Phil Salt Explained

Phil Salt
Nickname:Tarka[1]
Country:England
International:true
Fullname:Philip Dean Salt
Birth Date:1996 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
Heightft:5
Heightinch:10[2]
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off spin
Role:Wicket-keeper-batter
Internationalspan:2021–present
Odidebutdate:8 July
Odidebutyear:2021
Odidebutagainst:Pakistan
Odicap:262
Lastodidate:9 December
Lastodiyear:2023
Lastodiagainst:West Indies
Odishirt:61
T20idebutdate:26 January
T20idebutyear:2022
T20idebutagainst:West Indies
T20icap:94
Lastt20idate:27 June
Lastt20iyear:2024
Lastt20iagainst:India
T20ishirt:61
Club1:Sussex
Clubnumber1:28
Club2:Lahore Qalandars
Year2:2018
Clubnumber2:28
Club3:Islamabad United
Year3:2019–2021
Clubnumber3:28
Club4:Barbados Tridents
Year4:2019
Club5:Adelaide Strikers
Clubnumber5:1
Club6:Manchester Originals
Year6:2021–present
Club7:Dambulla Giants
Year7:2021
Club8:Lahore Qalandars
Year8:2022
Clubnumber8:7
Club9:Lancashire
Year9:2022–present
Clubnumber9:7
Club10:Pretoria Capitals
Year10:2023–present
Club11:Delhi Capitals
Year11:2023
Club12:Kolkata Knight Riders
Year12:2024
Hidedeliveries:true
Columns:4
Column1:ODI
Matches1:19
Runs1:619
Bat Avg1:36.41
100S/50S1:1/3
Top Score1:122
Deliveries1:
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:7/0
Column2:T20I
Matches2:31
Runs2:885
Bat Avg2:35.40
100S/50S2:2/3
Top Score2:119
Deliveries2:
Wickets2:
Bowl Avg2:
Fivefor2:
Tenfor2:
Best Bowling2:
Catches/Stumpings2:20/1
Column3:FC
Matches3:52
Runs3:2,749
Bat Avg3:33.52
100S/50S3:6/14
Top Score3:148
Deliveries3:54
Wickets3:1
Bowl Avg3:32.00
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:1/32
Catches/Stumpings3:75/4
Column4:LA
Matches4:35
Runs4:1113
Bat Avg4:34.78
100S/50S4:2/5
Top Score4:137
Deliveries4:
Wickets4:
Bowl Avg4:
Fivefor4:
Tenfor4:
Best Bowling4:
Catches/Stumpings4:12/0
Date:20 July 2024
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/669365.html ESPNcricinfo

Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is a Welsh 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,[3] he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-arm off spin.[4] 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 made history after scoring two consecutive centuries in T20Is 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. He attended school in Chester,[5] 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.[6] Whilst in Barbados he played with future Sussex and England colleague Jofra Archer. Salt returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 15, when he attended the Reed's School on a cricket scholarship.[7] [8]

Domestic career

In 2013, Salt played for Guildford Cricket Club,[9] before being signed to the Sussex Academy for the 2014 season.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] [13]

Salt was retained by Sussex for the 2015 season,[14] and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match against Cuckfield Cricket Club.[15] He also represented Brighton and Hove, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match against Middleton.[16] In June 2015, he scored 43 in a Sussex second XI match against Surrey, in a Sussex team including Mahela Jayawardene and Ashar Zaidi.[17] 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.[18] [19]

Prior to the beginning of the 2016 season, Salt was awarded a junior professional contract.[20] He made his Twenty20 debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.[21] On 8 July 2016 he made his first-class debut for Sussex during Pakistan's tour of England.[22]

On 10 September 2019, Salt signed for Adelaide Strikers as one of their overseas players for the 2019–20 Big Bash League season.[23]

Salt missed the start of the 2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot.[24] Salt announced a move from Sussex to Lancashire CCC for the 2022 season.[25] In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[26]

He was bought by Delhi Capitals to play in the 2023 IPL season for in the IPL auction held on 23 December 2022.[27]

Kolkata Knight Riders named Phil Salt as a replacement for Jason Roy after the latter pulled out of the upcoming 2024 IPL season owing to personal reasons.[28]

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.[29]

In July 2021, having previously trained with the squad earlier in the summer,[30] Salt was named in England's ODI squad for their series against Pakistan,[31] after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID-19.[32] Salt made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for England against Pakistan.[33] In December 2021, Salt was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.[34] He made his T20I debut on 26 January 2022, for England against the West Indies.[35]

In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Salt scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 122 runs.[36] 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.[37]

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.

Salt was named in both the ODI and T20 squads for England's 2023-24 tour of the West Indies.[38] In the third T20I of the series, he hit his maiden T20 international century, becoming the fifth England men's batter to do so.[39] In the fourth T20I, he made another century, and in the process achieved several notable feats.[40] 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.[41]

