Phil Salt

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Phil Salt

| nickname = Salty

| image = 2 02 Phil Salt.jpg

| caption = Salt in 2022

| country = England

| international = true

| fullname = Philip Dean Salt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|8|28}}

| birth_place = Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 10{{cite news |last1=Wigmore |first1=Tim |title=The incredible bulk: Phil Salt's added weight driving career-best form |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/08/18/kagiso-rabada-proves-limits-what-records-can-set/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=21 December 2023}}

| 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 = 1 March

| lastodiyear = 2025

| lastodiagainst = South Africa

| odishirt = 61

| T20Idebutdate = 26 January

| T20Idebutyear = 2022

| T20Idebutagainst = West Indies

| T20Icap = 94

| lastT20Idate = 2 February

| lastT20Iyear = 2025

| lastT20Iagainst = India

| T20Ishirt = 61

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = {{nowrap|2015–2021}}

| club2 = Lahore Qalandars

| year2 = 2018; 2022

| club3 = Islamabad United

| year3 = 2019–2021

| club4 = Barbados Tridents

| year4 = 2019

| club5 = Adelaide Strikers

| year5 = 2019–2021

| club6 = Manchester Originals

| year6 = 2021–present

| club7 = Dambulla Giants

| year7 = 2021

| club8 = Lancashire

| year8 = 2022–present

| club9 = Pretoria Capitals

| year9 = 2023–present

| club10 = Delhi Capitals

| year10 = 2023

| club11 = Kolkata Knight Riders

| year11 = 2024

| club12 = Royal Challengers Bengaluru

| year12 = 2025–present

| hidedeliveries=true

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 33

| runs1 = 988

| bat avg1 = 31.87

| 100s/50s1 = 1/5

| top score1 = 122

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 16/0

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 43

| runs2 = 1,193

| bat avg2 = 34.08

| 100s/50s2 = 3/5

| top score2 = 119

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 29/2

| 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 = 49

| runs4 = 1,482

| bat avg4 = 32.21

| 100s/50s4 = 2/7

| top score4 = 137*

| deliveries4 = –

| wickets4 = –

| bowl avg4 = –

| fivefor4 = –

| tenfor4 = –

| best bowling4 = –

| catches/stumpings4 = 21/0

| date = 8 March

| year = 2025

| 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{{Efn|Wales is a part of the England and Wales Cricket Board, and Welsh cricketers are eligible to compete for England internationally.}} and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club, and previously for Sussex. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batter,{{cite web|url=http://worldtimes24.com/wright-charged-with-rousing-sussex-spirits/|title=Wright charged with rousing Sussex spirits|first=Samshad|last=Sattar|work=World Times 24|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407080336/http://worldtimes24.com/wright-charged-with-rousing-sussex-spirits/|archive-date=7 April 2016|url-status=dead}} he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-arm off spin.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1104/1104883/1104883.html |title=Philip Salt |website=CricketArchive |access-date=12 April 2016}} 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,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53084487|title=England hopeful Salt opens up on Welsh roots|work=BBC Sport}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs-pak-2021-my-job-is-to-get-the-boys-off-to-a-flier-phil-salt-quickly-takes-to-life-with-england-1269367|title='My job is to get the boys off to a flier' - Phil Salt quickly takes to life with England|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=11 July 2021|accessdate=11 July 2021}} 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4QYoCgAAQBAJ&q=phil+salt&pg=PA30-IA237|title=Playfair Cricket Annual 2016|last=Marshall|first=Ian|publisher=Headline|date=April 2016|isbn=9781472232533|access-date=19 April 2016}}{{Cite web|title=Phil Salt: From Barbados to England via T20 finishing school|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-in-west-indies-2022-phil-salt-from-barbados-to-england-via-t20-finishing-school-1297432|access-date=20 January 2022|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

