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
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 233)20 July 2021 v West Indies
Last ODI26 July 2021 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.2
T20I debut (cap 96)22 February 2021 v New Zealand
Last T20I3 December 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.2
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–2023/24Western Australia (squad no. 27)
2017/18Perth Scorchers (squad no. 27)
2018/19–presentSydney Sixers (squad no. 22)
2020Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 1)
2024/25–presentNew South Wales
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 3 12 48 48
Runs scored 65 150 2,285 1,732
Batting average 21.66 12.50 28.56 36.85
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/15 3/11
Top score 39 45 129 139
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/- 126/6 58/4
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 November 2024

Career

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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

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  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.
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