Philip Salt

Philip Salt
Personal information
Full name Philip Dean Salt
Born (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996
Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–present Sussex (squad no. 28)
First-class debut 8 July 2016 Sussex v Pakistanis
List A debut 19 August 2015 Sussex v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 5 7 10
Runs scored 103 186 151
Batting average 20.60 26.57 18.87
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 42 81 33
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 June 2017

Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is a Welsh-born 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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ Samshad Sattar. "Wright charged with rousing Sussex spirits". World Times 24. 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". 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". 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. 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.
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