Glenn Phillips Equals New Zealand’s T20I Record
On October 30, 2026, at Eden Park in Auckland, during the fourth Twenty20 International between New Zealand and India, Glenn Phillips won his tenth Player of the Match title. With the accomplishment, he tied Martin Guptill at the top of New Zealand’s all-time list. Guptill earned his ten awards in 122 Twenty20 International matches, while Phillips did the same in just 101 games, demonstrating the incredible consistency with which he has given the BlackCaps game-winning performances.
Glenn Phillips’ third T20I century came after a dominant innings of 107 off 49 balls in the third Twenty20 International of the series. He tied his own record for the fastest T20I century by a New Zealand batter with his century off 46 balls. In that match, New Zealand scored 259 for 7, exceeding their previous best T20I total of 254 for 5, which Scotland had given up at Edinburgh on July 29, 2022. India was eventually defeated by New Zealand by 87 runs.
With a total of 276 runs during this series against India, Glenn Phillips also set a bilateral T20I series run record. Shai Hope’s previous record of 261 runs for the West Indies in 2026 was surpassed by that.
How does Glenn Phillips stack up against other POTM holders in New Zealand?
Phillips and Guptill are alone at the top of New Zealand’s Player of the Match list with 10 titles from 101 Twenty20 Internationals. The next tier is shared by four players with seven awards apiece, though each player attained that total over a varying number of appearances.
Most POTM awards for New Zealand in T20Is
10 Glenn Phillips (101 T20Is)
10 Martin Guptill (122)
7 Colin Munro (65)
7 Finn Allen (66)
7 Brendon McCullum (71)
7 Tim Seifert (94)
Phillips outperforms all other names on the New Zealand list with a conversion rate of one award every 10.1 games, which is comparable to Guptill’s one every 12.2. Among the seven-award group, Munro’s rate of one award per 9.3 games is the only one that surpasses Phillips on a per-game basis, but Munro’s total is still far below the joint record. Phillips has consistently performed well in the shortest format for New Zealand, as evidenced by the distance between him and the chasing group.
During the India series, what records did Glenn Phillips set?
New Zealand’s greatest-ever T20I total of 259 for 7 was largely due to Phillips’ innings of 107 off 49 balls in the third T20I. The previous record, which New Zealand set against Scotland in Edinburgh on July 29, 2022, was 254 for 5. In that game, New Zealand defeated India by a commanding 87 runs, giving them a crucial series moment.
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Shai Hope, who had scored 261 runs for the West Indies in the 2026 bilateral T20I series, was surpassed by his series total of 276 against India. In T20Is, Phillips’ century off 46 balls matched his own record for the fastest century by a batter from New Zealand. This series is among the most illustrious individual campaigns in New Zealand T20I history due to its record team total, record series aggregate, and joint-record POTM tally.
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