Michael Clarke was confident enough to drive his first ball wide of mid-off for four but he was not good enough to read Sharma's slower ball and holed out at extra cover.
He holed out in the deep after top-edging a ball from Johan Botha, although Philander initially spilled the catch before gathering at the second attempt.
He was struggling to get the ball off the square and after crawling to 11 from 23 deliveries, it was almost a blessed relief when he holed out on the cover-point boundary.