“Excellent technique, Pakistan and England players should learn”-Twitter reacts as Glenn Phillips pulls of an Olympic race-style sprint at non-striker’s end

Rohit SarkarOctober 29, 2022

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"Excellent technique, Pakistan and England players should learn"-Twitter reacts as Glenn Phillips pulls of an Olympic race-style sprint at non-striker's end

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On Saturday, the batter for the New Zealand team, Glenn Phillips, turned up an outstanding performance when the team was competing against Sri Lanka.

For the New Zealand team to achieve a respectable total of 167/7 in 20 overs in Sydney, Phillips hammered a spectacular century, which was the first century scored in Group A during the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup.

Phillips, who hit 104 off of 64 deliveries, was essentially the impetus for New Zealand in their innings. Daryl Mitchell’s score of 22 was the second-highest score.

Phillips, in addition to his superb performance, showed an unorthodox but successful manner of leaving the crease at the non-striker’s end without putting his wicket at risk. This allowed him to continue batting after he had scored a run.

After Deepti Sharma reignited the controversy surrounding the dismissal – more informally known as the “Mankad” – when she ran out England’s Charlotte Dean at the non-striker’s end in an ODI, many insisted that the batters should stay at the crease until the bowler releases the ball.

Phillips, who was batting for New Zealand in the final over of their innings, bent towards the crease in a manner that was similar to how athletes prepare for a sprint, and as soon as Lahiru Kumara released the delivery, he ran towards the striker’s end.

This was Phillips’ attempt to keep the strike and keep his wicket safe. Phillips has received praise for his inventive strategy to avoid being dismissed for running out at the non-striker’s end during his inning.

New Zealand XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Kane Williamson(c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha

Twitter Reacts:

Glenn Phillips rescued NZ from a similar situation like Ind vs Pak, but unfortunately won't get that level of hype and appreciation 🙃🙃

— Rhia (@Rhialityy) October 29, 2022

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@josbuttler @benstokes38 @StuartBroad8 @jimmy9 @sambillings

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Instead of crying, learn pls.

— ; (@AIH183no) October 29, 2022

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Pak need to learn ☺ pic.twitter.com/bS6DuQIbTq

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— The Legend Of Prince Rama (@mufadda_vohra) October 29, 2022

This is actually amazing technique

— STON.POST (@ston1post) October 29, 2022

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As soon as they showed this I knew where to look for the pictures and I came to your account haha

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— Archer (@poserarcher) October 29, 2022

Fairplay
Dedicated
Street smart
Spirit of the game ✔️

NZL CRICKET 👌

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— 🇮🇳 |V G| (@vibrantvivek_) October 29, 2022

Bodied porkistan and pengland

— 🤷‍♂️ (@Tarunsai2003) October 29, 2022

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With changes brought to cricket there are always innovations and this could be the best in recent times, other one could be having benched player field outside boundary to save time (done by aus) and avoid fielding restriction penalty

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— Harsh Vishwakarma (@harsh_bagha) October 29, 2022

Appreciation tweet for Glenn Phillips 👏

Well Played Champ!!!!

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— Sohail. (@iamsohail__1) October 29, 2022

He is just warming up to cut Evey single ball from reaching the boundary lines within his corridor

— Rrm | Cricket | no hate | unbiased opinion (@PrinceRrm) October 29, 2022

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