Philander still a work in progress says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 – Cricket News Update
Despite the pacer breaking all modern-day bowling records, South African Test skipper, Graeme Smith, has labelled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753 a work in progress, claiming that the Test specialist needs to work on generating additional pace, which will prove beneficial for his side’s future endeavors, especially in the sub-continent.
His comments came after the hosts wrapped up another Test series win to cement their position as the no.1 side in the longer version, beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the recently concluded second game at Newlands.
Philander was again the orchestrator of the victory, claiming a ninth five-wicket haul in just his 15th match, taking his overall wickets tally to 87. While the possibility of him reaching the 100-wicket margin in the next Test is remote, which would make him the fastest alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Alfred-Lohmann-c58959 to that hallmark, one can still bank on him to deliver the goods and help his side claim a second Test clean sweep at home this year, following their 2-0 series win over New Zealand last month.
However, for Smith, Philander is far from a finished article, and will need to work on his fitness and more importantly, pace to become more of a threat with the old ball. More often than not, Philander has been devastating with the new ball, moving the cherry both ways, and causing all sorts of problem to the best in the business.
However, almost all of his success has come on bowler friendly wickets of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 is of the view that adding a yard of pace will provide his ace bowler extra cushion when the ball loses its shine.
"Vernon will be the first to admit that he is still a work in progress," Smith said. "He would like to see his pace up. His skill factor is at a very high level and his seam action is unmatched. He is like the seam version of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859. But if he can pick up a little bit of pace, his old ball spells will get better. His new ball spells are already so effective and if he can get the old ones to the same level…"
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