Vernon Philander

Asked about the general reputation this India team seems to carry - of being better travellers than the earlier teams - the South Africa quick said he wasn't impressed just yet

Two more draws added to the pile though, in the latest round of Sunfoil Series games

The South Africa quick, who has not played since July due to back spasms, is set to turn out for Cobras in a first-class fixture against Dolphins from Monday

The South Africa fast bowler continues to recover from a lower-back niggle and aims to regain full fitness by mid-October

The fast bowler is in the final phase of rehabilitation from the back injury he sustained during the England tour, and has been ruled out of the Cobras' season-opening first-class fixture against the Knights

Our correspondent follows two South African teams about on the disappointing final legs of their respective tours

Vernon Philander will work on his conditioning ahead of a packed home summer scheduled to feature 10 Tests, including two four-match series against India and Australia

South Africa are having to try and level the series against England without Vernon Philander which has led to him receiving some significant criticism

After battling illness last week, Philander has now been struck with back spasms on the eve of the final Test at Old Trafford and faces a fitness test

Vernon Philander has recovered from the illness that affected him during the third Test and hopes to bring his ability with bat and ball to bear on leveling the series in Manchester

It was not Vernon Philander's fault that South Africa were badly beaten at The Oval with the batting, especially, under scrutiny

Philander was only able to bowl five overs on the second day at The Oval and was later sent for tests which revealed a possible viral infection

Despite other bowlers' ability to bowl quicker or swing the ball more, Vernon Philander has remained South Africa's most bankable bowler in Tests

Vernon Philander became ill shortly before the start of the Test but it did not stop him producing three high-class spells of seam bowling

Recklessness was the charge laid against England after their double collapse at Trent Bridge, but rarely, if ever, has such an accusation been levelled against Alastair Cook

It was always going to take at least two players to even come close to replicating what one of the great allrounders offered and at Trent Bridge that pair may have been found

All the stats and landmarks from a memorable victory for South Africa in the second Test against England at Trent Bridge

The excellence of South Africa's pace attack turned the Trent Bridge Test into a rout as England were dismissed in only 44.2 overs

South Africa squeezed the pulp from England's attack in the second Investec Test with a resolution that has set them up for victory at Trent Bridge, and potentially left a few psychological marks