Glenn Phillips took 5 wickets in his debut, along with Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, and Alex Carey. After taking two four-wicket hauls earlier, the 27-year-old Glenn Phillips also achieved his best bowling numbers in first-class cricket.
Glenn Phillips took 5 wickets in the third day of the first Test Match
On Saturday, the 3rd day of the 1st Test Match , New Zealand beat Australia for 164 in the second innings due to the 5-45 efforts of part-time off-spinner Glenn Phillips. Usman Khawaja (28), first-inning century-maker Cameron Green (34), Travis Head (29), Mitch Marsh (first-ball duck), and Alex Carey (3) were among Phillips’ 1st 5-wicket performances. In less than four hours, Australia was bowled out, with Matt Henry taking 3-36.
Still Australia scored 204 in the first inning yet increased the lead to 368 total. New Zealand was 257 runs lost at Wickets, leading 111-3. Just before wickets, Rachin Ravindra reached a half century on 77 balls, and at the end of play, he was 56 not out, while Daryl Mitchell was 12.
Glenn Phillips at home, achieved the 7th best number overall by a spinner from New Zealand
The last Kiwi spinner who achieved the feat was Jeetan Patel, a right-arm off-spinner who took 5 wickets against Chris Gayle’s West Indies at McLean Park in Napier back in 2008. In 16 years of New Zealand cricket history, Glenn Phillips became the 1st spinner for New Zealand to take 5 wickets in a Test match at home on Saturday. In the 1st Test match between the Black Caps and Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, Phillips performed the feat.
New Zealand’s highest successful fourth-inning run chase at home
New Zealand is 324, and the current target would represent the 10th-highest successful chase in the history of test cricket. Aside, Glenn Phillips’ outstanding performance during the second session which four of his 5 wickets fell, New Zealand recovered a little honor after its 179-ball loss in the face of Australia’s 383.
Among all the three possible results that are still in play, an Australia win is the most possible, while a New Zealand victory is still unlikely. The possibility of winning increases because rain is predicted for the most of the fourth day.
Glenn Phillips led New Zealand to hold Australia to 164 runs : What he said on It
When asked by the media at the end of day two why he had not bowled a single ball in the 1st inning, especially after Australia’s 116-run tenth-wicket partnership, Glenn Phillips replied in an usually kind and polite manner. Glenn Phillips said, “I felt Tim [Southee] did a great job with the bowlers. I always want to bowl, and I always want to bowl at any hand of batter.”
After Nathan Lyon took 4 wickets in less than twenty-four hours, Southee’s match-ups were dropped, and Phillips ruined confusion by taking his 1st five wickets in a Test, highlighting both New Zealand’s selection and planning as well as Australia’s weak batting.
Before taking 5 wickets in 1st-class cricket , the 27-year-old Phillips also takes up his best bowling figures in 1st-class cricket after already picking up 2 four-wickets in a match.
Glenn Phillips told the media about his dream of taking 5-wickets in a Match
Without a question, it’s a dream come true, according to Phillips. “Tim (Southee) is a great captain; he gives me the strength to go out there and follow my plan while also giving you a chance to give it a mistake.” That’s really necessary for a spinner. “Today’s bowling unit completely followed to the goals we set out to achieve. Complete partnership bowling.
Glenn Phillips Plan for New Zealand in the Test match
- According to media report the plan was so clear that it could have been sent by email to Australia’s team analyzer before to the game.
- Phillips was constantly sending the ball up inside out, pushing Carey to take risks, and he had one slip and two catching covers.
- He had already made two attempts and made promises to use both cover catches.
- On his third attempt, he was able to identify Southee in his head.
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