Wicketkeeper

Philip Salt

Born: August 28, 1996
Batting: Right Handed Bat
Bowling: right-arm offbreak
From: Bodelwyddan, North Wales

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
ODI	33	988	31.87	114.62	122
T20I	60	1,852	34.94	163.75	141*
First-class	45	2,306	32.48	72.72	148
List A	14	395	30.38	101.28	137*
T20	183	4,295	25.26	146.74	80
IPL	40	1,258	34	174.48	89*
T10	44	969	26.92	209.74	63*
Hundred	51	1,333	27.2	145.84	86

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
First-class	45	1	3.56	9.0	1/32

Recent performances

ODI match form

1 Mar 2025vs SA, Champions Trophy 2025, #11ODI

Batting: 8 (6b)
Bowling: —

26 Feb 2025vs AFG, Champions Trophy 2025, #8ODI

Batting: 12 (13b)
Bowling: —

22 Feb 2025vs AUS, Champions Trophy 2025, #4ODI

Batting: 10 (6b)
Bowling: —

12 Feb 2025vs IND, ENG vs IND 2025, #3ODI

Batting: 23 (21b)
Bowling: —

9 Feb 2025vs IND, ENG vs IND 2025, #2ODI

Batting: 26 (29b)
Bowling: —

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6 Feb 2025vs IND, ENG vs IND 2025, #1ODI

Batting: 43 (26b)
Bowling: —

6 Nov 2024vs WI, ENG vs WI 2024, #3ODI

Batting: 74 (108b)
Bowling: —

2 Nov 2024vs WI, ENG vs WI 2024, #2ODI

Batting: 59 (59b)
Bowling: —

31 Oct 2024vs WI, ENG vs WI 2024, #1ODI

Batting: 18 (29b)
Bowling: —

29 Sep 2024vs AUS, AUS vs ENG 2024, #5ODI

Batting: 45 (27b)
Bowling: —

27 Sep 2024vs AUS, AUS vs ENG 2024, #4ODI

Batting: 22 (27b)
Bowling: —

24 Sep 2024vs AUS, AUS vs ENG 2024, #3ODI

Batting: 0 (8b)
Bowling: —

21 Sep 2024vs AUS, AUS vs ENG 2024, #2ODI

Batting: 12 (14b)
Bowling: —

19 Sep 2024vs AUS, AUS vs ENG 2024, #1ODI

Batting: 17 (24b)
Bowling: —

26 Sep 2023vs IRE, ENG vs IRE 2023, #3ODI

Batting: 61 (28b)
Bowling: —

23 Sep 2023vs IRE, ENG vs IRE 2023, #2ODI

Batting: 28 (21b)
Bowling: —

6 Mar 2023vs BAN, BAN vs ENG 2023, #3ODI

Batting: 35 (25b)
Bowling: —

3 Mar 2023vs BAN, BAN vs ENG 2023, #2ODI

Batting: 7 (15b)
Bowling: —

1 Mar 2023vs BAN, BAN vs ENG 2023, #1ODI

Batting: 12 (19b)
Bowling: —

About Philip Salt

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Phil Salt is an aggressive opening batter and occasional wicketkeeper from England, born in Wales. He spent part of his childhood in Barbados before moving back to England at age 15 on a cricket scholarship to Reed’s School in Surrey, where he shifted his focus from football to cricket. He later joined the Sussex academy after being recommended by former Surrey cricketer Keith Medlycott. Salt worked his way through the ranks and eventually made his first-team debut, scoring a quick 22 with three fours and a six against bowlers like Reece Topley and Jamie Porter. He made his first-class debut against a touring Pakistan side but initially struggled with consistency and spent a lot of time in Sussex’s Second XI. Salt finally became a regular in Sussex’s senior side in 2018, excelling mainly in white-ball cricket. He was the top run-scorer for Sussex in the 2019 T20 Blast, which brought him attention from franchise leagues such as the BBL, PSL, and CPL. His performances earned him an England call-up in 2019, but he had to wait until 2021 to make his international debut in an ODI series against Pakistan after a COVID-related squad change. He remained on the fringes of the England team, occasionally coming in as a replacement, before moving from Sussex to Lancashire in 2021. His breakthrough ODI century came in 2022 against the Netherlands, where he scored 122 in a record-breaking England total of 498 runs—the highest List-A score ever. Salt was part of England’s squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup, where he featured in the semi-final and final after Dawid Malan’s injury, and England went on to win the tournament. Later that year, he was signed by Delhi Capitals in the IPL auction for INR 2 crore.