Domestic career

In 2013, Salt played for Guildford Cricket Club,{{cite web|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cricket/weybridge-ccs-premier-division-title-5861417|title=Weybridge CC's Premier Division title dream wrecked|first=Richard|last=Spiller|date=9 September 2013|work=getsurrey|access-date=10 April 2016}} before being signed to the Sussex Academy for the 2014 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/sussex-reveal-academy-players|title=Sussex reveal academy players|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421000229/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/sussex-reveal-academy-players|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1104/1104883/Sussex_Premier_League_Matches.html|title=Sussex Premier League Matches Played By Philip Salt|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 April 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://horsham.play-cricket.com/website/results/2118634|title=Horsham CC – 1st XI Vs Sussex Cricket Board – Development XI|publisher=Horsham Cricket Club|date=3 August 2014|access-date=10 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/juniors-academy-batsman-salt-wins-travel-places-player-of-the-month|title=JUNIORS: Academy batsman Salt wins Travel Places Player of the Month|access-date=10 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421155628/http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/juniors-academy-batsman-salt-wins-travel-places-player-of-the-month|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

Salt was retained by Sussex for the 2015 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/11717548.Sussex_announce_academy_intake/|title=Sussex announce academy intake|work=The Argus|date=12 January 2015 |access-date=10 April 2016}} and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match against Cuckfield Cricket Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/sport/cricket/sussex-cricket-league-round-up-no-change-at-the-premier-division-summit-1-6772361|title=Sussex Cricket League round-up: No change at the Premier Division summit|access-date=10 April 2016}} He also represented Brighton and Hove, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match against Middleton.{{cite web |url=http://www.bexhillobserver.net/sport/cricket/sussex-cricket-league-round-up-top-flight-title-battle-still-raging-1-6919230 |title=Sussex Cricket League round-up: Top flight title battle still raging |publisher=Bexhill Observer |date=22 August 2015 |access-date=12 April 2016}} In June 2015, he scored 43 in a Sussex second XI match against Surrey, in a Sussex team including Mahela Jayawardene and Ashar Zaidi.{{cite web|url=http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/zaidi-and-jayawardene-star-for-sussex-2nd-at-horsham-1-6788324|title=Zaidi and Jayawardene star for Sussex 2nd at Horsham|date=9 June 2015 |access-date=10 April 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/13614037.Essex_Eagles_at_home_in_Royal_London_Cup_quarter_final_after_Sussex_Sharks_match_abandoned_due_to_rain/|title=Essex Eagles at home in Royal London Cup quarter-final after Sussex Sharks match abandoned due to rain|work=Echo|date=19 August 2015 |access-date=10 April 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-scorecard/14551/sus-vs-ess-group-b-royal-london-one-day-cup-2015|title=Cricket Scorecard -Sussex vs Essex, Group B – August 19, 2015 – CricketArchives – Cricbuzz|work=Cricbuzz|access-date=10 April 2016}}

Prior to the beginning of the 2016 season, Salt was awarded a junior professional contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/quartet-given-junior-deals-hove |title=Quartet given junior deals at Hove |publisher=England & Wales Cricket Board |date=16 November 2015 |access-date=12 April 2016 |last=Clark |first=David |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524034136/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/quartet-given-junior-deals-hove |archive-date=24 May 2016 }} He made his Twenty20 debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/947101.html |title=NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Gloucestershire v Sussex at Bristol, May 20, 2016 |access-date=20 May 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} On 8 July 2016 he made his first-class debut for Sussex during Pakistan's tour of England.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/913637.html |title=Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, Tour Match: Sussex v Pakistanis at Hove, Jul 8-10, 2016 |work=Cricinfo |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 July 2016 }}

On 10 September 2019, Salt signed for Adelaide Strikers as one of their overseas players for the 2019–20 Big Bash League season.{{cite news |title=Strikers complete squad, with added Salt |url=https://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/strikers-complete-squad-with-added-salt/2019-09-10 |website=adelaidestrikers.com.au |publisher=Adelaide Strikers |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=14 March 2020 }}

Salt missed the start of the 2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot after a bicycle accident.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/sussex/sussex_without_phil_salt_end_may_broken_foot.html |title=Sussex to be without Phil Salt until the end of May because of broken foot |magazine=The Cricketer |date=15 April 2021 |accessdate=14 May 2021}} Salt announced a move from Sussex to Lancashire CCC for the 2022 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58347869 |title=Chris Jordan and Phil Salt: Surrey & Lancashire to sign Sussex pair for 2022 |work=BBC Sport|date=27 August 2021|accessdate=1 October 2021}} In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |date=22 February 2022 |access-date=5 April 2022}}

