Ian Salisbury played first-class cricket for Sussex, Surrey and Warwickshire in a career stretching from 1989 to 2008.
13 Facts About Ian Salisbury
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Ian Salisbury was rewarded both with being named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the next year's Almanack, and with his Test match debut.
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The Wisden review of this tour observed: "rarely, if ever, have so much scorn, indignation and fury been heaped on the selection of a touring team before it even boarded the plane, let alone played a match, as happened when it was announced that David Gower, Jack Russell and Ian Salisbury had been left out".
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Ian Salisbury eventually joined the party as a net bowler, but for the first Test at Kolkata, in spin-friendly conditions, Ian Salisbury was picked as the only specialist spin bowler, elevated ahead of Phil Tufnell and John Emburey, even though he had not been included in the original tour party.
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In truth Ian Salisbury was not good enough to prosper at the highest level as a specialist bowler, with a career Test bowling average of 76.95, and he has been rated as the worst specialist bowler in Test cricket.
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Ian Salisbury passed 50 wickets most seasons, and when he left Sussex for Surrey in 1997 he revelled in wickets that suited his bowling style.
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In 2006, Ian Salisbury enjoyed the lower standard of cricket to be found in the County Championship's second division, and formed a decent spin partnership with Nayan Doshi, that played an important role in Surrey's promotion campaign.
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Ian Salisbury was released by Surrey at the end of the 2007 campaign, ending a ten-year stint at the club.
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In March 2009, at the age of 39, Ian Salisbury announced his retirement from first-class cricket.
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Ian Salisbury initially accepted a two-year extension to his playing contract with Warwickshire, but instead decided to end his playing career, and take up a role as a coach with his former county, Surrey.
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Ian Salisbury replaced the South Africa-bound Nadeem Shahid as the second team coach, being promoted to first team coach for the 2012 season.
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On 17 June 2013 it was announced by Surrey County Cricket Club that Ian Salisbury had been sacked, along with the first team director of cricket Chris Adams.
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In May 2017 Ian Salisbury was named as Head Coach for the England Physical Disability Cricket team.