PlayersSouth Africa

VD Philander

Bowling all-rounder, South Africa, 64 Tests, 2011-2020. Debut v Australia, 2011

21.6Adjusted bowling average, 3rd of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 22.3. It could reasonably be anywhere from 20.0 to 25.3.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

1JJ BumrahIndia20.3 2SM BolandAustralia20.4

3VD PhilanderSouth Africa21.6

4PJ CumminsAustralia21.8 5DW SteynSouth Africa21.9 6RJ HarrisAustralia21.9 7OE RobinsonEngland22.3

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2011	24	297	12.38	3.41
2012	43	908	21.12	2.77
2013	38	686	18.05	2.47
2014	16	666	41.63	2.97
2015	5	226	45.20	2.43
2016	22	482	21.91	2.67
2017	25	606	24.24	2.59
2018	32	545	17.03	2.31
2019	15	422	28.13	2.49
2020	4	162	40.50	2.40
Career	224	5000	22.32	2.63

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

21.7

Volume

Wickets

224

5 wkts

Quality

Average

22.32

Strike rate

50.9

Economy

2.63

Conditions

Away average

28.82

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

25.4

Value / inns

20.6

Volume

Runs

1779

Average

24.04

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

44.5

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

28.27

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Australia	24	509	29.94
England	18	452	30.13
India	15	263	21.92
Sri Lanka	12	177	19.67
New Zealand	11	165	20.62
Pakistan	9	149	16.56
Zimbabwe	2	27	13.50
Bangladesh	1	24	24.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	53	24.68	6/21	4
Sri Lanka	39	17.56	5/45	3
New Zealand	34	20.59	6/44	3
England	30	24.37	5/30	1
India	30	22.73	6/42	1
Pakistan	27	20.22	5/59	1
West Indies	6	29.33	4/29	0
Zimbabwe	3	35.67	1/10	0

Home & away

Home

22.2bat avg

19.09bowl avg

Away

28.27bat avg

28.82bowl avg

Neutral

7bat avg

23bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	32	556	17.94
2nd	28	528	25.14
3rd	21	490	32.67
4th	13	205	29.29

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England4 & 102/51Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2020-01-24 v England27 & 130/41St George's Park, Port Elizabeth2020-01-16 v England17 & 82/70Newlands, Cape Town2020-01-03 v England35 & 464/51SuperSport Park, Centurion2019-12-26 v India44 & 370/66Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune2019-10-10 v India0 & 02/89Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam2019-10-02 v Sri Lanka4 & 183/45Kingsmead, Durban2019-02-13 v Pakistan1 & 144/84Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2019-01-11 v Pakistan162/87Newlands, Cape Town2019-01-03 v Sri Lanka18 & 221/38Galle International Stadium2018-07-12

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 94
Not outs: 20
Runs: 1779
Average: 24.04
Strike rate: 44.5
Highest: 74
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 8
Ducks: 8

Wickets: 224
Average: 22.32
Economy: 2.63
Strike rate: 50.9
Best: 6/21
5 wickets: 13
10 wkt match: 2
Balls: 11391