He was bought by Delhi Capitals to play in the 2023 IPL season for {{INRConvert|2|c|lk=on|to=GBP}} in the IPL auction held on 23 December 2022.{{cite news |last1=Quint |first1=The |title=IPL Auction 2023: Phil Salt Sold To Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 Crore |url=https://www.thequint.com/indian-premier-league-ipl/ipl-auction-2023-phil-salt-sold-to-delhi-capitals-for-rs-2-crore |access-date=25 December 2022 |work=TheQuint |date=23 December 2022 |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |first= |date=10 March 2024 |title=KKR name Phil Salt As Replacement For Jason Roy {{!}} IPL 2024 |url=https://www.kkr.in/news/kkr-name-phil-salt-as-replacement-for-jason-roy-ipl-2024 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.kkr.in |language=en}} In the 2025 IPL Mega Auction, Salt was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for {{INRConvert|11.50|c|lk=on|to=GBP}}.https://www.iplt20.com/auction

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48160081|title=Phil Salt replaces injured Dawid Malan in England T20 squad|work=BBC Sport|date=4 May 2019|access-date=4 May 2019}}

In July 2021, having previously trained with the squad earlier in the summer,{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men/news/1717212/england-men-name-behind-closed-doors-odi-training-group |title=England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group |work=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=9 July 2020}} Salt was named in England's ODI squad for their series against Pakistan,{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men/news/2184668/england-men-announce-new-squad-for-royal-london-series-against-pakistan |title=England Men announce new squad for Royal London Series against Pakistan |work=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=6 July 2021}} after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID-19.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2184648 |title=Ben Stokes to captain England against Pakistan after seven members in bio-bubble test positive for COVID-19 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=6 July 2021}} Salt made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for England against Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1239537.html |title=1st ODI (D/N), Cardiff, Jul 8 2021, Pakistan tour of England |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 July 2021}} In December 2021, Salt was named in England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies.{{cite news|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men/news/2426070/england-men-name-squad-for-west-indies-it20s|title=England Men name squad for West Indies IT20s |work=England and Wales Cricket Board |date=23 December 2021|access-date=23 December 2021}} He made his T20I debut on 26 January 2022, for England against the West Indies.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1256722.html |title=3rd T20I (D/N), Bridgetown, Jan 26 2022, England tour of West Indies |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 January 2022}}

In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Salt scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 122 runs.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cricket/england-odi-world-record-netherlands-jos-buttler-b1006840.html |title=Destructive England smash ODI world record against the Netherlands with three centuries in punishing innings |work=Evening Standard |date=17 June 2022 |access-date=17 June 2022}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of England vs Netherlands 1st ODI 2022 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-in-netherlands-2022-1281442/netherlands-vs-england-1st-odi-1281444/full-scorecard |access-date=17 June 2022|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-19 |title=England Men name squads for tour of the Caribbean |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3781515 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.ecb.co.uk |language=en}} In the third T20I of the series, he hit his maiden T20 international century, becoming the fifth England men's batter to do so.{{Cite news |title=Salt century helps England chase 223 to beat WI |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/67740028 |access-date=2023-12-20}} In the fourth T20I, he made another century, and in the process achieved several notable feats.{{Cite news |title=England hit record 267 to level T20 series with WI |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/67767679 |access-date=2023-12-20}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Records fall in the Caribbean as England level West Indies series in style |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3829546 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}

Salt was named in the squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title=England Men name preliminary ICC Men's T20 World Cup squad |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3990061 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=www.ecb.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=England's Squad for the ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2024 |url=https://www.scorewaves.com/news-details/england-squad-icc-mens-t20i-world-cup-2024 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=ScoreWaves |language=en}} In the match against West Indies, he scored an unbeaten 87 off 47 balls, including 30 runs in the 16th over, bowled by Romario Shepherd; his innings featured seven fours and five sixes.

Personal life

Salt is married to Abi McLaven. The two became parents in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Satish |first=A. K. S. |date=2025-06-04 |title=Two milestones in 48 hours: Phil Salt becomes a father and Indian Premier League champion |url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/two-milestones-in-48-hours-phil-salt-becomes-a-father-and-indian-premier-league-champion-1.500152082 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema |language=en}}