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Phillips was kept on as Australia's wicketkeeper for the following summer against New Zealand and India. His batting in the second test against New Zealand helped Australia achieve a rare victory. However his form behind the stumps against the spinners was increasingly poor, and caused a drop in his confidence which in turn affected his batting.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860101&id=27oyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cegDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4654,7862552 Mike Coward, 'Reassurance for Phillips', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 1 January 1986 p 31] accessed 3 July 2012</ref> |
Phillips was kept on as Australia's wicketkeeper for the following summer against New Zealand and India. His batting in the second test against New Zealand helped Australia achieve a rare victory. However his form behind the stumps against the spinners was increasingly poor, and caused a drop in his confidence which in turn affected his batting.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860101&id=27oyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cegDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4654,7862552 Mike Coward, 'Reassurance for Phillips', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 1 January 1986 p 31] accessed 3 July 2012</ref> |
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Phillips ended up being replaced by specialist keeper [[Tim Zoehrer]] on the 1986 tour to New Zealand. Cricket journalist Mike Coward wrote at the time that "Phillips, who has been the butt of much criticism and ridicule over the past 12 months... who has been severely depressed at times this season, will privately rejoice at Zoehrer's promotion".<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860131&id=4jVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5787,160506 Mike Coward, 'Zoehrer Gets Marsh Seal of Approval', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 31 January, 1986 p37] accessed 20 July 2012</ref> However by now Graham Marsh and [[David Boon]] were the established opening batsmen so Phillips was going to bat in the middle order. |
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Phillips ended up being replaced by specialist keeper [[Tim Zoehrer]] on the 1986 tour to New Zealand. |
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| Nickname | Flipper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Wicket keeper, coach, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 320) | 11 November 1983 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 March 1986 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 69) | 22 October 1982 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 29 March 1986 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne Bentley Phillips (born 1 March 1958) is a former Australian cricketer, who played in 27 Tests and 48 ODIs from 1982 to 1986 as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He played for South Australia between 1978 and 1991
Career
Phillips played cricket as a wicketkeeper at high school, but concentrated on batting once he started grade cricket. He would occasionally wicket keep and was a reserve wicketkeeper with Australian under-age teams, but soon established himself as a specialist batsman.
He made his first class debut during the 1977-78 season, when the state sides had been depleted due to World Series Cricket.[1] Over the summer he played three Sheffield Shield matches and a single one-day match as a middle class batsman, with a top score of 22.
Phillips did not play first class cricket again until the 1980-81 season, when he was picked for South Australia's last match of the Sheffield Shield. He made the most of his opportunity, scoring 111 and 91 as an opener against Victoria.[2]
Established in South Australian side
Phillips established himself as an opening batsman over the 1981-82 season, scoring 857 first class runs at an average of 47.61, making an important contribution to South Australia winning the Sheffield Shield that summer. He scored a century against the visiting Pakistan side[3]and 260 against Queensland.[4] These results saw Phillips selected in the Australian squad to tour Pakistan that winter as a batsman and reserve keeper.
Pakistan Tour 1982-83: International Debut
As a junior member of the touring squad, Phillips was not expected to play in any test matches in Pakistan. This proved to be the case, with Bruce Laird, John Dyson and Graeme Wood better established as openers. However a score of 92 in a tour game against the Pakistan Invitation XI[5] saw Phillips selected to make his one day international debut in the final match of that series. Unfortunately the game was called off due to a riot.[6]
1982/83 Season
Phillips scored consistently throughout the 1982-83 season, scoring 680 runs at an average of 37.77. He scored centuries against New South Wales[7] and Tasmania[8] but was unable to break into the test team. There was an opener vacancy after Graeme Wood was dropped but the spot was given to Kepler Wessels.
Nonetheless, Phillips remained on the radar of Australian selectors. He was picked in a Young Australian side to tour Zimbabwe in early 1983 as a wicketkeeper batsman. The highlight of this tour for Phillips was scoring 135 in a one day game.[9] After this success, commentators started talking about Phillips as a possible Australian wicketkeeper.
