Phil Salt could have been peppering boundaries, Caribbean-style, for West Indies rather than thumping England’s makeshift bunch of one-day reserves to victory over Pakistan. The Sussex opener, who smashed 60 off 54 balls in Saturday’s series-clinching win at Lord’s, played age-group cricket while spending six years living in Barbados after re-locating from north Wales and qualified for West Indies through citizenship. Phil Salt was the driving force behind England as they grabbed series victory against PakistanSalt's 60 from 54 balls made for a fine replacement after England were struck down with Covid‘I was eligible for the Barbados Under 19 team but even if I’d been selected I was going to keep playing second team cricket for Sussex,’ said Salt. ‘From the moment I came into the England set-up Eoin Morgan was crystal clear we should always look to take the positive option,' he said. England completed the series victory with a game to spare against Pakistani on Saturday'It’s the blueprint of what has been so successful in 50-over cricket.

Source: Daily Mail July 11, 2021 15:45 UTC