Salt was named in the squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup.[42] [43] In the tournament against West Indies, he smashed an unbeaten 87 off 47 balls, his innings included seven fours and five sixes. He completely decimated the West Indies' bowling attack by smashing 30 runs in the 16th over bowled by Romario Shepherd.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keep calm and celebrate like a #Prince – The story behind Islamabad United nicknames . 2024-01-21 . www.geo.tv . en.
  2. News: Wigmore . Tim . The incredible bulk: Phil Salt's added weight driving career-best form . 27 April 2024 . The Telegraph . 21 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Wright charged with rousing Sussex spirits. Samshad. Sattar. World Times 24. 10 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407080336/http://worldtimes24.com/wright-charged-with-rousing-sussex-spirits/. 7 April 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Philip Salt . CricketArchive . 12 April 2016.
  5. News: England hopeful Salt opens up on Welsh roots. BBC Sport.
  6. Web site: 'My job is to get the boys off to a flier' - Phil Salt quickly takes to life with England. ESPNcricinfo. 11 July 2021. 11 July 2021.
  7. Book: Marshall, Ian. Playfair Cricket Annual 2016. Headline. April 2016. 9781472232533. 19 April 2016.
  8. Web site: Phil Salt: From Barbados to England via T20 finishing school. 20 January 2022. ESPNcricinfo.
  9. Web site: Weybridge CC's Premier Division title dream wrecked. Richard. Spiller. 9 September 2013. getsurrey. 10 April 2016.
  10. Web site: Sussex reveal academy players. 10 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160421000229/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/sussex-reveal-academy-players. 21 April 2016. dead.
  11. Web site: Sussex Premier League Matches Played By Philip Salt. CricketArchive. 19 April 2016.
  12. Web site: Horsham CC – 1st XI Vs Sussex Cricket Board – Development XI. Horsham Cricket Club. 3 August 2014. 10 April 2016.
  13. Web site: JUNIORS: Academy batsman Salt wins Travel Places Player of the Month. 10 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160421155628/http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/juniors-academy-batsman-salt-wins-travel-places-player-of-the-month. 21 April 2016. dead.
  14. Web site: Sussex announce academy intake. The Argus. 12 January 2015 . 10 April 2016.
  15. Web site: Sussex Cricket League round-up: No change at the Premier Division summit. 10 April 2016.
  16. Web site: Sussex Cricket League round-up: Top flight title battle still raging . Bexhill Observer . 22 August 2015 . 12 April 2016.
  17. Web site: Zaidi and Jayawardene star for Sussex 2nd at Horsham. 10 April 2016.
  18. Web site: Essex Eagles at home in Royal London Cup quarter-final after Sussex Sharks match abandoned due to rain. Echo. 19 August 2015 . 10 April 2016.
  19. Web site: Cricket Scorecard -Sussex vs Essex, Group B – August 19, 2015 – CricketArchives – Cricbuzz. Cricbuzz. 10 April 2016.
  20. Web site: Quartet given junior deals at Hove . . 16 November 2015 . 12 April 2016 . Clark . David . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160524034136/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/quartet-given-junior-deals-hove . 24 May 2016 .
  21. Web site: NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Gloucestershire v Sussex at Bristol, May 20, 2016 . 20 May 2016 . ESPNcricinfo.
  22. Web site: Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Sussex v Pakistanis at Hove, Jul 8-10, 2016 . ESPNcricinfo . 8 July 2016 .
  23. News: Strikers complete squad, with added Salt . adelaidestrikers.com.au . Adelaide Strikers . 10 September 2019 . 14 March 2020 .
  24. Sussex to be without Phil Salt until the end of May because of broken foot . . 15 April 2021 . 14 May 2021.
  25. News: Chris Jordan and Phil Salt: Surrey & Lancashire to sign Sussex pair for 2022 . BBC Sport. 27 August 2021. 1 October 2021.
  26. News: The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed . BBC Sport . 22 February 2022 . 5 April 2022.
  27. News: Quint . The . IPL Auction 2023: Phil Salt Sold To Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 Crore . 25 December 2022 . . 23 December 2022 . en.
  28. Web site: 10 March 2024 . KKR name Phil Salt As Replacement For Jason Roy IPL 2024 . 2024-05-03 . www.kkr.in . en.
  29. Web site: Phil Salt replaces injured Dawid Malan in England T20 squad. BBC Sport. 4 May 2019. 4 May 2019.
  30. Web site: England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group . England and Wales Cricket Board . 9 July 2020.
  31. Web site: England Men announce new squad for Royal London Series against Pakistan . England and Wales Cricket Board . 6 July 2021.
  32. Web site: Ben Stokes to captain England against Pakistan after seven members in bio-bubble test positive for COVID-19 . International Cricket Council . 6 July 2021.
  33. Web site: 1st ODI (D/N), Cardiff, Jul 8 2021, Pakistan tour of England . ESPNcricinfo . 8 July 2021.
  34. News: England Men name squad for West Indies IT20s . England and Wales Cricket Board . 23 December 2021. 23 December 2021.
  35. Web site: 3rd T20I (D/N), Bridgetown, Jan 26 2022, England tour of West Indies . ESPNcricinfo . 26 January 2022.
  36. Web site: Destructive England smash ODI world record against the Netherlands with three centuries in punishing innings . Evening Standard . 17 June 2022 . 17 June 2022.
  37. Web site: Full Scorecard of England vs Netherlands 1st ODI 2022 - Score Report ESPNcricinfo.com . 17 June 2022. ESPNcricinfo.
  38. Web site: 2023-12-19 . England Men name squads for tour of the Caribbean . 2023-12-20 . www.ecb.co.uk . en.
  39. News: Salt century helps England chase 223 to beat WI . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-12-20.
  40. News: England hit record 267 to level T20 series with WI . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-12-20.
  41. Web site: Records fall in the Caribbean as England level West Indies series in style . 2023-12-21 . www.icc-cricket.com . en.
  42. Web site: 2024-04-30 . England Men name preliminary ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad . 2024-05-03 . www.ecb.co.uk . en.
  43. Web site: England’s Squad for the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup 2024 . 2024-06-11 . ScoreWaves . en.