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Kane Williamson picks Steyn, then makes room for Philander

The Overlap Cricket's fast-starting extract has viewers recalling the difficulty of facing South Africa's seam attack.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 73,355 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (7,136).

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Jimmy Anderson gets the phone-call joke, but Vernon Philander gets the knowing groans around the table.

Asked to name the best bowler he faced, Kane Williamson chooses Dale Steyn in a Stick to Cricket extract. A host immediately suggests ringing Anderson to tell him he hasn't been picked. Williamson, though, has another South African to bring into the conversation: Philander.

That second name gives the discussion its substance. The panel considers the problems posed by Steyn, Philander and Morne Morkel, including how the challenge changed depending on whether the batter was right- or left-handed. These were different difficulties within the same attack: Steyn's pace and swing, Philander's probing seam movement and Morkel's steep bounce.

The Short passed 60,000 views in 16 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day Shorts audience. It carries Stick to Cricket's Betfair branding.

Philander is also the name that keeps recurring in the comments. Viewers recall his ability to draw a batter across the crease while making similar-looking deliveries behave differently. Others ask for more room to hear Williamson's perspective before the panel jumps in.

The extract follows Williamson's clips about playing the ball late and losing the 2019 World Cup final. Here, the attention shifts from how he batted to the bowlers who made batting so difficult.

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What viewers say

Philander was the master at dragging a batsman across the crease, one nips away, one holds its line, one zips back in all with the same wobble seam , a nightmare in seaming conditions
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Philander was a menace
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Philander was an absolute destroyer.
Heavily underrated
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