Phil Edmonds

Phil Edmonds
Edmonds batting against New Zealand, February 1978
Personal information
Full name
Philippe-Henri Edmonds
Born (1951-03-08) 8 March 1951 (age 73)
Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia
NicknameGoat, Henry
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 464)14 August 1975 v Australia
Last Test11 August 1987 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 42)23 December 1977 v Pakistan
Last ODI2 April 1987 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971–1973Cambridge University
1971–1992Middlesex
1975/76Eastern Province
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 51 29 391 301
Runs scored 875 116 7,651 2,467
Batting average 17.50 10.54 18.93 15.91
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 3/22 0/2
Top score 64 20 142 63*
Balls bowled 12,028 1,534 85,961 13,467
Wickets 125 26 1246 323
Bowling average 34.18 37.11 25.66 25.11
5 wickets in innings 2 0 47 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 9 0
Best bowling 7/66 3/39 8/53 5/12
Catches/stumpings 42/– 6/– 345/– 89/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1979 England
Source: Cricinfo, 4 December 2007

Philippe-Henri Edmonds (born 8 March 1951) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level and Middlesex at county level. After retiring he became a successful, albeit controversial, corporate executive.[1][2][3] He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Edmonds played most of his cricket as a lower-order right-handed batsman, and bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin. Possessing a textbook action and a pace bowler's temperament[4] – he was known to bowl the odd bouncer when riled – he was also able to use his height (standing over six feet tall) to flight the ball above the batsman's eye line. Edmonds was renowned as one of the most entertaining and colourful characters in the game, whose mood could range from abrasive to charming, and remained a strong-minded and free-spirited individual throughout his career.[5]

  1. ^ "From rucks to riches". Wisden. June 2006.
  2. ^ "Phil Edmonds enters into controversial oil deal". ESPNcricinfo. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ "CAMEC Management & Board". CAMEC. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference march8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Bateman, pp. 56-57