25 Facts About Phil Salt

Philip Dean Salt was born on 28 August 1996 and is a Welsh professional cricketer who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club, and previously for Sussex.

Phil Salt was part of the England team that won the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup.

Phil Salt made history after scoring two consecutive centuries in T20Is against West Indies.

Phil Salt was born on 28 August 1996 in Bodelwyddan, Wales.

Phil Salt began playing cricket in St Asaph and played for the North East Wales Under-11s.

Phil Salt attended school in Chester, and when he was 10 years old his family moved to Barbados.

Phil Salt returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 15, when he attended the Reed's School on a cricket scholarship.

In 2013, Phil Salt played for Guildford Cricket Club, before being signed to the Sussex Academy for the 2014 season.

Phil Salt was retained by Sussex for the 2015 season, and scored 72 from 52 balls in a May 2015 Sussex Premier League match against Cuckfield Cricket Club.

Phil Salt represented Brighton and Hove, and top-scoring for them with 39 in a match against Middleton.

Phil 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, Phil Salt scored 22 from 20 balls; the match was eventually a no result due to rain.

Phil Salt made his Twenty20 debut on 20 May 2016 for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 2016 NatWest t20 Blast.

Phil Salt missed the start of the 2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot after a bicycle accident.

Phil Salt was bought by Delhi Capitals to play in the 2023 IPL season for 2 crore in the IPL auction held on 23 December 2022.

In May 2019, Phil Salt was added to England's Twenty20 International squad for the one-off match against Pakistan, replacing an injured Dawid Malan, but did not play.

In July 2021, having previously trained with the squad earlier in the summer, Phil 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 COVID-19.

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

In December 2021, Phil Salt was named in England's Twenty20 International squad for their series against the West Indies.

Phil Salt made his T20I debut on 26 January 2022, for England against the West Indies.

In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Phil Salt scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 122 runs.

On 13 November 2022, Phil Salt won the 2022 T20 World Cup with England.

Phil Salt made two appearances at the tournament, playing in both the semi-final and final of the competition.

Phil Salt became the first England men's batter to hit two centuries in international T20 cricket, and only the third men's batter to hit back-to-back international T20 centuries.

Phil Salt was named in the squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup.