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Full name Philip John Newport
Born October 11, 1962, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Current age 46 years 2 days
Major teams England,Boland,Northern Transvaal,Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
5
1
110
40*
27.50
194
56.70
0
0
13
0
1
0
First-class
290
342
93
6010
98
24.13
0
22
79
0
List A
277
125
43
970
57
11.82
0
1
55
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
6
669
417
10
4/87
7/164
41.70
3.73
66.9
1
0
0
First-class
290
46352
23737
880
8/52
26.97
3.07
52.6
35
3
List A
277
12606
8222
326
5/22
5/22
25.22
3.91
38.6
8
3
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 25-30, 1988 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Perth, Feb 1-5, 1991 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1982 - 1999
List A span
1983 - 1999
Profile
Phil Newport was one of many England seamers in the late 1980s and early '90s to find themselves only one bad performance away from the axe. He took seven wickets on debut against Sri Lanka in 1988, and then ten on the first day of Worcestershire's low-scoring tour match against Australia in 1989. He was picked for the first Test, but was spanked all round Headingley as Steve Waugh announced himself to English audiences, and the selectors showed no mercy. He did play one more Test, as a replacement at Perth in 1990-91, but despite being one of the better swing bowlers on the county circuit he was never picked again after that.
Rob Smyth
