Neal Phillips

{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

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| country = West Indies

| fullname = Neal Anderson Phillips

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Holder's Hill, Saint James, Barbados

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| family =

| role =

| club1 = Staffordshire

| year1 = 1981

| club2 = Barbados

| year2 = 1978/79–1984/85

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 15

| runs1 = 370

| bat avg1 = 17.61

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 51

| deliveries1 = 2,226

| wickets1 = 39

| bowl avg1 = 29.33

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/35

| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 139

| bat avg2 = 34.75

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 47

| deliveries2 = 342

| wickets2 = 4

| bowl avg2 = 70.25

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 2/33

| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–

| date = 28 September

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52692.html Cricinfo

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Neal Anderson Phillips (born 20 January 1956) is a former Barbadian first-class cricketer.

Phillips was born at Holder's Hill in the parish of Saint James, Barbados. He made his debut for Barbados in a List A one-day match against Guyana in April 1979 in the Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy, with Phillips featuring in a further match in that years competition.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} He played minor counties cricket for Staffordshire in England in the summer of 1981.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} Having not featured for Barbados since his two initial one-day matches in 1979, Phillips made a return to the Barbadian side, returning to one-day action in the 1982/83 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy.

He made his debut in first-class cricket in January 1983 against the Leeward Islands in the Shell Shield.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} He continued to play first-class and List A one-day cricket for Barbados until the 1984/85 season, having by that point played a total of 15 first-class and eight List A matches for Barbados. He scored 350 runs in first-class cricket, with a highest score of 51;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} bowling he took 39 wickets at an average of 29.33, though he did not take a five wicket haul, his best bowling figures were 4/35.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} In List A matches he scored 139 runs, with a top score of 47;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/a_Batting_by_Team.html |title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} however, he had less impact as a bowler in the one-day game, taking just three wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12206/a_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Neal Phillips |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-09-28}} Following his retirement from first-class cricket, Phillips became a groundsman.{{cite news|url=http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/97352/bring-grass-pitches|title=Bring on the grass pitches|last=Stuart|first=Ezra|date=2017-06-02|work=The Daily Nation|accessdate=2018-09-28}}