat.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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