Josh Philippe

Joshua Ryan Philippe (born 1 June 1997) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper batsman.^[1] He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in February 2021.^[2] Born to a cricketing family, his father has played for Western Australia 2nd XI and coached Western Fury while his mother has represented Western Australia in the 1980s.^[3]

Josh Philippe

Personal information
Full name	Joshua Ryan Philippe
Born	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) Subiaco, Western Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side	Australia (2021-2023)
ODI debut (cap 233)	20 July 2021 v West Indies
Last ODI	26 July 2021 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	2
T20I debut (cap 96)	22 February 2021 v New Zealand
Last T20I	1 December 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.	2
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017/18–present	Western Australia (squad no. 27)
2017/18	Perth Scorchers (squad no. 27)
2018/19–present	Sydney Sixers (squad no. 22)
2020	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 1)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 3 10 39 41 Runs scored 65 138 1,942 1,426 Batting average 21.66 13.80 28.98 35.65 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/12 2/10 Top score 39 45 129 137 Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/- 93/5 51/3
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 April 2023

Career

Philippe made his Twenty20 debut for Perth Scorchers against the Sydney Sixers in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 23 December 2017.^[4] Prior to his T20 debut, he scored 88 runs from 92 balls opening the batting against England in a warm-up match representing a Western Australia XI, prior to the 2017–18 Ashes series.^[5]

Philippe made his first-class debut for Western Australia in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season in February 2018^[6] and his List A debut for the side in the 2018–19 JLT One-Day Cup in September 2018.^[7] He won the Player of the Match award when the Prime Minister's XI beat the touring South Africans on 31 October 2018; he was the match top-scorer with 57, and made four dismissals and conceded no byes in the South African innings.^[8]

In July 2020, Philippe was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9][10] In August, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Philippe included in the touring party,^[11][12] although he did not play during the series.

After being bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore^[13] in 2020 IPL auction, Philippe played for them in the 2020 Indian Premier League,^[14] scoring 78 runs in five innings. He was retained for the 2021 season but withdrew from the tournament prior to its start for personal reasons.^[15]

In January 2021, Philippe was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.^[16] He made his T20I debut for Australia, against New Zealand, on 22 February 2021.^[17] In June 2021, Philippe was named in Australia's limited overs squad for their tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh.^[18][19] Philippe made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 20 July 2021, for Australia against the West Indies.^[20]

In September 2021, in the opening match of the 2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup, Philippe scored his first century in List A cricket, with 137 runs against South Australia.^[21]

References

1. "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
2. "Josh Philippe". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
3. "Josh Philippe interview: When someone is pumping you up the world is great. The Cricketer". www.thecricketer.com.
4. "5th Match, Big Bash League at Sydney, Dec 23 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
5. "The Baby-Faced Rookie who Bested England". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
6. "19th match, Sheffield Shield at Hobart, Feb 16-19 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
7. "2nd match (D/N), JLT One-Day Cup at Perth, Sep 18 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
8. "Tour match (D/N), South Africa tour of Australia at Canberra, Oct 31 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
9. "Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
10. "Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
11. "Riley Meredith, Josh Philippe and Daniel Sams included as Australia tour to England confirmed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
12. "Uncapped trio make Australia's UK touring party". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
13. "IPL auction analysis: Do the eight teams have their best XIs in place?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
14. Sportstar, Team. "SRH v RCB, IPL 2020: Devdutt Padikkal slams fifty on RCB debut". Sportstar.
15. Australia's Josh Philippe pulls out of IPL for 'personal reasons', The Guardian, 11 March 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
16. "Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
17. "1st T20I (N), Christchurch, Feb 22 2021, Australia tour of New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
18. "Seven stars withdraw from tours of Windies, Bangladesh". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
19. "Warner, Cummins and Maxwell among six to opt out of West Indies and Bangladesh tours". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
20. "1st ODI (D/N), Bridgetown, Jul 20 2021, Australia tour of West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
21. "Josh Philippe and Mitch Marsh centuries help WA bludgeon SA". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

External links

• Josh Philippe at ESPNcricinfo