Philip Dean Salt is a cricketer who plays internationally for England and domestically for Lancashire County Cricket Club, having previously played for Sussex since 2015. Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batsman, he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-arm medium-pace.
Is Phil Salt Welsh?
Salt was born in Bodelwyddan, Wales. He began playing cricket in St Asaph and played for the North East Wales Under-11s. He attended school in Chester and when he was 10 years old, his family moved to Barbados.
Where did Phil Salt grow up?
Born in Wales but raised in Barbados, Salt’s interests quickly switched from football to cricket. He had watched Manchester City home and away growing up, but the move to the Caribbean inspired a desire to play cricket, and play it aggressively.
As a result, he met the Barbados residency requirement, and so was eligible to play for either England or the West Indies.[4] Whilst in Barbados he played with future Sussex and England colleague Jofra Archer.