Philander ecstatic after claiming Test Cricketer of the Year accolade – Cricket News Update
Ecstatic after being named as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753, said that it was a hard season which paid off in the end.
"It was a hard season but it paid off and I'm a proud man," said an enthused Philander at the 2012 CSA awards ceremony in Johannesburg, on Thursday, June 7, 2012.
“…it's been a long process which came together nicely for me. Hopefully I can continue my good form," added the right-arm medium pacer who earned a Test call up after playing First Class cricket for four years.
Philander, the 26-year-old Bellville-born pacer made his Test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 at Cape Town in November last year and claimed the Man of the Match award in his maiden Test bagging 8 wickets for 78 runs, including a second innings haul of 5 for
15, to bundle the Aussies out for just 47 in their second innings.
The rookie pacer termed his Test debut against Australia as the most special moment of his life.
"My Test debut at Newlands will always be the most special moment for me," stated the right-arm pace bowler.
"Picking up all those wickets, and especially against such a highly regarded Test team as Australia, was incredible. The feeling of knocking them over for 47 will stay with me for a long, long time," he added further.
Philander, who plays for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776 in the domestic circuit, earned the Test call-up at the back of an impressive 2010-11 domestic season which saw him claiming 35 wickets at an average of 16.11 and continued the good form on the international arena
as well. The all-rounder reached fifty wickets in only seven matches, 139 days from his debut, the second fastest ever in the history of Test cricket. He had six five-wicket hauls in his first seven Tests.
His success on the international stage earned him a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 contract for the 2012 County Championship campaign. Philander said that he was looking forward to the challenge of playing in the tough English conditions .
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