Born in the year 1985 on 25th June in Ravensmead which is situated in Parow in Western Cape, South Africa, Vernon Darryl Philanders spent the better half of his early life growing up in South Africa. He is a South African by nationality, but his ethnicity is not known. The detail about his parents are not available and their names are not disclosed. It is also unknown whether he has any siblings or not and what their names and occupations are.
There is also particulars available about his education history and where he completed his elementary school education. There is also no news about his high school days and the year in which he graduated from high school. The name of his college and his major during his college days are also not disclosed. He seems like one of those celebrities who doesn’t like to disclose much of their personal information to the public. It is not known how he got fascinated towards cricket and when did his passion start. His height and weight are not known.
He started his career with the domestic cricket of South Africa and in his debut match, he was able to make a good performance and also led his team to emerge victorious in the finals. He started playing in the national team of South Africa at the young age of 22 and during his debut match, he was able to give a remarkable as well as excellent performance in bowling. During his first test match, he was honored with the Man of the Match owing to his remarkable performance in the match.
In the same match, his excellent performance also earned him the title of Man of the Series. Throughout the years, he has been excelling as a great bowler and is known for playing a crucial role in making is team emerge victorious in several matches. Owing to his great performances in the previous years, he was honored with the second best bowler by the International Cricket Council and was even selected for the third position of the best all-rounder.
He has been the recipient of the Player of the Series awards in two matches which are the test series with Australia in 2011 and test series with Australia in the year 2016. He has also won the Man of the Match award several times which include test series against Australia in 2011, Sri Lanka in 2011, New Zealand in 2011, and Basil D’Oliveira Trophy in 2012, New Zealand in 2012. Talking about one day cricket, he was awarded the Man of the Match in the match against Pakistan in 2013 and West Indies in 2015.
Talking about the personal aspect of his life, there is no news about him being married or having a wife. There is no detail about any previous relationships or any current girlfriend. He seems like a very secretive person and hence the personal information regarding his life is not disclosed anywhere in his biography. His net worth is very high.
| Birth Date: | 24 Jun, 1985 |
| Age: | 34 yrs |
| Occupations: | Cricketer |
| Citizenship: | South Africa |
| Birth Place: | Bellville |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Cricket player of South Africa. |
| Net Worth 2021: | 1.5 million |
