VD Philander returned with figures of 4 for 27 and joined the exclusive club of South African bowlers who have captured 150 plus test wickets

VD Philander became the eighth South African bowler to capture 150 plus test wickets.  He returned with 4 for  in Sri Lanka’s first innings in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka. At the end of the Sri Lankan first innings, his wicket aggregate read 152. The eight bowler list is furnished below

VD Philander had made his test debut under the captaincy of GC Smith against Australia at Cape Town in November 2011. He returned with match figures of 8 for 78 {3 for 63 and 5 for 15}. He had earned the distinction of becoming the 20th South African bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on test debut. He had figures of 7.0-3-15-5 in the second innings, which represents the best bowling effort on test debut by a South African bowler even today. His 150^th victim was RAS Lakmal whom he had caught by HM Amla for a duck.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	SM Pollock	108	202	24353	09733	421	7/087	10/147	23.11	16	1
2	DW Steyn	085	156	17286	09303	417	7/051	11/060	22.30	26	5
3	M Ntini	101	190	20834	11242	390	7/037	13/132	28.82	18	4
4	AA Donald	072	129	15519	07344	330	8/071	12/139	22.25	20	3
5	JH Kallis	165	270	20172	09497	291	6/054	09/092	32.63	05	0
6	M Morkel	071	132	13640	07098	242	6/023	08/196	29.33	06	0
7	HJ Tayfield	037	061	13568	04405	170	9/113	13/165	25.91	14	2
8	VD Philander	039	072	07220	03292	152	6/044	10/102	21.65	11	2