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Full name Ian David Kenneth Salisbury
Born January 21, 1970, Moulton, Northampton
Current age 38 years 113 days
Major teams England,Surrey,Sussex,Warwickshire
Also known as Solly, Dingle, Sals
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Height
5 ft 11 in
Education Moulton Comprehensive, Northampton
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
25
3
368
50
16.72
1316
27.96
0
1
44
0
5
0
ODIs
4
2
1
7
5
7.00
12
58.33
0
0
0
0
1
0
First-class
314
404
81
6696
103
20.73
3
24
202
0
List A
249
162
46
1569
59*
13.52
0
1
89
0
Twenty20
22
14
3
94
20
8.54
76
123.68
0
0
6
4
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
25
2492
1539
20
4/163
5/122
76.95
3.70
124.6
1
0
0
ODIs
4
4
186
177
5
3/41
3/41
35.40
5.70
37.2
0
0
0
First-class
314
55122
28202
860
8/60
32.79
3.06
64.0
36
6
List A
249
10574
8102
247
5/30
5/30
32.80
4.59
42.8
6
1
0
Twenty20
22
17
286
361
12
2/6
2/6
30.08
7.57
23.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 18-21, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v England at Karachi, Dec 7-11, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v England at Chandigarh, Jan 21, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 6, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1989
Last First-class
Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Derby, May 7-10, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1989
Last List A
Gloucestershire v Surrey at Bristol, Jun 18, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Surrey v Sussex at East Molesey, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Nottinghamshire v Surrey at Nottingham, Aug 12, 2006 scorecard
Profile
English legspinners are as rare as West Indian medium pacers, so Salisbury has always been under pressure to take his prolific county form onto the international stage. He gets plenty of turn, but his line of attack - just outside off stump - is unthreatening, and his only variation, the googly, is telegraphed by a higher arm action. England have picked him on and off since 1992, usually after a long and successful period of county convalescence, but each time he has struggled to control both his nerves and his radar; in 1998, facing Sri Lanka at The Oval, he was even heckled by his home crowd. But he remains determined and likeable, and his batting, a mixture of well-organised defence and well-timed drives, is comfortably above the tailender category. Salisbury left Sussex for Surrey in time for the 1997 season, and prospered on the bouncier wickets. And in 1999-2000 he was player of the year in Sydney's grade-cricket competition. His spin partnership with Saqlain Mushtaq did much to inspire Surrey's championship successes in 1999 and 2000, but Salisbury's Test career came to an end after a desperate tour of Pakistan in 2000-01, where he picked up one solitary wicket for 193 runs. He continued to turn in solid performances for Surrey without ever doing enough to justify the gamble of a Test recall.
Lawrence Booth
