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GD Phillips
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
GD Phillips is a New Zealand cricketer who operates across all three formats, with T20 International cricket as his primary arena. In 84 T20Is he has scored 2,221 runs at a strike rate of 143.48, complementing his work for franchises including Jamaica Tallawahs, Gloucestershire and Welsh Fire. His career spans 283 matches, 8,184 runs, and 76 wickets at a bowling average of 35.72. On recent form, a 76 not out from 36 balls against Canada in February 2026 was the highlight of a ten-match stretch in which most contributions have been brisk but brief.
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GDPHILLIPS
Bat Avg
33.1
Bowl Avg
35.7
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder
Recent form
Phillips has played ten matches since late January 2026, with one notable innings of 76 not out from 36 balls against Canada in a T20I on 17 February, but contributions of 39, 25 and 14 not out either
Strongest format
T20 International — With 2,221 runs at a strike rate of 143.48 across 84 T20Is, and a batting average of 32.19, the format represents both his highest match volume for Ne
Career stats overview
17 Test · 40 ODI · 226 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
17 matches
775
Runs scored
33
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
40 matches
1,191
Runs scored
16
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
226 matches
6,218
Runs scored
27
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
84 T20Is and counting for New Zealand
Phillips is New Zealand's primary competition entry point in T20 International cricket, appearing 84 times and averaging 32.19 with a strike rate of 143.48. Across all formats, he has amassed 8,184 runs from 283 matches.
Exceptional T20 Blast numbers at Bristol
At County Ground Bristol, Phillips averages 53.83 with a strike rate of 156.8 across 9 matches for Gloucestershire. Those are the most productive numbers of any venue in his career, combining efficiency with aggression.
Bangladesh his most rewarding opponent
Against Bangladesh Cricket, Phillips averages 58.14 with the bat and has taken 11 wickets at an economy of 3.63. No other opponent in his top-eight head-to-head splits comes close to that batting average.
Genuine all-format contributor
Phillips holds a Test bowling average of 31.03 from 33 wickets, a T20I strike rate above 143, and an ODI batting average of 41.07. His 76 career wickets give him genuine two-way value across three formats.
T20 Blast the highest-average franchise format
In 24 T20 Blast matches for Gloucestershire, Phillips averages 44.21 with the bat and has taken 7 wickets at a bowling average of 22.86. That bowling average is the sharpest of any competition in which he has taken multiple wickets.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams GD Phillips has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
India
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 742
- Wickets
- 8
Pakistan
- Matches
- 23
- Runs
- 649
- Wickets
- 3
Australia
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 418
- Wickets
- 9
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 409
- Wickets
- 11
England
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 493
- Wickets
- 5
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 407
- Wickets
- 11
West Indies
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 433
- Wickets
- 3
Northern Districts
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 306
- Wickets
- 2
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where GD Phillips has turned out most often.
Eden Park, Auckland
- Matches
- 35
- Runs
- 768
- Wickets
- 4
Sabina Park, Kingston
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 570
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 311
- Wickets
- 2
Warner Park, Basseterre
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 333
Bay Oval
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 346
- Wickets
- 3
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 414
- Wickets
- 1
County Ground, Bristol
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 323
- Wickets
- 1
Seddon Park, Hamilton
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 149
- Wickets
- 3
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.