Vernon Philander

Vernon Philander

Philander in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Vernon Darryl Philander
Born	(1985-06-24) 24 June 1985 (age 39) Bellville, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	The Surgeon,[1] VDP, Vern, Pro, V-Dawg[2]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa (2007–2020)
Test debut (cap 311)	9 November 2011 v Australia
Last Test	24 January 2020 v England
ODI debut (cap 86)	24 June 2007 v Ireland
Last ODI	23 August 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	24
T20I debut (cap 29)	11 September 2007 v West Indies
Last T20I	16 December 2007 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	24
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003/04–2015/16	Western Province
2004	Devon
2005/06–2018/19	Cape Cobras
2008	Middlesex
2012	Somerset
2013	Kent
2013	Jamaica Tallawahs
2015	Nottinghamshire
2015/16	South Western Districts
2017	Sussex
2018	Durban Heat
2019	Cape Town Blitz
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 64 30 168 129 Runs scored 1,779 151 4,941 1,418 Batting average 24.04 12.58 26.14 23.63 100s/50s 0/8 0/0 3/17 0/5 Top score 74 30* 168 79* Balls bowled 11,391 1,279 29,108 5,419 Wickets 224 41 580 129 Bowling average 22.32 24.04 21.82 32.61 5 wickets in innings 13 0 24 0 10 wickets in match 2 0 2 0 Best bowling 6/21 4/12 7/61 4/12 Catches/stumpings 17/– 6/– 41/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 January 2020

Vernon Darryl Philander (born 24 June 1985) is a South African cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer.^[3] He was a right-handed bowling all-rounder; he had previously represented his country at under 19 level. He played for the South Africa national cricket team and Cape Cobras in South African domestic cricket. In December 2019, ahead of a Test series against England, Philander announced that the series would be his last series before retiring from international cricket.