runs with Phillips scoring 53 off 32 balls, and Australia won by 3 wickets. Phillips and Waugh were voted joint man of the match. Journalist Trevor Grant, who covered the game, wrote that Anyone who has followed the career of the South Australian left-hander and former wicketkeeper knows his capacity to turn a game. But his form has reached such a low point on this tour that it was illogical to believe he could do it at this stage of a long, demanding and utterly forgettable season. But all the exasperating uncertainty was suddenly cast aside today. Phillips was picked on the tour of Sharjah. However he was not selected in the squad to tour India later that year and never regained his position in the Australian Test or one day side. When asked about his omission, Phillips replied that he was "going to do what he wanted to do and not going to be at the beck and call of these idiots who pick the side. He expressed his regret the next day but was fined $2,000 by the Australian Cricket Board. Post Test career Philips went on to score runs for South Australia until the early 1990s. He concentrated on batting although he occasionally returned to wicketkeeping. In March 1987, he batted in partnership of 462 runs with David Hookes against Tasmania, setting an Australian record for the highest first run partnership. Phillips scored 213 not out. The runs were scored in 299 minutes off only 84.3 overs He also scored a century against the visiting English side. Despite this, he was not recalled to the national side. In 1988–89 he scored 129 runs at 18 for South Australia and was dropped to make way for Darren Lehmann. In 1989–90 he captained Sturt to the Adelaide District Championship. In 1990–91 he was recalled to the South Australian side after two seasons. He played for South Australia in one dayers as a wicketkeeper. Assessment Phillip's promotion to wicketkeeper is generally held to have done considerable damage to his talents as a batsman. Steve Waugh later described him as: That sporadic genuius... 'Flipper' was always upbeat and great fun to be around – except when he was driving the team bus, in a style that on occasions bordered on maniacal and broke most of the known road rules – but I could never quite work out whether his casual, laid-back