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Ben James Phillips (born 30 September 1974 in Lewisham, London) is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire until his release in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=County ins & outs - signings, departures and rumours )〕 He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. ==Career== Phillips began his career at Kent, appearing for their Second XI regularly throughout the late 1990s. His made his first-class debut for the club against Sussex early in the 1996 season, finishing the match with figures of 4/56.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kent v Sussex in 1996 )〕 He failed to impress during the following match against Leicestershire, taking no wickets,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leicestershire v Kent in 1996 )〕 and only made one more first-class appearance in the season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-Class matches played by Ben Phillips )〕 Despite scoring his maiden first-class century in 1997 against Lancashire and twice taking 5 wickets in an innings, he dropped out of the first-class game at the end of the 1998 season after 27 appearances for Kent. Between 1999 and 2001 he turned out regularly for Kent Second XI and played a spell of three one-day matches for the first team. He joined Northamptonshire in 2002 but it was not until 2004 that he became a regular member of the first team, gaining his county cap in 2005. In 53 first-class matches for Northamptonshire he averaged about 23 with the bat and about 31 with the ball. His highest first-class score for Northamptonshire was 90 against Warwickshire in 2004 and his best bowling was 6-29 against Cambridge University in 2006. At the end of the 2006 season, he asked to be released from his contract at Northamptonshire, as his family had not settled in the area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Profile: Ben Phillips )〕 He joined Somerset the following season. Since joining Somerset, injury has hampered his chances to make a serious impression on the Taunton crowds. By late 2009 he was primarily considered a squad player, with Director of Cricket Brian Rose stating "[Somerset] need people of Ben's calibre to come into the side when it is weakened for any reason."〔 He joined Nottinghamshire in 2011 and although injury disrupted his first season, he was a mainstay of their LV= County Championship attack in 2012 taking 30 wickets at 27.10. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Phillips (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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