Phil Robinson (cricketer)  Phil Robinson (born Phillip Edward Robinson, 3 August 1963, Keighley, Yorkshire, England) is an English former first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leicestershire. Robinson made his first-class debut for his native county in 1984, and played 132 first-class games for the Tykes until 1991, averaging 35.84, passing 1,000 runs in a season on three occasions. He then moved to Leicestershire and played up to 1995, but was somewhat less successful, playing 27 matches without a century, for an average of 23.72. His best first-class score of 189, came in a Roses Match in 1991, in his penultimate match for Yorkshire. After leaving the first-class scene, he managed Leicestershire's Second XI for four years before moving to New Zealand. Following the Christchurch earthquakes his family relocated to Queensland where he currently works as a Coach and Talent specialist for Queensland Cricket (Based in their Townsville office).