Glenn Phillips

Glenn Dominic Phillips is a New Zealand cricketer, born in South Africa, who represents the New Zealand national cricket team and plays for Otago domestically. He made his international debut for New Zealand in February 2017. In December 2017, his younger brother, Dale was named in New Zealand’s squad for the 2018 Under – 19 Cricket World Cup.

Early life

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.

In December 2015, he was named in New Zealand’s squad for the 2016 Under – 19 Cricket World Cup.

Domestic Career:

• List A debut on 24 January 2015 in the Ford Trophy
• He became the second domestic player since Hamish Marshall to score centuries in all three forms of the game, with Phillips being the first to do so within a single domestic season.
• 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.
• In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Auckland ahead of the 2020 – 21 domestic cricket season.
• In April 2022, Phillips signed to play for Otago for the 2022 – 23 domestic season in New Zealand.
• He joined younger brother Dale at Otago and stated his desire to become a genuine all – rounder under coach Dion Ebrahim. As he secured a central New Zealand cricket contract in May 2022, his deal did not contribute to the Otago retainer salary bill.

Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 Franchise Career:

• Twenty20 debut on 4 December 2016 in the 2016 – 17 Super Smash against the Otago Volts, making 55 off 32 deliveries opening the batting
• He was the highest run – scorer in the Super Smash, with 369 runs. He scored his first century (116 not out) in the final regular season match against Central Districts where the Stags won by Duckworth – Lewis.
• Ahead of the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, he was named as one of five players to watch in the tournament.
• In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.
• In 2021 he played for Welsh Fire in the inaugural season of the Hundred.
• In August 2021, he was named in the Barbados Royals’ squad for the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.
• In February 2022, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.
• In April 2022, Phillips was re – signed by Gloucestershire for the 2022 T20 Blast in England.

International Career:

• In February 2017, Phillips was added to New Zealand’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa, after Martin Guptill was ruled out due to injury.
• 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.
• Test debut: top – scoring in New Zealand’s first innings with 52 runs
• 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.
• ODI debut: on 10 July 2022 against Ireland and went on to play in each ODI and all but one of the T20I matches on the tour
• He scored his second Twenty20 International century against Sri Lanka, making a score of 104 in the team’s second group game of the competition. He finished the World Cup as the side’s leading run scorer with 201 runs; as well as his century he scored 62 against England in the group stage.

Major Achievements:

• He was the highest run – scorer in the Super Smash, with 369 runs. He scored his first century (116 not out) in the final regular season match against Central Districts where the Stags won by Duckworth – Lewis.
• He became the second domestic player since Hamish Marshall to score centuries in all three forms of the game, with Phillips being the first to do so within a single domestic season.
• 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.
• He scored his second Twenty20 International century against Sri Lanka, making a score of 104 in the team’s second group game of the competition. He finished the World Cup as the side’s leading run scorer with 201 runs; as well as his century he scored 62 against England in the group stage.