Overview
- Batting at No.4, Phillips accelerated from a steady start to reach fifty in 32 balls and finish 90 not out off 48 with seven fours and four sixes.
- Otago posted 193/7 at Molyneux Park in Alexandra and defeated Central Districts by 41 runs after restricting them to 152/8.
- He first adopted a left-handed stance in the 19th over against Dean Foxcroft, then switched again in Jayden Lennox’s over.
- From the left side he drove a four and then cleared extra cover for six, prompting astonishment from commentators as Ajaz Patel smiled in disbelief.
- Phillips told TVNZ he had practiced the switch in the nets, and the clips spread widely online as he prepares for New Zealand’s India tour beginning January 11.