Phil Salt (cricketer)

Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is a Welsh cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batsman,[1] he also bowls right-arm medium-pace. Salt attended Reed's School.[2][3]

Philip Salt

Personal information
Full name	Philip Dean Salt
Born	(1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2015–present	Sussex (squad no. 28)
2018	Lahore Qalanders (squad no. 28)
2019–2020	Islamabad United (squad no. 28)
2019	Barbados Tridents
2019/20	Adelaide Strikers (squad no. 1)
FC debut	8 July 2016 Sussex v Pakistanis
LA debut	19 August 2015 Sussex v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 36 16 66 Runs scored 1,844 494 1,498 Batting average 30.73 32.93 26.28 100s/50s 4/9 1/2 0/12 Top score 148 137* 78* Balls bowled 54 – – Wickets 1 – – Bowling average 32.00 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 1/32 – – Catches/stumpings 30/– 5/– 33/1
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 August 2020

Career

In 2013, Salt played for Guildford Cricket Club,[4] before being signed to the Sussex Academy for the 2014 season.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8]

Salt was retained by Sussex for the 2015 season,[9] and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match against Cuckfield Cricket Club.[10] He also represented Brighton and Hove, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match against Middleton.[11] In June 2015, he scored 43 in a Sussex second XI match against Surrey, in a Sussex team including Mahela Jayawardene and Ashar Zaidi.[12] 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.[13][14]

Prior to the beginning of the 2016 season, Salt was awarded a junior professional contract.[15] He made his Twenty20 debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.[16] On 8 July 2016 he made his first-class debut for Sussex during Pakistan's tour of England.[17]

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.[18]

On 10 September 2019, Salt signed for Adelaide Strikers as one of their overseas players for the 2019 Big Bash season.[19]

On 29 May 2020, Salt was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[20][21] On 9 July 2020, Salt was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the One Day International (ODI) series against Ireland.[22][23]

References

1. Samshad Sattar. "Wright charged with rousing Sussex spirits". World Times 24. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
2. "Philip Salt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
3. Marshall, Ian (April 2016). Playfair Cricket Annual 2016. Headline. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
4. Richard Spiller (9 September 2013). "Weybridge CC's Premier Division title dream wrecked". getsurrey. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
5. "Sussex reveal academy players". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
6. "Sussex Premier League Matches Played By Philip Salt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
7. "Horsham CC – 1st XI Vs Sussex Cricket Board – Development XI". Horsham Cricket Club. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
8. "JUNIORS: Academy batsman Salt wins Travel Places Player of the Month". Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
9. "Sussex announce academy intake". The Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
10. "Sussex Cricket League round-up: No change at the Premier Division summit". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
11. "Sussex Cricket League round-up: Top flight title battle still raging". Bexhill Observer. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
12. "Zaidi and Jayawardene star for Sussex 2nd at Horsham". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
13. "Essex Eagles at home in Royal London Cup quarter-final after Sussex Sharks match abandoned due to rain". Echo. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
14. "Cricket Scorecard -Sussex vs Essex, Group B – August 19, 2015 – Cricket Archives – Cricbuzz". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
15. 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.
16. "NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Gloucestershire v Sussex at Bristol, May 20, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
17. "Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Sussex v Pakistanis at Hove, Jul 8-10, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
18. "Phil Salt replaces injured Dawid Malan in England T20 squad". BBC Sport. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
19. "Strikers complete squad, with added Salt". adelaidestrikers.com.au. Adelaide Strikers. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
20. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
21. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
22. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
23. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

External links

• Phil Salt at ESPNcricinfo