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| Full name | Philip Dean Salt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (age 29) Bodelwyddan,Denbighshire, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10[1] in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper-batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 262) | 8 July 2021 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 March 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 94) | 26 January 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23 October 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018; 2022 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Islamabad United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Barbados Tridents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20–2020/21 | Adelaide Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Dambulla Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Pretoria Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,26 October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is aWelsh professionalcricketer who plays internationally forEngland[a] and domestically forLancashire County Cricket Club, and previously forSussex. Primarily an aggressive right-handed openingbatter,[2] he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-armoff 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 the2022 ICC T20 World Cup. He made history after scoring two consecutive centuries in T20Is against West Indies.
Salt was born on 28 August 1996 inBodelwyddan, Wales. He began playing cricket inSt Asaph and played for the North East Wales Under-11s.[4] He attended school inChester,[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 colleagueJofra Archer.[6] Salt returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 15, when he attended theReed's School on a cricket scholarship.[7][6]
In 2013, Salt played forGuildford Cricket Club,[8] before being signed to theSussex Academy for the2014 season.[9] Salt played Second XI matches as well as playing in the 2014Sussex Cricket League Premier Division for aSussex Cricket Board Development XI, and alsoBrighton & Hove.[10] In the Sussex Premier League, Salt scored 200* from 129 balls in a match againstHorsham, as well as 147* against thePreston 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 the2015 season,[13] and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match againstCuckfield Cricket Club.[14] He also representedBrighton and Hove, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match againstMiddleton.[15] In June 2015, he scored 43 in a Sussex second XI match againstSurrey, in a Sussex team includingMahela Jayawardene andAshar Zaidi.[16] Salt made hisList A debut in a2015 Royal London One-Day Cup match againstEssex; 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 ano result due to rain.[17][18]
Prior to the beginning of the2016 season, Salt was awarded a junior professional contract.[19] He made hisTwenty20 debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex againstGloucestershire in the2016 NatWest t20 Blast.[20] On 8 July 2016 he made hisfirst-class debut for Sussex duringPakistan's tour of England.[21]
On 10 September 2019, Salt signed forAdelaide Strikers as one of their overseas players for the2019–20 Big Bash League season.[22]
Salt missed the start of the2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot after a bicycle accident.[23] Salt announced a move from Sussex toLancashire CCC for the 2022 season.[24] In April 2022, he was bought by theManchester Originals for the2022 season ofThe Hundred.[25]
He was bought byDelhi Capitals to play in the2023 IPL season for₹2crore (£180,000) in theIPL auction held on 23 December 2022.[26]
Kolkata Knight Riders named Phil Salt as a replacement forJason Roy after the latter pulled out of the upcoming2024 IPL season owing to personal reasons.[27] In the 2025 IPL Mega Auction, Salt was bought byRoyal Challengers Bengaluru for₹11.50crore (£1.0 million).[28] He was a regular in the Knight Riders squad when they won IPL 2024 and in the Royal Challengers squad that won IPL 2025.
In May 2019, Salt was added to England'sTwenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off matchagainst Pakistan, replacing an injuredDawid 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 seriesagainst Pakistan,[31] after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests forCOVID-19.[32] Salt made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for England againstPakistan.[33] In December 2021, Salt was named in England'sTwenty20 International (T20I) squad for their seriesagainst the West Indies.[34] He made his T20I debut on 26 January 2022, for England against theWest Indies.[35]
In June 2022, in the opening match against theNetherlands, 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 alongsideDawid Malan andJos Buttler.[37]
On 13 November 2022, Salt won the2022 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 forEngland'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 the2024 T20 World Cup.[42][43] In the match againstWest Indies, he scored an unbeaten 87 off 47 balls, including 30 runs in the 16th over, bowled byRomario Shepherd; his innings featured seven fours and five sixes.
Salt is married to Abi McLaven. The two became parents in 2025.[44]
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