Phil Edmonds

Personal information

Full name

Phillipe-Henri Edmonds

Born

8 March 1951 (age 66)
Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia

Nickname

Goat, Henry

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Slow left arm orthodox

Role

Bowler

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 464)

14 August 1975 v Australia

Last Test

11 August 1987 v Pakistan

ODI debut (cap 42)

23 December 1977 v Pakistan

Last ODI

2 April 1987 v India

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1971–1992

1974–1987

1975–1976

1971–1973

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	51	29	391	301
Runs scored	875	116	7651	2467
Batting average	17.50	10.54	18.93	15.91
100s/50s	–/2	–/–	3/22	–/2
Top score	64	20	142	63*
Balls bowled	12028	1534	85961	13467
Wickets	125	26	1246	323
Bowling average	34.18	37.11	25.66	25.11
5 wickets in innings	2	–	47	2
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	9	n/a
Best bowling	7/66	3/39	8/53	5/12
Catches/stumpings	42/–	6/–	345/–	89/–

Source: Cricinfo, 4 December 2007

Phillipe-Henri "Phil" Edmonds (born 8 March 1951) is an English former cricketer and successful, albeit controversial, corporate executive.

He was noted for his outspoken behaviour, and he could be "cussedly abrasive or engagingly charming, but he could never bring himself to conform to the fist-clenching, grim-faced trait of most professional sportsmen".

Born to an English father and Belgian mother, Edmonds was educated at Gilbert Rennie High School in Lusaka, The Skinners' School and Cranbrook School in Kent, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

He was a successful slow left arm spin bowler for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England (for whom he played in fifty one Tests and twenty nine ODIs from 1975 to 1987). On his debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against Australia in Leeds in 1975.

At county level, Edmonds' Middlesex career coincided with that of John Emburey. The left- and right-arm spin combination was a powerful contribution towards Middlesex's success in the 1980s. They also combined at England level, although the pair often competed for the same place in the Test team. He was a controversial cricketer and well known for his outspokenness which often got him into trouble. In 1984–85, England were playing India in Calcutta, and the hosts played at a snail's pace towards an inevitable draw. Edmonds, fielding at square leg, produced a copy of the Daily Telegraph and proceeded to read.

In 51 Test matches, Edmonds took 125 wickets at 34.18, with a batting average of 17.50.

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