Is Philander a HTB?

[Agent Nationaux]

Is he a home track bully? Only does well in RSA.

 

[Neil Pickup]

No.

 

[benchmark00]

Philander is probably the best in the world on wickets that offer something.

 

[Daemon]

ffs can we give the bloke more than 2 years before we start judging him on this?

 

[TT Boy]

He averages 20 away from home so he must be.

 

[smash84]

He averages 20 away from home so he must be.

 

[Zinzan]

He averages 20 away from home so he must be.

Precisely, his average is twice as bad away from home.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Lets wait till the guy has 150-200 wickets then decide if he is an ATG/HTB or whatever.

 

[Xuhaib]

A beast possibly the ideal bowler to test modern day batman inept off stump judgement.

 

[TT Boy]

Outside chance Philander may have 100 test wickets by the end of Feb. 4 tests to go and 1 of them is at Newlands again where Philander averages 9 with the ball.

 

[Jono]

Only does well in RSA.

If your definition of "well" is ****ing own teams beyond any comprehension of ownage, then yes, he only does well in SA.

If your definition of "well" is what most people define "well" as, then no this is a ridiculous assertion.

 

[stephen]

He has outshone Steyn everywhere except in Australia so far. I don't expect that to continue, but it is quite an accomplishment.

 

[L Trumper]

Averages 20 away from home, 11 at home. So clearly HTB

 

[Satyanash89]

He has outshone Steyn everywhere except in Australia so far. I don't expect that to continue, but it is quite an accomplishment.

I dont know why people say Philander bowled better than Steyn in England... averages arent the be all and end all ffs... Philander was average in England apart from one awesome final day. On the whole, Steyn picked up more wickets, made key breakthroughs and looked far more threatening imo

 

[Daemon]

Steyn's mini decline (where he has by no means been poor, just not his usual dominant self) has directly coincided with Philander's entrance into Test cricket hasn't it? Makes one wonder about how good it is for your own record to have good bowlers bowling alongside you.

 

[smash84]

I dont know why people say Philander bowled better than Steyn in England... averages arent the be all and end all ffs... Philander was average in England apart from one awesome final day. On the whole, Steyn picked up more wickets, made key breakthroughs and looked far more threatening imo

awta

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I dont know why people say Philander bowled better than Steyn in England... averages arent the be all and end all ffs... Philander was average in England apart from one awesome final day. On the whole, Steyn picked up more wickets, made key breakthroughs and looked far more threatening imo

Thought Vernon was very poor in England considering the hype going in to the series.

 

[Jono]

Yeah but that doesn't mean he was poor, he just didn't average 10

 

[Pothas]

Yeah he was not poor at all, was a bloody tough series for all the bowlers.

 

[popepouri]

I'm loving Philander right now. He's the antithesis of the required modern day bowler where speed is everything.

That being said, he's going to struggle in the subcontinent.