Glenn Phillips' diving throw gives Santner a reason to duck

New Zealand Cricket's outfield near miss draws an unusually large audience, with Phillips laughing and his captain looking less amused.

Channel: New Zealand Cricket Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 304,022 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (12,084).

He Threw it At His CAPTAIN ⚠️

Glenn Phillips chases down Axar Patel's shot, collects the ball and slides into a powerful return toward the pitch. The fielding looks spectacular. The direction gives Mitchell Santner a problem.

New Zealand's captain drops quickly to the ground as the ball flies toward him, narrowly avoiding the throw. Phillips laughs afterward; Santner gets up wearing a rather different expression.

"Phillips nearly cleaned out his captain there," the commentator says, laughing at the near miss.

The Short on New Zealand Cricket's official channel has reached roughly 456,000 views, with an estimated first-day audience about 25 times its usual Shorts start. Its title, "He Threw it At His CAPTAIN ⚠️", supplies the alarm, but the sequence shows a fielding return gone uncomfortably close, not a confrontation.

In the comments, viewers give Phillips an aviation-themed nickname and focus on his athletic fielding. The captain's evasive movement makes this particular display a little harder to forget.

There is batting drawing attention on the channel too: a separate fast-starting Short features Daryl Mitchell ramping India's bowling. Phillips' contribution requires his own teammate to be just as quick on his feet.

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The numbers

Phillips' near miss drew a much larger first-day audience than the channel's usual Short. Comments also arrived at nearly four times the usual first-day pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

12,084

this video

304,022

subscribers

2,000,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

740,577,953

views per day

3,081,194

typical day: 717,750

the video

views

455,596

likes

6,408

comments

48

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Wimbledon

2,660,000

World Rugby

2,060,000

New Zealand Cricket

2,000,000

PGA Tour

1,780,000

World Surf League

1,660,000

All Blacks

1,420,000

As of October 28, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.