Salt aiming for greater taste

Phil Salt

Phil Salt has set his sights on becoming the “best in the world” as a T20 opener after smashing a record-breaking century in England’s 146-run victory over South Africa.

The 29-year-old lit up Old Trafford with an unbeaten 141 off 60 deliveries to not only shatter a host of individual records - most notably reaching three figures off just 39 balls to beat Liam Livingstone’s England record - but also propel his side beyond 300 for the first time in T20s.

England amassed 304-2, a record total in a T20I between two Test nations, in a blistering display of hitting before bowling South Africa out for 158 to level the series at 1-1 going into Sunday’s decider in Nottingham.

Salt was aggressive from ball one, immediately dispatching Marco Jansen for a trio of boundaries, and went on to find the rope no fewer than 23 times, including eight sixes, in his monster knock.

(BBC sport)