Newlands dream goes on for Philander

Standard Bank Proteas seamer, Vernon Philander insisted that results were all that mattered after he starred with the ball to leave Sri Lanka on the ropes after two days of the second Sunfoil Test at PPC Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday. The 31-year-old took 4/27 to move past 150 Test wickets in his 39th match for South Africa as the tourists were bundled out for 110 in 43 overs, before the hosts extended their lead to 317 with all 10 second wickets intact. Philander’s wickets took his total to 35 in six matches at the famous Cape venue. Kagiso Rabada had done the early damage for the South Africans with his 4/37, which included his 50th Test wicket. That was followed by Philander tearing through the tail. He also removed the last two Sri Lankan wickets from consecutive deliveries, meaning he will be on a hat-trick going into the second innings.Keshav Maharaj also played his hand with 2/32 on a day which started with Quinton de Kock completing his third career century after he made 101 (124 balls, 11 fours). Home captain Faf du Plessis could have enforced the follow-on, but chose not to.