1983-84: Test Debut against Pakistan
Phillips was picked as opener for the first test against Pakistan during the 1983-84 summer and scored 159 in the first innings.[10] He played for the rest of the series, ending with 362 runs at an average of 60.33, and was selected for the 1984 tour of the West Indies. During the summer he was also picked as wicketkeeper for some one day games for South Australia, which led to some calling for him to play in this position for Australia.
1983-84 Tour of West Indies: Wicketkeeper
Rod Marsh had retired as Australia's wicketkeeper at the end of the 1983-84 season and it was expected his replacement would be Roger Woolley, who kept wicket for the first two tour games. However, the selectors were unhappy with Woolley's form and felt having Phillips as keeper would strengthen Australia's batting, so he was picked in that role, batting at seven. He was moved around the order for the rest of the series, the highlight being his 120 which he scored in the third test.[11] He also took part in the notorious "protest" by captain Kim Hughes about not being set a winnable target in a tour game against Trinidad and Tobago.[12]
1984-85: India and the West Indies
Phillips stayed on as first choice wicketkeeper for the 1984 tour of India. He was quoted at the time saying:
From the Australian point of view, I can become the all-rounder. I don't bat and bowl but I bat and wicket-keep... Hopefully this tour will see the start of me becoming a specialist wicket-keeper. I realise I'm under enormous pressure, but I really believe I can prove I am as good as any specialist wicket-keeper in the country.[13]
Phillips was generally held to have done a good job on the tour[13] and also throughout the 1984-85 summer, despite an injury which saw him miss several games. He was also selected on the 1985 Ashes. It was later revealed that he signed to go on the rebel tours to South Africa over the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons, but he changed his mind.
1985 Ashes
Phillips was one of the few Australian players to return home with his reputation enhanced during this tour, which Australia lost 3-1. His fighting innings in the fifth test threatened to save the game for Australia but he was dismissed in controversial circumstances.[14][15]
1985-86 Summer: India and New Zealand
Phillips was kept on as Australia's wicketkeeper for the following summer against New Zealand and India. His batting in the second test against New Zealand helped Australia achieve a rare victory. However his form behind the stumps against the spinners was increasingly poor, and caused a drop in his confidence which in turn affected his batting.[16]
Phillips ended up being replaced by specialist keeper Tim Zoehrer on the 1986 tour to New Zealand. Cricket journalist Mike Coward wrote at the time that "Phillips, who has been the butt of much criticism and ridicule over the past 12 months... who has been severely depressed at times this season, will privately rejoice at Zoehrer's promotion".[17] However by now Graham Marsh and David Boon were the established opening batsmen so Phillips was going to bat in the middle order.
1985-86 Tour of New Zealand
Phillips played in all three tests of the 1986 tour of New Zealand as a specialist batsman, although he also played as wicketkeeper in the one day internationals, and one of the tour games. By now David Boon and Geoff Marsh had established themselves as openers, so Phillips batted at number three. He only passed 50 once in the tests, the third game which Australia lost after a second innings collapse.[18] This turned out to be Phillip's last test.
He did play one last great innings for Australia, helping win the 3rd one day international. He came to the wicket with Australia at 5-142 requiring 230 to win and Steve Waugh at the other end. Waugh asked him what he thought and Phillips replied, "Simple, young fella. With my talent and your youth, we'll get these with an over to spare."[19] The two of them put on 86 runs with Phillips scoring 53 off 32 balls, and Australia won by 3 wickets. Phillips and Waugh were voted joint man of the match.[20]
Despite this, Phillips was not selected in the squad to tour India later that year and never regained his position in the Australian test or one day side.
Post Test Career
Philips went on to score runs for South Australia until the early 1990s. In March 1987, he batted in a South Australian record 4th-wicket partnership of 462 runs with David Hookes against Tasmania. Phillips scored 213 not out.
Coaching
He coached the Southern Redbacks for four seasons, until resigning on 16 March 2007, one season before his contract was set to expire. Under his tenure, the Redbacks' winning percentage hit 25%[citation needed] (10 wins, 22 losses and eight draws) and in his last season, they finished last in both the Pura Cup (winning just one match) and Ford Ranger Cup competitions.
