Josh Philippe
{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Josh Philippe
| image =
| country = Australia
| fullname = Joshua Ryan Philippe
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Subiaco, Western Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Wicket-keeper-batter
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2021–2023
| odidebutdate = 20 July
| odidebutyear = 2021
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 233
| lastodidate = 26 July
| lastodiyear = 2021
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| odishirt = 2
| T20Idebutdate = 22 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2021
| T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand
| T20Icap = 96
| lastT20Idate = 3 December
| lastT20Iyear = 2023
| lastT20Iagainst = India
| T20Ishirt = 2
| club1 = Western Australia
| year1 = {{nowrap|2017/18–2023/24}}
| clubnumber1 = 27
| club2 = Perth Scorchers
| year2 = 2017/18
| clubnumber2 = 27
| club3 = Sydney Sixers
| year3 = 2018/19–present
| clubnumber3 = 22
| club4 = Royal Challengers Bangalore
| year4 = 2020
| clubnumber4 = 1
| club5 = New South Wales
| year5 = {{nowrap|2024/25–present}}
| clubnumber5 =
| hidedeliveries = true
| columns = 4
| column1 = ODI
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 65
| bat avg1 = 21.66
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 39
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| column2 = T20I
| matches2 = 12
| runs2 = 150
| bat avg2 = 12.50
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 45
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/-
| column3 = FC
| matches3 = 48
| runs3 = 2,285
| bat avg3 = 28.56
| 100s/50s3 = 3/15
| top score3 = 129
| catches/stumpings3 = 126/6
| column4 = LA
| matches4 = 48
| runs4 = 1,732
| bat avg4 = 36.85
| 100s/50s4 = 3/11
| top score4 = 139
| catches/stumpings4 = 58/4
| date = 3 November 2024
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1124282.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Joshua Ryan Philippe (born 1 June 1997) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper batsman.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1224850/20-cricketers-for-the-2020s |title=20 cricketers for the 2020s |work=The Cricketer Monthly |access-date=6 July 2020}} He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in February 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1124282.html |title=Josh Philippe |access-date=23 December 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} Born to a cricketing family, his father has played for Western Australia 2nd XI and coached Western Fury while his mother has represented Western Australia in the 1980s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/australia/josh_philippe_ipl_england_australia_the_cricketer.html|title=Josh Philippe interview: When someone is pumping you up the world is great. The Cricketer|website=www.thecricketer.com}}
Career
Philippe made his Twenty20 debut for Perth Scorchers against the Sydney Sixers in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 23 December 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1114860.html |title=5th Match, Big Bash League at Sydney, Dec 23 2017 |access-date=23 December 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} Prior to his T20 debut, he scored 88 runs from 92 balls opening the batting against England in a warm-up match representing a Western Australia XI, prior to the 2017–18 Ashes series.{{cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/josh-phillippe-england-tour-match-wa-xi-waca-james-anderson-sledging-stuart-broad-newcastle-stokes/2017-11-06 |access-date=24 December 2017 |title=The Baby-Faced Rookie who Bested England |work=Cricket Australia}}
Philippe made his first-class debut for Western Australia in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season in February 2018{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118882.html |title=19th match, Sheffield Shield at Hobart, Feb 16-19 2018 |access-date=16 February 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} and his List A debut for the side in the 2018–19 JLT One-Day Cup in September 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1150089.html |title=2nd match (D/N), JLT One-Day Cup at Perth, Sep 18 2018 |access-date=18 September 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He won the Player of the Match award when the Prime Minister's XI beat the touring South Africans on 31 October 2018; he was the match top-scorer with 57, and made four dismissals and conceded no byes in the South African innings.{{cite web |title=Tour match (D/N), South Africa tour of Australia at Canberra, Oct 31 2018 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18694/scorecard/1144985/prime-ministers-xi-vs-south-africa-tour-match-sa-in-aus-2018-19 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 October 2018}}
In July 2020, Philippe was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29470776/usman-khawaja-marcus-stoinis-expanded-australia-training-squad-possible-england-tour |title=Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 July 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-26-player-preliminary-list-training-group-uk-england-tour-odi-t20-covid19/2020-07-16 |title=Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=16 July 2020}} In August, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Philippe included in the touring party,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29658561/riley-meredith,-josh-philippe-daniel-sams-included-australia-tour-england-confirmed |title=Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe and Daniel Sams included as Australia tour to England confirmed |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-squad-odi-t20-england-tour-philippe-meredith-sams-maxwell-stoinis-lyon-tye-bubble-covid19/2020-08-14 |title=Uncapped trio make Australia's UK touring party |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=14 August 2020}} although he did not play during the series.
After being bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28338426/ipl-auction-analysis-do-eight-teams-their-best-xis-place? |title=IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place? |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 December 2019}} in 2020 IPL auction, Philippe played for them in the 2020 Indian Premier League,{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/srh-vs-rcb-ipl-2020-devdutt-padikkal-karnataka-vijay-hazare-syed-mushtaq-ali-joshua-philippe-big-bash-league-royal-challengers-bangalore-debut-sports-news/article32661905.ece|title=SRH v RCB, IPL 2020: Devdutt Padikkal slams fifty on RCB debut|first=Team|last=Sportstar|website=Sportstar}} scoring 78 runs in five innings. He was retained for the 2021 season but withdrew from the tournament prior to its start for personal reasons.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/11/australias-josh-philippe-pulls-out-of-ipl-for-personal-reasons Australia's Josh Philippe pulls out of IPL for 'personal reasons'], The Guardian, 11 March 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
In January 2021, Philippe was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-test-and-t20i-squads-matthew-wade-dropped-from-test-squad-tanveer-sangha-earns-t20i-call-up-1249335 |title=Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 January 2021}} He made his T20I debut for Australia, against New Zealand, on 22 February 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1233971.html |title=1st T20I (N), Christchurch, Feb 22 2021, Australia tour of New Zealand |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 February 2021}} In June 2021, Philippe was named in Australia's limited overs squad for their tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-squad-odi-t20-tour-windies-bangladesh-smith-injury-warner-cummins-maxwell-stoinis-opt-out/2021-06-16 |title=Seven stars withdraw from tours of Windies, Bangladesh |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/david-warner-and-pat-cummins-among-australia-players-to-opt-out-of-west-indies-and-bangladesh-tours-1266659 |title=Warner, Cummins and Maxwell among six to opt out of West Indies and Bangladesh tours |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date= 16 June 2021}} Philippe made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 20 July 2021, for Australia against the West Indies.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1263161.html |title=1st ODI (D/N), Bridgetown, Jul 20 2021, Australia tour of West Indies |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 July 2021}}
In September 2021, in the opening match of the 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup, Philippe scored his first century in List A cricket, with 137 runs against South Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-marsh-cup-2021-22-1270434/south-australia-vs-western-australia-1st-match-1270473/match-report |title=Josh Philippe and Mitch Marsh centuries help WA bludgeon SA |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 September 2021}}
References
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