Philander, Tahir go from zeroes to heroes

Times Media

TELFORD VICE, Colombo

Before yesterday, Vernon Philander and Imran Tahir had had a forgettable test series in Sri Lanka. But, in the last 27 minutes of the second test at Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo, they became heroes of SA’s return to the No. 1 ranking.

SA hung on with eight wickets down to draw the match and, on the back of their victory in the first test in Galle, clinch the series 1-0. That snatched back the No. 1 test ranking that the Aussies took by beating SA 2-1 i...