Philiips' father Brian Phillips was a former Australian rules footballer and chairman of selectors with Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.[21]
Post Cricket Career
In 2007 Phillips accepted a position as chief fundraiser for the South Australian branch of the Liberal Party.[22]
Assessment
Phillip's promotion to wicketkeeper is generally held to have done considerable damage to his talents as a batsman.[23] Steve Waugh later described him as:
That sporadic genuius... 'Flipper' was always upbeat and great fun to be around - except when he was driving the team bus, in a style that on occasions bordered on maniacal and broke most of the known road rules - but I could never quite work out whether his casual, laid-back attitude was genuine or a disguise for uncertainty and self-doubt.[24]
At his peak, his good looks and ability to score fast meant he was one of the most popular Australian players, particularly with Channel Nine (who broadcast the game) and PBL (in change of marketing). Graham Halbish, an executive with the Australian Cricket Board, later wrote that:
Wayne was very popular with Channel Nine and PBL because they believed he was good value as a commercial asset. PBL rated him in the top three or so players in the country. The selectors certainly did not have him rated that highly. He was a wicketkeeper and a batsman but he was not performing to an exceptional standard, or consistently. Statistics did not equate to his profile.[25]
See also
References
- ^ South Australia v Victoria Sheffield Shield 1977/78 Adelaide Oval on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th February 1978
- ^ Victoria v South Australia Sheffield Shield 1980/81 Kardinia Park, Geelong on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th March 1981
- ^ South Australia v Pakistanis, Pakistan in Australia 1981/82, Adelaide Oval on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 1981
- ^ South Australia v Queensland, Sheffield Shield 1981/82, Adelaide Oval on 8th, 9th, 10th January 1982
- ^ Pakistan Invitation XI v Australians, Australia in Pakistan 1982/83, Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on 10th, 11th, 12th October 1982
- ^ 3rd ODI Australia vs Pakistan, Karachi 22 October 1982 Cricinfo
- ^ New South Wales v South Australia, Sheffield Shield 1982/83, Sydney Cricket Ground on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th December 1982
- ^ South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 1982/83, Adelaide Oval on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th January 1983
- ^ Zimbabwe v Young Australia, Young Australia in Zimbabwe 1982/83, Harare Sports Club on 17th April 1983
- ^ 1st Test Australia vs Pakistan, Perth 11-14 November 1983 Cricinfo
- ^ Australia in West Indies 1983/84 (3rd Test) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on 30th, 31 March, 1, 3, 4 April 1984 (5-day match) Cricket Archive
- ^ Martin Williamson, 'How to win friends ...', Cricinfo, 15 July 2006 accessed 8 June 2012
- ^ a b Mike Coward, 'The Irony of the Keen and Efficient Casual', Sydney Morning Herald, October 4, 1984 p 29 accessed July 3, 2012
- ^ Andrew Miller and Will Luke, 'Cricinfo XI - Eleven bizarre dismissals ... and one that got away', Cricinfo Magazine, February 2006 accessed 8 June 2012
- ^ Nick Hoult, 'England's last hurrah', Cricinfo Magazine, August 2005 accessed 8 June 2012
- ^ Mike Coward, 'Reassurance for Phillips', Sydney Morning Herald, 1 January 1986 p 31 accessed 3 July 2012
- ^ Mike Coward, 'Zoehrer Gets Marsh Seal of Approval', Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January, 1986 p37 accessed 20 July 2012
- ^ Australia in New Zealand 1985/86 (3rd Test) Eden Park, Auckland on 13-17 March 1986 at Cricinfo
- ^ Waugh p 89
- ^ Australia in New Zealand 1985/86 (3rd ODI) at Basin Reserve, Wellington 26 March 1986 at Cricinfo
- ^ Rucci, M. & Stokes, K. "Sporting greats back Oval plan", Adelaide Now, 28 April 2011 Accessed 24 August 2011.
- ^ 'It's over for Emma, Kevin Foley' by Genevieve Meegan, Sunday Mail (SA), 28 April 2007
- ^ Christian Ryan, 'Six obsession', Cricinfo, 15 January 2009
- ^ Waugh p 88-89
- ^ Graham Halbish, Runout: My Dismissal and the Inside Story of Cricket, Melbourne Books, 2003 p 59
Waugh, Steve, Out of My Comfort Zone, Penguin, 2006
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