Philip Salt

Philip is a professional cricketer, who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club, and previously for Sussex.

Early life:

He began playing cricket in St. Asaph. Then, he played for the North East Wales Under – 11s. He attended school in Chester, 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.

Domestic Career:

• List A debut: in a 2015 Royal London One – Day Cup match against Essex
• Twenty20 debut: on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast

First class debut: on 8 July 2016 for Sussex during Pakistan’s tour of England

Salt missed the start of the 2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot.

International Career:

• ODI debut: 8 July 2021 v Pakistan
• T20I debut: 26 January 2022 v West Indies

Salt was named in England’s ODI squad for their series against Pakistan, after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID – 19.

Major Achievements:

• In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Salt scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 122 runs. 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.
• In the third T20I of the series, he hit his maiden T20 international century, becoming the fifth England men’s batter to do so.
• In the fourth T20I, he made another century, and in the process achieved several notable feats.
• 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.