Glenn Phillips Played A New Shot ‘Switch Cover Drive’: New Zealand’s star batsman Glenn Phillips played a brilliant half-century in a match of the domestic league Super Smash. He batted aggressively and scored 90 runs in 48 balls, but two special shots were seen in this innings, due to which Phillips is in a happy mood. Both his shots are going viral on social media, in which Phillips is seen hitting a six and a four. A shot of Glenn Phillips got a new name which did not exist till now. Now this shot will be known as ‘Switch Cover Drive’.

Glenn Phillips dominates domestic tournament Super Smash

Glenn Phillips is dominating the domestic league Super Smash. Phillips is a right-handed batsman but he hit both these shots in lefty style. Phillips was playing for Otago and the match was against Central Districts, suddenly in the 19th over, Phillips played such a shot that everyone was stunned. Phillips changed from a right-handed stance to a left-handed stance; the bowler threw the ball towards the off stump to escape. But even here the bowler was not saved and Phillips hit a cover drive in cover lefty style and scored a four.

Left is right for Glenn Phillips

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Kevin Pietersen gave a switch hit

Earlier, a new shot was given to cricket by former England captain Kevin Pietersen, which became known as ‘Switch Hit’ across the world. After this, Suryakumar Yadav’s scoop shot was also much discussed. Now Philips has come up with Switch Cover Drive. Phillips also hit a six in this match, in which the right handed batsman became a left handed batsman and hit the six. This shot of his is also going viral.

Glenn Phillips loved it so much, he had to do it twice

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What did Glenn Phillips say on the shots?

Talking about his shots after the match, Glenn Phillips said, ‘I had practiced it for some time in net practice, but never came out openly. It is very interesting to play such shots in professional cricket. Last day in net practice, I was hitting better shots playing with my left hand than playing with my right hand. So when there was nothing left to lose, it seemed right to at least decide to give it a try.

First & Last Century In International Cricket In The Year 2025: The year 2025 was very memorable for international cricket, where the Indian women’s team won its first World Cup, while the South African men’s team succeeded in winning the ICC trophy after 27 years. This year, many memorable centuries were scored in all three formats of international cricket, which made the beginning and end of the year special. Be it patient innings in Test cricket or stormy centuries in ODI and T20 International, every innings became memorable. Here we are going to tell about the players who scored the first and last century in every format this year.

First century of the year 2025 in test cricket

Rahmat Shah of Afghanistan scored the first Test century of the year 2025. Rahmat played a brilliant inning of 139 runs in the second innings of the second Test played against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Thanks to this innings, Afghanistan team was able to score 363 runs and ultimately won the match by 72 runs.

First century of the year 2025 in ODI cricket

New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips scored the first ODI century of the year 2025. Phillips had scored unbeaten 106 runs on 74 balls in a tri-series match played against Pakistan in Lahore. Thanks to Phillips’ stormy batting, New Zealand made a big score of 330 runs and won the match by 78 runs.

First century of the year 2025 in T20 International

Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera scored the first T20 International century of the year 2025. Perera played an explosive inning of 101 runs in just 46 balls in the match played against New Zealand in Nelson. With the help of this stormy century by Perera, Sri Lanka scored 218 runs and was successful in defeating New Zealand by 7 runs.

Last century of the year 2025 in test cricket

New Zealand’s Devon Conway scored the last Test century of the year 2025. Conway played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs in the second innings of the Test match played against West Indies at Mount Maunganui. Thanks to this century inning of Conway, New Zealand won the match by a huge margin of 323 runs.

Last century of the year 2025 in ODI cricket

India’s young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the last ODI century of the year 2025. Jaiswal scored unbeaten 116 runs while chasing in the third match against South Africa. With the help of his brilliant innings, India, chasing the target of 271 runs, won the match with 61 balls remaining at the loss of just one wicket.

Last century of the year 2025 in T20 International

Malaysia’s Muhammad Haziq Aiman ​​scored the last T20 International century of the year 2025. Aiman ​​played a brilliant inning of 113 runs while playing against Philippines in Bangkok. Thanks to this century, Malaysia scored 201 runs and won the match by a huge margin of 114 runs.