Phil Salt

Welsh cricketer

Phil Salt
Salt in 2022
Personal information
Full name
Philip Dean Salt
Born (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 (age 27)
Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
NicknameTarka[1]
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
  • England (2021–present)
ODI debut (cap 262)8 July 2021 v Pakistan
Last ODI26 September 2023 v Ireland
ODI shirt no.61
T20I debut (cap 94)26 January 2022 v West Indies
Last T20I22 December 2023 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.61
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2021Sussex (squad no. 28)
2018Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 28)
2019–2021Islamabad United (squad no. 28)
2019Barbados Tridents
2019/20–2020/21Adelaide Strikers (squad no. 1)
2021–presentManchester Originals
2021Dambulla Giants
2022Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 7)
2022–presentLancashire (squad no. 7)
2023–presentPretoria Capitals
2023Delhi Capitals
2024Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 19 20 52 32
Runs scored 619 601 2,749 1,043
Batting average 36.41 35.35 33.52 35.96
100s/50s 1/3 2/2 6/14 2/5
Top score 122 119 148 137*
Catches/stumpings 7/0 13/1 75/4 10/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2023

Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is a professional cricketer, who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club, and previously for Sussex. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batter,[2] he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-arm off spin.[3] Salt made his international debut for England in July 2021. Born in Wales, he moved in his youth to Barbados and then to England. Salt was part of the England team that won the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup. He recently made history after scoring two consecutive centuries in T20 Internationals against West Indies.

Early life

Salt was born on 28 August 1996 in Bodelwyddan, Wales. He began playing cricket in St Asaph and played for the North East Wales Under-11s.[4] He attended school in Chester,[4] and when he was 10 years old his family moved to Barbados. As a result, he met the Barbados residency requirement, and so was eligible to play for either England or the West Indies.[5] Whilst in Barbados he played with future Sussex and England colleague Jofra Archer.[6] Salt returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 15, when he attended the Reed's School on a cricket scholarship.[7][6]

Domestic career

In 2013, Salt played for Guildford Cricket Club,[8] before being signed to the Sussex Academy for the 2014 season.[9] Salt played Second XI matches as well as playing in the 2014 Sussex Cricket League Premier Division for a Sussex Cricket Board Development XI, and also Brighton & Hove.[10] In the Sussex Premier League, Salt scored 200* from 129 balls in a match against Horsham, as well as 147* against the Preston Nomads, and 51 from 33 balls against the league's eventual winners, Roffey. In August 2014, he was awarded the Player of the Month trophy.[11][12]

Salt was retained by Sussex for the 2015 season,[13] and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match against Cuckfield Cricket Club.[14] He also represented Brighton and Hove, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match against Middleton.[15] In June 2015, he scored 43 in a Sussex second XI match against Surrey, in a Sussex team including Mahela Jayawardene and Ashar Zaidi.[16] Salt made his List A debut in a 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup match against Essex; he was the 29th different player to play for Sussex in the 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup. Opening the batting, Salt scored 22 from 20 balls; the match was eventually a no result due to rain.[17][18]

Prior to the beginning of the 2016 season, Salt was awarded a junior professional contract.[19] He made his Twenty20 debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.[20] On 8 July 2016 he made his first-class debut for Sussex during Pakistan's tour of England.[21]

On 10 September 2019, Salt signed for Adelaide Strikers as one of their overseas players for the 2019–20 Big Bash League season.[22]

Salt missed the start of the 2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot.[23] Salt announced a move from Sussex to Lancashire CCC for the 2022 season.[24] In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[25]

He was bought by Delhi Capitals to play in the 2023 IPL season for ₹2 crore (£210,000) in the IPL auction held on 23 December 2022.[26]

International career

In May 2019, Salt was added to England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off match against Pakistan, replacing an injured Dawid Malan, but did not play.[27]

In July 2021, having previously trained with the squad earlier in the summer,[28] Salt was named in England's ODI squad for their series against Pakistan,[29] after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID-19.[30] Salt made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for England against Pakistan.[31] In December 2021, Salt was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[32] He made his T20I debut on 26 January 2022, for England against the West Indies.[33]

