Glenn Phillips Fielding: Cricket has got the best fielders like Jonty Rhodes, Ravindra Jadeja and AB de Villiers. But for some time, Glenn Philips of New Zealand has remained in the headlines due to his fielding more than his fierce batting. They are very agile, agile, like they are genetic and catching in the style of Superman is not new for him. Now an interview of him has come out, in which he told that if he had not been a cricketer, he would have been working in which profession.

According to the news agency PTI, Glenn Philips would have been working as a pilot if he had not been a cricketer. He said, “If I would not have been playing cricket and had a lot of money, I might have been working as a pilot. I like to fly in the air and a pilot whatever work, I like all that, whether it is to talk on the radio or to run the plane. I don’t know why I like it, but this is the other thing that I enjoy after cricket.”

VIDEO | New Zealand Cricketer Glenn Phillips Talks about his passion of flying which is part of his post retirement plan:

“It’s a huge passion of mine. If i wasn’t playing cricket and I had all the money in the world growing up, I probally would have ended up being a pilot, to… pic.twitter.com/mf7b8nw9l1

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) March 25, 2025

New Zealand Cricket Board has helped

Glenn Philips says that as soon as he started getting success in the cricket career, his dream of becoming a pilot also went away. However, he has entered the world of flight simulation. Even with the help of New Zealand Cricket Board, he found admission in Emirates Training Center. There he has taken official training of flight simulation.

Glenn Philips has especially made a distinct identity in white ball cricket. So far, in 44 ODIs, he has scored 1,112 runs at a strike rate of around 102, including a century and 5 fifty. On the other hand, his strike rate in T20 matches is more than 140. So far, he has scored 1,929 runs in 83 international T20 matches. He also has 2 centuries and 10 fifty in T20.

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