Sean Phillips (cricketer)

Sean Phillips (born 11 April 1980) is a South African cricket coach and former player. He was playing coach of the Nigeria national cricket team from 2011 to 2012.

Sean Phillips
Personal information
Born (1980-04-11) 11 April 1980
Harare, Zimbabwe
International information
National side
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2011–2012Nigeria
Source: Cricinfo, 1 December 2020

Phillips was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He attended John Ross College in Richards Bay, South Africa.[1] He played in one first-class and one List A match for Boland in 2004.[2]

In 2007, Phillips moved to Nigeria where he was contracted by the Nigeria Cricket Federation as coach of the national under-19 cricket team.[3] He coached the team to victory in Division Two of the 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, winning promotion to Division One.[4][5] He was also coach of the Ibeju-Lekki Cricket Club in Lagos.[6]

Phillips was appointed playing coach of Nigeria in 2011 after meeting ICC residency qualifications.[7] He led Nigeria to victory at the 2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two tournament in South Africa,[8] including a man of the match performance against Sierra Leone with 109 not out from 59 balls and 4/17 with the ball.[9]

He later established FP Elite Cricket Academy in Cape Town.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Sean Phillips". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. "Sean Phillips". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. Femi Atoyebi (27 August 2007). "Nigeria: Uganda Compounds Cricketers' Woes". allAfrica. Lagos. This Day. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. "Nigeria U-19 Cricket Team Hit South Africa - P.M. News".
  5. Yahoo News
  6. "SPORTSCoach Canvasses Regular Training For Cricket Umpires". The Tide. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. Moonda, Firdose (28 May 2011). "Taking Africa to the next level". ESPN. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. "Sean Phillips: Matches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. "Phillips all-round heroics send Nigeria top". CricketEurope. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  10. "Ntini, Asanka, Odeku Headline Africa Cricket Roundtable". The Middle Stump. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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