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Full name Philip Mustard
Born October 8, 1982, Sunderland, Co Durham
Current age 25 years 291 days
Major teams England,Durham,Durham Cricket Board,England Under-19s
Also known as Colonel
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Usworth Comprehensive
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
10
10
0
233
83
23.30
252
92.46
0
1
28
5
9
2
T20Is
2
2
0
60
40
30.00
37
162.16
0
0
5
4
0
0
First-class
76
125
7
3174
130
26.89
4566
69.51
2
16
257
11
List A
98
84
6
2040
108
26.15
1
11
102
20
Twenty20
41
41
2
949
67*
24.33
712
133.28
0
5
102
32
14
12
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
76
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
98
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
41
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla, Oct 1, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 5, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2002
Last First-class
Surrey v Durham at Guildford, Jul 16-19, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000
Last List A
Durham v Somerset at Chester-le-Street, Jul 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Glamorgan at Chester-le-Street, Jul 22, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Phil Mustard is the latest in a long line keeper-batsman to be touted a solution to England's problems in one-day cricket. His improvement in recent seasons was rewarded with a call-up to the national side for the one-day tour of Sri Lanka in late 2007. He represented England at Under-19 level, and while initially a wicketkeeper, his batting improved considerably and he enjoyed a superb 2007 as Durham won two trophies, scoring almost 1000 first-class runs - following more than 800 in 2006 - and he starred in the final of the Friends Provident Trophy with a breezy 49.
Hampshire captain Shane Warne rates him as the best one-day wicketkeeper-batsman in England - saying he reminds him of Adam Gilchrist. Dale Benkenstein, Durham's captain, warned. "I think he has a few steps to go before he is ready for international cricket. It can also crucify you." Mustard was called up to replace the injured Matt Prior for England's one-day series against Sri Lanka in 2007. And although he kept beautifully, he failed to produce a big score. He was, though, named as back-up keeper to Prior for the subsequent Test series in Sri Lanka and again acted as understudy during the New Zealand Tests, this time to Tim Ambrose.
A talented all-round sportsman, he was at Manchester United for two years until he was 13 and then with Middlesbrough until he was 15. He still plays football in the winter to keep fit.
Martin Williamson March 2008