In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Salt scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 122 runs.[34] During the match, England scored 498 runs, the highest score in ODI and List-A history, with Salt being one of three centurions alongside Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler.[35]

On 13 November 2022, Salt won the 2022 T20 World Cup with England. He made two appearances at the tournament, playing in both the semi-final and final of the competition.[3]

Salt was named in both the ODI and T20 squads for England's 2023-24 tour of the West Indies.[36] In the third T20I of the series, he hit his maiden T20 international century, becoming the fifth England men's batter to do so.[37] In the fourth T20I, he made another century, and in the process achieved several notable feats.[38] His score of 119 was the highest score by an England men's player in a T20 international. Salt also became the first England men's batter to hit two centuries in international T20 cricket, and only the third men's batter to hit back-to-back international T20 centuries.[39]

References

  1. ^ "Keep calm and celebrate like a #Prince – The story behind Islamabad United nicknames". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ Sattar, Samshad. "Wright charged with rousing Sussex spirits". World Times 24. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Philip Salt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "England hopeful Salt opens up on Welsh roots". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "'My job is to get the boys off to a flier' - Phil Salt quickly takes to life with England". ESPNcricinfo. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Phil Salt: From Barbados to England via T20 finishing school". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ Marshall, Ian (April 2016). Playfair Cricket Annual 2016. Headline. ISBN 9781472232533. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  8. ^ Spiller, Richard (9 September 2013). "Weybridge CC's Premier Division title dream wrecked". getsurrey. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Sussex reveal academy players". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Sussex Premier League Matches Played By Philip Salt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Horsham CC – 1st XI Vs Sussex Cricket Board – Development XI". Horsham Cricket Club. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  12. ^ "JUNIORS: Academy batsman Salt wins Travel Places Player of the Month". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Sussex announce academy intake". The Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Sussex Cricket League round-up: No change at the Premier Division summit". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  15. ^ "Sussex Cricket League round-up: Top flight title battle still raging". Bexhill Observer. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Zaidi and Jayawardene star for Sussex 2nd at Horsham". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Essex Eagles at home in Royal London Cup quarter-final after Sussex Sharks match abandoned due to rain". Echo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Cricket Scorecard -Sussex vs Essex, Group B – August 19, 2015 – CricketArchives – Cricbuzz". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  19. ^ Clark, David (16 November 2015). "Quartet given junior deals at Hove". England & Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  20. ^ "NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Gloucestershire v Sussex at Bristol, May 20, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  21. ^ "Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Sussex v Pakistanis at Hove, Jul 8-10, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Strikers complete squad, with added Salt". adelaidestrikers.com.au. Adelaide Strikers. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Sussex to be without Phil Salt until the end of May because of broken foot". The Cricketer. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Chris Jordan and Phil Salt: Surrey & Lancashire to sign Sussex pair for 2022". BBC Sport. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  25. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  26. ^ Quint, The (23 December 2022). "IPL Auction 2023: Phil Salt Sold To Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 Crore". TheQuint. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  27. ^ "Phil Salt replaces injured Dawid Malan in England T20 squad". BBC Sport. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  28. ^ "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  29. ^ "England Men announce new squad for Royal London Series against Pakistan". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  30. ^ "Ben Stokes to captain England against Pakistan after seven members in bio-bubble test positive for COVID-19". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  31. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Cardiff, Jul 8 2021, Pakistan tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  32. ^ "England Men name squad for West Indies IT20s". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  33. ^ "3rd T20I (D/N), Bridgetown, Jan 26 2022, England tour of West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  34. ^ "Destructive England smash ODI world record against the Netherlands with three centuries in punishing innings". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Full Scorecard of England vs Netherlands 1st ODI 2022 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  36. ^ "England Men name squads for tour of the Caribbean". www.ecb.co.uk. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  37. ^ "Salt century helps England chase 223 to beat WI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  38. ^ "England hit record 267 to level T20 series with WI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  39. ^ "Records fall in the Caribbean as England level West Indies series in style". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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