{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Dale Phillips | image = Dale Phillips.jpg | caption = Phillips playing for the Auckland Aces in 2025. | fullname = Dale Nathan Phillips | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|10|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = Batsman | family = {{ubl|Glenn Phillips (brother)|Donovan Grobbelaar (brother-in-law)}} | club1 = Otago | year1 = {{nowrap|2019/20–2024/25}} | clubnumber1 = 8 | club2 = Auckland | year2 = 2025/26 | clubnumber2 = | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 21 October | debutyear1 = 2019 | debutfor1 = Otago | debutagainst1 = Wellington | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 17 November | debutyear2 = 2019 | debutfor2 = Otago | debutagainst2 = Northern Districts | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 41 | runs1 = 2,611 | bat avg1 = 36.77 | 100s/50s1 = 7/13 | top score1 = 149 | deliveries1 = 328 | wickets1 = 10 | bowl avg1 = 24.40 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/21 | catches/stumpings1 = 48/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 54 | runs2 = 1,334 | bat avg2 = 29.64 | 100s/50s2 = 1/7 | top score2 = 107 | deliveries2 = 97 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 46.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 1/8 | catches/stumpings2 = 29/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 40 | runs3 = 516 | bat avg3 = 18.42 | 100s/50s3 = 0/1 | top score3 = 65 | deliveries3 = 22 | wickets3 = 0 | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3 = 28/1 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/dale-phillips-902447 CricInfo | date = 9 April | year = 2025 }}
'''Dale Nathan Phillips''' (born 15 October 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/902447.html |title=Dale Phillips |access-date=21 October 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He was born in South Africa and then educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland, where he played cricket.<ref>[https://www.crichq.com/players/1477121-dale-phillips-839128c5-6924-4379-b64f-7a28e913e9f5/teams CricHQ] Retrieved 17 August 2023.</ref>
== Domestic career == He made his first-class debut on 21 October 2019, for Otago in the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season.<ref name="FC">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1197579.html |title=Plunket Shield at Wellington, Oct 21-24 2019 |access-date=21 October 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Prior to his first-class debut, he was named in New Zealand's squads for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-under-19-world-cup-2016/content/story/954823.html |title=NZ appoint Finnie as captain for Under-19 World Cup |access-date=24 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/index.html?object=1116872 |title=ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2018 Squads |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> He made his List A debut on 17 November 2019, for Otago in the 2019–20 Ford Trophy.<ref name="LA">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1197547.html |title=(D/N)The Ford Trophy at Hamilton, Nov 17 2019 |access-date=17 November 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his Twenty20 debut on 30 December 2019, for Otago in the 2019–20 Super Smash.<ref name="T20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1197756.html |title=16th Match (D/N), Super Smash at Alexandra, Dec 30 2019 |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29312525/daryl-mitchell,-jeet-raval-finn-allen-major-domestic-moves |title=Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/121831138/auckland-lose-jeet-raval-to-northern-districts-finn-allen-to-wellington-in-domestic-contracts |title=Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts |work=Stuff |date=15 June 2020 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
== International career == Phillips was selected for the New Zealand squad at the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, as well as the next tournament in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dale Phillips follows brother's footsteps his own way |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/dale-phillips-follows-brother-s-footsteps-his-own-way-1133557 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Phillips' brother Glenn is also a cricketer who has represented New Zealand, as well as Otago and formerly in Auckland domestically.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenn Phillips 2.0 takes centre stage with New Zealand |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-world-cup-2023-glenn-phillips-2-0-takes-centre-stage-with-new-zealand-1408735 |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Dale}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:Otago cricketers Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:South African emigrants to New Zealand Category:Cricketers from Johannesburg Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1990s-stub}}