David Scott Phillips (born 31 March 1994) is a
Welsh former first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
er.
Phillips was born at
Swansea in March 1994. He was educated at
Coedcae School
Coedcae School (Welsh: ) is a comprehensive school in Llanelli, Wales
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, before going up to
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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. While studying at Cardiff, he made a single appearance in
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...
for
Cardiff MCCU
Cardiff South Wales MCC University, formerly Cardiff University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, commonly abbreviated to Cardiff MCCU, is one of six University Centres of Cricketing Excellence supported by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It c ...
against
Glamorgan at
Sophia Gardens
Sophia Gardens ( cy, Gerddi Sophia) is a public park in Riverside, Cardiff, Wales, on the west bank of the River Taff. International test cricket matches and county cricket matches are held in the Sophia Gardens cricket ground, the home of ...
in 2013. taking the wickets of
Will Bragg and
Stewart Walters in the Glamorgan first innings, in addition to scoring 7 runs from the
tail
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in the Cardiff first innings. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Phillips also played
minor counties cricket for
Wales Minor Counties in 2012, making four appearances in the
Minor Counties Championship.
References
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1994 births
Living people
Cricketers from Swansea
Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University
Welsh cricketers
Wales National County cricketers
Cardiff MCCU cricketers