Career
Phillips began his career at Kent,appearing for their Second XI regularly throughout the late 1990s. His made his first-class cricket debut for the club against Sussex early in the 1996 season,taking four wickets in the match. [2] He failed to impress during the following match against Leicestershire,taking no wickets, [3] and only made one more first-class appearance in the season. [4] Despite scoring his maiden first-class century in 1997 against Lancashire and twice taking 5 wickets in an innings,he dropped out of the first-class game at the end of the 1998 season after 27 appearances for Kent. Between 1999 and 2001 he turned out regularly for Kent Second XI and played a spell of three one-day matches for the first team.
He joined Northamptonshire in 2002 but it was not until 2004 that he became a regular member of the first team;he was awarded his county cap in 2005. In 53 first-class matches for Northamptonshire he averaged about 23 with the bat and about 31 with the ball. His highest first-class score for Northamptonshire was 90 against Warwickshire in 2004 and his best bowling was 6/29 against Cambridge University in 2006.
At the end of the 2006 season,he asked to be released from his contract at Northamptonshire,as his family had not settled in the area. [5] He joined Somerset the following season. [6] Injury hampered his chances to make a serious impression at Somerset, [7] and by late 2009 he was primarily considered a squad player,with Director of Cricket Brian Rose stating "[Somerset] need people of Ben's calibre to come into the side when it is weakened for any reason." [7]
He joined Nottinghamshire in 2011 and although injury disrupted his first season,he was a mainstay of their County Championship attack in 2012 taking 30 wickets at 27.10.
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