Phil Sharpe
England
INTL CAREER: 1963 - 1969
Full Name
Philip John Sharpe
Born
December 27, 1936, Shipley, Yorkshire
Died
May 19, 2014 (aged 77y 143d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Although he won seven County Championships and averaged 46.23 in 12 Tests for England, including a century versus New Zealand at Trent Bridge in 1969, Phil Sharpe's name is still more of a byword for brilliance in the slips. A single example will do: standing very close in against West Indies at Old Trafford in 1969, he held an amazing catch off a ferocious slash by Joey Carew. The Wisden Almanack, in a classic piece of British understatement, described it as "memorable". Actually, it took the breath away. Mind you, he probably did it every week for Yorkshire.
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