Omar Phillips
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Omar Jamel Phillips is a West Indian cricket
er who plays domestically for the Combined Campuses and Colleges
(CCC) and has played Test cricket
for the West Indies. A left-handed opening batsman, he got his Test opportunity following a dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board
and the Players' Association. On his debut against Bangladesh he scored 94.
at youth level Phillips made his professional debut in October 2007 when appearing for the newly formed Combined Campuses and Colleges. He made his one-day debut against Trinidad and Tobago, opening the batting he scored 34. He made his first-class
later in the 2007/08 season against Leeward Islands
. During the 2008/09 season he was a regular in the CCC team, playing nine matches and scoring 577 runs at an average of 32.05. This included his maiden century, an innings of 204 against the Leeward Islands which came from 396 balls and included 23 fours and 4 sixes.
Phillips was selected in the West Indies A
squad to play Bangladesh in their 2009 tour
opener, although he didn't play. On 8 July, he was named in the Test squad following a pay dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the Players' Association
which led to the first XI boycotting. He made the starting line-up for the first Test at Arnos Vale Stadium, one of seven debutants for the West Indies. In their first innings he top scored with 94, falling six runs short of becoming the sixth Windies batsman to score a century in his first Test innings. He scored 14 in the second innings as the West Indies lost by 95 runs. In the second Test he made 23 and 29 as Bangladesh won again to complete a series victory.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who plays domestically for the Combined Campuses and Colleges
Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team
Combined Campuses and Colleges is a first-class cricket team that plays in the West Indies domestic competitions of Carib Beer Cup and KFC Cup. The team was created for the 2007/08 season and played their first matches in the KFC Cup one-day competition in October 2007...
(CCC) and has played Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for the West Indies. A left-handed opening batsman, he got his Test opportunity following a dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board
West Indies Cricket Board
The West Indies Cricket Board is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies...
and the Players' Association. On his debut against Bangladesh he scored 94.
Career
Having previously represented JamaicaJamaica national cricket team
The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative first-class cricket team of Jamaica.-History:The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica...
at youth level Phillips made his professional debut in October 2007 when appearing for the newly formed Combined Campuses and Colleges. He made his one-day debut against Trinidad and Tobago, opening the batting he scored 34. He made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
later in the 2007/08 season against Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands cricket team
The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not...
. During the 2008/09 season he was a regular in the CCC team, playing nine matches and scoring 577 runs at an average of 32.05. This included his maiden century, an innings of 204 against the Leeward Islands which came from 396 balls and included 23 fours and 4 sixes.
Phillips was selected in the West Indies A
West Indies A cricket team
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago...
squad to play Bangladesh in their 2009 tour
Bangladeshi cricket team in West Indies in 2009
The Bangladesh cricket team is touring West Indies for a 2-match Test series, a 3-match ODI series, and 1 Twenty20 International from July 3, 2009 to August 2, 2009.-Bangladesh:# Mashrafe Mortaza # Shakib Al Hasan # Mohammad Ashraful...
opener, although he didn't play. On 8 July, he was named in the Test squad following a pay dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the Players' Association
West Indies Players' Association
The West Indies Players' Association is the representative body for professional cricketers from the Caribbean nations that constitute the West Indies Cricket Board ....
which led to the first XI boycotting. He made the starting line-up for the first Test at Arnos Vale Stadium, one of seven debutants for the West Indies. In their first innings he top scored with 94, falling six runs short of becoming the sixth Windies batsman to score a century in his first Test innings. He scored 14 in the second innings as the West Indies lost by 95 runs. In the second Test he made 23 and 29 as Bangladesh won again to complete a series victory.