Blackcaps batsman Glenn Phillips is on cloud nine after his record-breaking performance helped New Zealand beat the West Indies by 72 runs in the second Twenty20 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Phillips smashed a 46-ball century - the fastest in T20Is by a New Zealand batsman - to help the Blackcaps post 238/5 in their innings, before putting on a clinic in the field with a spectacular run-out and an acrobatic catch on the boundary, to cap off a man-of-the-match performance.
The South African-born 23-year-old was eventually dismissed on 108 - the fourth-highest individual score by a Blackcap in T20 cricket with his knock featuring eight sixes and 10 fours from 51 deliveries.
Phillips also formed a record-breakkng third-wicket stand of 184 with fellow South African Devon Conway (65), while New Zealand's total of 238 was the third biggest score by the Blackcaps in cricket's shortest format.
"That's just an incredible day," says Phillips. "You don't get them very often.
"My whole thing is to try and be an entertainer for the crowd and, at that moment, having the crowd's back, I wanted to give them something special, the whole team wanted to give them something special. It was amazing for me personally, [that] I could be part of it."
What made his knock more special was the fact that Phillips' right kneecap popped out while batting for the second consecutive match.
Phillips assured fans there's nothing too much to worry about.
"My knee subluxed; both my knees have done it," he says.
"It's quite a funny one because, in the moment, it's a shock and it really hurts, but it comes back and recovers just as quickly. The ligaments around the knee are a bit weak now."
Phillips joined Conway at the crease with the Blackcaps on 53/2. The pair had never batted together before, but they looked right at home after their record-breaking partnership.
"A big part of our game plan is communication, reading the situation, adjusting to it," says Phillips.
"For me and Devon, we've never played with each other before, the communication side of things is even more crucial.
"We've both played a lot of T20 cricket, and when you lose two quick wickets, you don't want to lose three or four. Especially on a ground like this where it's hard to get going again, on a pitch that's a little bit two-paced.
"So we decided to give ourselves a couple of overs and by the time we both got going, it was 11-12 overs, and we have a very deep batting line-up so that death phase can start much earlier, especially with the wind being an absolute hurricane in one direction.
"And then even when the rain came, just carrying on from where we started."
The Blackcaps will be looking to complete a series sweep with the third T20 to be played at Bay Oval on Monday night.
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