Vernon Philander now holds world record for facing most balls in 4th innings without being dismissed

Vernon Philander has faced most number of balls in fourth innings without being dismissed.

Vernon Philander remained not out in fourth innings of second Test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa © Getty Images

By Sudatta Mukherjee

Vernon Philander has now faced the most number of balls in the fourth innings without being dismissed. Philander was unbeaten on 27 after a 98-ball vigil in the fourth innings at SSC Colombo against Sri Lanka. He has been unbeaten on four occasions. He was unbeaten twice against Australia, during the latter team’s tour of 2013-14 and once against India.

Mominul Haque of Bangladesh, who appears second on the list, has been unbeaten twice.

The only Indian to feature in the top 10 is Pravin Amre.

Here is the list –

Player	Team	Inns	NO	Runs	Highest Score	Balls faced	100	50
Vernon Philander	South Africa	4	4	129	51*	258	0	1
Mominul Haque	Bangladesh	2	2	122	100*	208	1	0
Tauseef Ahmed	Pakistam	3	3	22	14*	139	0	0
Pravin Amre	India	1	1	35	35*	110	0	0
Tony Blain	New Zealand	2	2	35	24*	103	0	0
Brendon Julian	Australia	1	1	56	56*	103	0	1
Max Walker	Australia	1	1	23	23*	101	0	0
Grant Bradburn	New Zealand	1	1	30	30*	86	0	0
Ashraf Ali	Pakistam	1	1	29	29*	79	0	0
PW Jarvis	England	1	1	29	29*	64	0	0

(Sudatta Mukherjee is a reporter with CricketCountry. Other than writing on cricket, she spends penning random thoughts on her blog and produces weekly posts on new food joints at Whopping Weekends. She played Table Tennis for University of Calcutta. When she is not writing, you will catch her at a movie theatre or watching some English serial on her laptop. Her Twitter id is @blackrosegal)