Philip Dean Salt (born 28 August 1996) is a professional

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er, who plays internationally for

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and domestically for

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, and previously for

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. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening

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, he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-arm medium-pace. Salt made his international debut for England in July 2021. Born in Wales, he moved in his youth to Barbados and then to England.

Early life

Salt was born in

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, Wales. He began playing cricket in

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and played for the North East Wales Under-11s. He attended school in

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, 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. Whilst in Barbados he played with future Sussex and England colleague

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. Salt returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 15, when he attended the

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on a cricket scholarship.

Domestic career

In 2013, Salt played for Guildford Cricket Club, before being signed to the Sussex Academy for the 2014 season. Salt played Second XI matches as well as playing in the 2014

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Premier Division for a

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Development XI, and also

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. In the Sussex Premier League, Salt scored 200 * from 129 balls in a match against

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, as well as 147* against the

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, and 51 from 33 balls against the league's eventual winners,

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. In August 2014, he was awarded the Player of the Month trophy. Salt was retained by Sussex for the 2015 season, and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match against

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Cricket Club. He also represented

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, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match against Middleton. In June 2015, he scored 43 in a Sussex second XI match against

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, in a Sussex team including

Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...

and

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. Salt made his

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debut in a 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup match against

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; 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

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due to rain. Prior to the beginning of the 2016 season, Salt was awarded a junior professional contract. He made his

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debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against

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in the

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. On 8 July 2016 he made his first-class debut for Sussex during Pakistan's tour of England. On 10 September 2019, Salt signed for

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as one of their overseas players for the 2019–20 Big Bash League season. Salt missed the start of the

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season due to a broken foot. Salt announced a move from Sussex to

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for the 2022 season. In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred. He was bought by

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to play in the 2023 IPL season for INR 20 million (2 crore, £200,000) in the IPL auction held on 23 December 2022.

International career

In May 2019, Salt was added to England's

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(T20I) squad for the one-off match against Pakistan, replacing an injured

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, but did not play. In July 2021, having previously trained with the squad earlier in the summer, 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

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. Salt made his ODI debut on 8 July 2021, for England against

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. In December 2021, Salt was named in England's

(T20I) squad for their series against the West Indies. He made his T20I debut on 26 January 2022, for England against the

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. In June 2022, in the opening match against the

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, 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

and

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. On 13 November 2022, Salt won the

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with England. He made two appearances at the tournament, playing in both the semi-final and final of the competition.

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