Glenn Phillips
New Zealand cricketer
| Date of Birth | : | 06 December, 1996 (Age 29) |
| Place of Birth | : | East London, South Africa |
| Profession | : | Cricketer |
| Nationality | : | South African, New Zealand |
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Glenn Dominic Phillips (গ্লেন ফিলিপস) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand national cricket team. Domestically he plays for Otago, having previously played for Auckland. He made his international debut for New Zealand in February 2017.
An all-rounder who can also keep wicket, Phillips is regarded as a physically fit cricketer who is an excellent fielder. Described as a "compact, muscular hitter, known for playing outrageous shots", he has played for a number of Twenty20 sides around the world.
Domestic and franchise career
Phillips was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand at the age of five. He was educated at Sacred Heart College where he played cricket. He made his List A debut on 24 January 2015 in the Ford Trophy.
Phillips made his Twenty20 debut on 4 December 2016 in the 2016–17 Super Smash against Otago, scoring 55 from 32 deliveries opening the batting. He was the highest run-scorer in the competition during the season, with 369 runs. He scored his first century, 116 not out, in Auckland's final group-stage match against Central Districts, becoming the second domestic player since Hamish Marshall to score centuries in all three forms of the game and the first to do so within a single domestic season.
He made his first-class debut on 6 March 2017 in the 2016–17 Plunket Shield season against Canterbury. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Auckland for the 2018–19 season.
International career
After having been a member of New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Phillips was added to New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa in February 2017 as a replacement for the injured Martin Guptill. He made his debut during the series and in October was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad against India. He did not play in the ODI series, but did play in the second and third T20Is of the series and retained his place in the side against the West Indian and Pakistani teams which toured New Zealand later in the season.
Phillips played more Twenty20 Internationals later in the year, although he then dropped out of the New Zealand team, not playing at all in 2019. In January 2020 he was flown to Sydney ahead of New Zealand's third Test match on their tour of Australia as cover for Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls who were ill. With neither player able to take part in the match, Phillips made his Test debut, top-scoring in New Zealand's first innings with 52 runs. He came back into New Zealand's T20I side in November 2020, the first T20I series involving the side after the COVID-19 pandemic had led to most of their scheduled matches during the year being cancelled. In the second match against the West Indies he scored his first century in T20I cricket. The innings, in which Phillips scored 108 runs, saw him reach his century in 46 balls, setting a new record for the fastest century by a New Zealand batsman in a Twenty20 International match.
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