Phil Mustard

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Phil Mustard
England
Personal information
Full name Philip Mustard
Nickname Colonel
Born 9 October 1982 (1982-10-09) (age 25)
Sunderland, County Durham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Role Wicketkeeper
Batting style Left-handed
ODI debut (cap 205) 1 October 2007: v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 20 February 2008: v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 52
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000–present Durham
Career statistics
Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches - 6 67 81
Runs scored - 172 2846 1645
Batting average - 28.66 27.36 27.36
100s/50s - 0/1 2/13 1/9
Top score - 83 130 108
Balls bowled - - - -
Wickets - - - -
Bowling average - - - -
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - - - -
Best bowling - - - -
Catches/stumpings - 5/1 218/10 86/15

As of 14 October 2007
Source: Cricinfo

Philip Mustard (born 8 October 1982 in Sunderland) is an English cricketer who plays for Durham and England. Mustard is a left handed batsman and wicketkeeper, with a style likened to that of Australia's Adam Gilchrist.[1] Following success for Durham with both gloves and bat, averaging 49.61,[1]) and after an injury to England's keeper Matt Prior during the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship, Mustard was called up to the England squad to face Sri Lanka in the winter ODI series.[1]

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[edit] Personal life

With partner Louise he has one son, Haydon. Mustard was educated at Usworth Comprehensive, and as a keen football fan who played at Manchester United until aged 13, and then Middlesbrough FC until aged 15, and he continues to play during the winter months[2] His nickname, "Colonel", stems from the suspect Colonel Mustard from the murder-mystery board game Cluedo.[3] His brother Alan Mustard plays for and is captain of Sunderland CC in Ashbrooke, Tyne and Wear.

[edit] International career

Mustard first played for England in the U-19 squad, beginning his cricket career in 2000.[2] He began first-class cricket in 2002 and Twenty20 in 2003 for Durham. During the English winter in 2003, Mustard travelled to Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. He played for the Glenorchy Cricket Club, as well as heliping and coaching young and upcoming players. During 2007, he scored nearly 1000 first-class runs and won two trophies. He scored a fast 49 off 38 balls to secure a victory for Durham in September, before being given out lbw. Subsequent replays revealed that the ball would have missed the stumps, however Mustard's appeals to be allowed to continue were controversially turned down by umpire Ian Gould.[4] Nevertheless, Mustards 2007 season earned him a call-up to the England side to replace the injured Prior for England's tour of Sri Lanka at the end of 2007. Mustard received much support for his international call-up, Shane Warne rated Mustard as "the best one-day wicketkeeper-batsman in England" and, along with Paul Collingwood, likened him to Gilchrist in ability.[2] Durham chief executive David Harker stated that Mustard deserved to be called up, stating that his 2007 season was "fantastic".[5]

Mustard had an unexplosive start to his debut tour. He took his place as the England opener and scored a quiet 17 in a warm-up match against the Sri Lankan A team.[6] This was followed by a more explosive 27 from 17 in the first match against the full Sri Lankan team, where England fell to a 119-run defeat, Mustard taking the joint-second highest score in the England innings.[7] England won the 3rd ODI by two wickets, however Mustard only scored 14.[8] In the 4th ODI, where England recorded their first series victory in the sub-continent since 1986-87, Mustard was caught and bowled for a low 19.[9]

During England's tour of New Zealand Mustard opened the batting for the initial two Twenty20 matches. Though falling early in the first, Mustard scored a rapid 40 from 24 balls in the second,[10] and kept wicket in a manner than Jonathan Agnew describes as "slick and unfussy."[11] Although he failed to make significant partnerships for the next matches, he hit a rapid 83 in the 4th ODI on February 19/February 20, 2008, his highest ODI score, as England raced to 340.[12] on friday the 30th of march england named a 14 man squad to face new zealand in the odi series, mustard was dropped for tim ambrose who recently made his test debut

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c BBC. Mustard handed first England call. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
  2. ^ a b c Player Profile: Phil Mustard from Cricinfo
  3. ^ Mustard keen to cap Durham's final debut The Independent retrieved October 1, 2007
  4. ^ Atherton, Michael Umpire referral rules confuse Phil Mustard The Daily Telegraph retrieved October 1, 2007
  5. ^ Phil cuts the Mustard for Colly ECB retrieved October 1, 2007
  6. ^ Berry, Scyld Phil Mustard the new flavour of the month The Daily Telegraph retrieved October 1, 2007
  7. ^ Sri Lanka v England 1st ODI BBC News retrieved October 1, 2007
  8. ^ Sri Lanka v England 3rd ODI BBC News retrieved October 11, 2007
  9. ^ Sri Lanka v England 4th ODI BBC News retrieved October 11, 2007
  10. ^ England beat Kiwis to seal series BBC News retrieved February 7, 2008
  11. ^ Agnew, Jonathan, England take confidence from second win BBC News retrieved February 7, 2008
  12. ^ One Day International Series: New Zealand v England BBC News retrieved February 19, 2008

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