Philip Salt

Philip Salt

Personal information
Full name	Philip Dean Salt
Born	28 August 1996 Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2015–present	Sussex
List A debut	19 August 2015 Sussex v Essex
Career statistics
Competition List A Matches 1 Runs scored 22 Batting average 22.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 22 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2015

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]

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.

External links

• Player profile: Philip Salt from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Philip Salt from CricketArchive