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Full name Timothy James Phillips
Born March 13, 1981, Cambridge
Current age 27 years 129 days
Major teams Durham UCCE,England Under-19s,Essex,Essex 2nd XI,Essex Cricket Board
Nickname Pips
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Felsted; Durham University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
45
61
8
1043
89
19.67
0
3
28
0
List A
32
20
9
190
24*
17.27
0
0
10
0
Twenty20
15
7
2
58
31
11.60
50
116.00
0
0
3
3
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
45
6111
3905
82
5/41
47.62
3.83
74.5
1
0
List A
32
928
730
32
5/34
5/34
22.81
4.71
29.0
1
1
0
Twenty20
15
9
159
192
7
2/11
2/11
27.42
7.24
22.7
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1999
Last First-class
Cambridge UCCE v Essex at Cambridge, Apr 12-14, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999
Last List A
Kent v Essex at Canterbury, Apr 20, 2008 scorecard
Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jul 5, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Injury dogged Tim Phillips' early career with Essex, particularly the cruciate ligament problem that put paid to his entire 2003 season. He had another two years to wait for another first-team performance, but he finally got one in 2005 (his first since 2002). That same year he was named the Second XI Player of the Year for all counties and gained a two-year contract extension as a result. He has gone from strength to strength in 2006 and has become a regular first-team member. Phillips gives his balls a bit of air, more so than most English spinners and is one of Essex's leading wicket-takers so far in the 2006 season. He tends to deceive batsmen in the flight: many of his wickets are stumped or bowled and his strong action has been built on the excellent tutelage of John Childs, a fellow left-arm slow bowler, who now coaches at Essex. Batting-wise, Phillips is a natural ball player with immense hand-eye co-ordination and provides a useful option lower down the order. Born in Cambridge, Phillips studied at Durham and started his first-class career, way back in 1999. But finally, seven years on, he will believe that he can stamp his mark on the game. And not before time. Jenny Thompson July 2006
