Summary: Dubai [UAE], Feb 20 (ANI): South Africa fast bowler Vernon
Philander has been ruled out of the second and final Test against Bangladesh due to a grade one hamstring strain.
Opening batsmen Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne reduced the target to 276 by adding 28 without loss by tea.South Africa were on course to set the tourists a more challenging target when they reached 251 for five, with captain Faf du Plessis and Vernon
Philander looking solid in a sixth wicket partnership of 60.But Embuldeniya, who bowled with impressive control, bowled
Philander to start a collapse in which the last five wickets fell for eight runs.
With Vernon
Philander gaining unpredictable bounce from a good length just outside off stump, Shafiq advanced down the pitch and was caught at second slip off a ball which seamed away from him.
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Elgar), 2-123 (Markram), 3-126 (Amla), 4-149 (De Bruyn), 5-305 (Bavuma), 6-356 (Du Plessis), 7-394 (De Kock), 8-407 (
Philander), 9-408 (Rabada)
South Africa's attack was strong enough to end the first Test inside eight sessions, and the return of Vernon
Philander at a ground where he has made a habit of demolishing batting line-ups will only make things harder for the visitors.
SOUTH Africa captain Faf du Plessis reserved praise for Vernon
Philander after the bowler inspired a 492-run victory over Australia in the fourth Test in Johannesburg.
Summary: With 208 to defend against India,
Philander said he knew he had to quickly take the responsibility of spearheading the South African pace battery
CRICKET VERNON
PHILANDER has hit another fitness issue which puts South Africa in a selection quandary for the mustwin Old Trafford Test.
With Ben Stokes scoring his fifth ton earlier in the day to take England to 353 all out, Roland-Jones' spell from the Vauxhall End was the catalyst behind South Africa's collapse to 126-8, with uncertainty over Vernon
Philander's participation after he was taken to hospital with a viral illness.
He was given support from Morne Morkel, with a stubborn 39-ball 17, and last man Vernon
Philander, fit to bat after being discharged from hospital following tests for the stomach ailment that had kept him off the field for much of the first two days.
The 32-year-old negotiated a demanding examination from a South African pace attack inspired particularly by two-wicket Vernon
Philander, who also spent 50 minutes off the field with a stomach upset, to close in on a 31st Test hundred.
The no-frills opener excelled in conditions which were far from easy for any batsmen as the ball moved around in the air and off the pitch almost throughout - for the admirable Vernon
Philander especially - after Joe Root chose to bat first on a day of many showers and only 59 of the scheduled 90 overs.
Root was another to begin with an early rush of boundaries but was becalmed as the South Africa attack found their range - and crucially,
Philander returned too.
Ballance's crease-bound technique has been exposed again on his third coming as a Test batsman, while Jennings' dismissal by Vernon
Philander for three, was unedifying indeed.
