Phil Robinson (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1963)}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Phil Robinson

| image =

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| fullname = Phillip Edward Robinson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Keighley, Yorkshire, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 159

| runs1 = 7,617

| bat avg1 = 33.70

| 100s/50s1 = 7/51

| top score1 = 189

| deliveries1 = 296

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 109.66

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/10

| catches/stumpings1= 130/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 198

| runs2 = 4,292

| bat avg2 = 25.85

| 100s/50s2 = 1/22

| top score2 = 138

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2= 76/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4616/4616.html CricketArchive

| date = 15 April

| year = 2023

}}

Phil Robinson (born 3 August 1963),{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=376 }} born Phillip Edward Robinson, is an English former first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leicestershire.

Robinson was born at Keighley in Yorkshire, made his first-class debut for his native county in 1984, and played 132 first-class games for the Tykes until 1991, averaging 35.84, passing 1,000 runs in a season on three occasions. He then moved to Leicestershire and played up to 1995, but was somewhat less successful, playing 27 matches without a century, for an average of 23.72. His best first-class score of 189, came in a Roses Match in 1991, in his penultimate match for Yorkshire.

After leaving the first-class scene, he managed Leicestershire's Second XI for four years before moving to New Zealand. Following the Christchurch earthquakes his family relocated to Queensland where he currently works as a Coach and Talent specialist for Queensland Cricket (Based in their Townsville office).