Glenn Phillips' Incredible Catch Secures Victory for Guyana Against TKR
Glenn Phillips has built a reputation in the Caribbean Premier League as a man who treats the boundary rope like a tightrope and gravity like a suggestion. In Guyana, he went a step further.
Stationed at deep square leg, under heavy skies and heavier pressure, the New Zealander produced a one-handed grab that will sit comfortably in any CPL highlights reel you care to name.
Phillips’ outrageous moment
Sunil Narine had barely arrived. Two balls faced, one run on the board, Trinidad & Tobago Knight Riders already chasing a steep, rain-adjusted target and desperate for a surge.
Dwaine Pretorius banged one in short. Narine swung hard, pulling flat toward the leg side, the kind of connection that usually screams “four” the moment it leaves the bat.
Out at deep square, Phillips took off to his right. For a heartbeat he seemed to lose the ball, craning back, adjusting his line as it fizzed through the Guyanese night. Then he hit the brakes, flung out his right arm and – somehow – the ball stuck.
No juggle, no second chance. Just one clean, audacious snatch out of the air.
Phillips stood there for a second, laughing in disbelief, as if even he couldn’t quite process what he’d done. Narine was gone for 1 off 2, and TKR’s chase, already wobbling, lurched again.
Hetmyer ignites after long delay
The catch came in a match that never really found a rhythm thanks to the rain. Guyana Amazon Warriors had been checked early, two wickets down inside the powerplay, before the heavens opened and the game splintered.
After more than 90 minutes off the field, the contest restarted with a shortened innings and a simple equation: someone had to go big.
Shimron Hetmyer took that responsibility personally.
The left-hander exploded. He carved, clubbed and threaded his way to a stunning hundred, his second CPL century, from just 40 balls. It was clean hitting, not slogging – a blend of power and calculation that shredded field placements and turned a tricky restart into a platform of dominance.
Romario Shepherd chipped in with a late cameo, adding the extra shove Guyana needed at the back end. By the time the 16 overs were done, the scoreboard read 185/5, a total dripping with intent.
Under the DLS method, TKR were handed a target of 182. Against a confident attack, in damp conditions, they had to sprint from ball one.
TKR’s chase unravels
Colin Munro tried to light the fuse early, finding the boundary and giving the chase some initial shape. But Narine’s early exit, courtesy of Phillips’ brilliance, tightened the screws.
Nicholas Pooran answered with the only language he knows: aggression. He launched into the Guyana attack, hammering TKR to 50 inside five overs and briefly dragging the game back into the balance.
Then Mohammad Nabi stepped in and ripped that balance away.
The veteran all-rounder struck three times in quick succession, including the prized wicket of Pooran. Each dismissal felt heavier than the last. Momentum drained from the innings, replaced by uncertainty and a creeping required rate.
When Imran Tahir trapped Justin Greaves lbw, TKR slumped to 68/5 in the eighth over. The chase hadn’t just stalled; it had veered towards collapse.
Hales fights back, but Guyana hold firm
Alex Hales and Akeal Hosein refused to surrender. They pieced together a 43-run stand for the sixth wicket, nudging and then thumping TKR back within sight of the target.
Hales, who had been searching for a substantial score all season, finally found one. He reached his first fifty of the campaign from only 23 balls, a reminder of the damage he can inflict when he lines it up.
Joshua Da Silva added late impetus with three boundaries, trimming the margin and forcing Guyana to stay sharp right to the finish.
But the early damage, the Nabi burst, the Tahir strike, and that Phillips catch had already carved too deep a hole. Guyana Amazon Warriors never truly lost control, managing the closing overs and closing out a nine-run victory.
On a night shaped by rain, power-hitting and one unforgettable moment in the deep, the Warriors walked away with the points – and Glenn Phillips walked away with a catch that will be replayed every time this CPL season is remembered.
