Proteas seamer suffers hamstring issue in his final Test match
Sunday 26 January 2020 20:04, UK
Vernon Philander has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee and handed one demerit point for his send-off to Jos Buttler on day two of the fourth Test in Johannesburg.
The South Africa seamer - playing his final Test before joining Somerset as a Kolpak player - used inappropriate language after dismissing Buttler at Wanderers on Saturday.
Buttler had earned a fine and demerit point of his own after swearing at Philander during England's 189-run win in Cape Town in the second Test.
Philander's demerit point will prove irrelevant with the 34-year-old bowing out of Test cricket after this match having taken 224 wickets in 64 matches since debuting against Australia in 2011.
The paceman is currently battling a right hamstring injury and left the field after bowling 1.3 overs in England's second innings to go for a scan.
Watch day four of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, in Johannesburg, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 7.30am.
