Matt Salisbury

Summary

Matthew Edward Thomas Salisbury (born 18 April 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowls right arm medium-fast pace.[1] After several years on the fringes of the Essex XI, he was released in 2015. After a period out of the professional game, he impressed Hampshire when playing against their second XI, and he played for them in 2017. In July 2018 he was given a two-year contract by Durham having performed well during a loan period.[2] He joined Leicestershire for the 2023 season.[3]

Matt Salisbury
Personal information
Full name
Matthew Edward Thomas Salisbury
Born (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993 (age 31)
Chelmsford, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2013Cambridge MCCU
2014–2015Essex (squad no. 18)
2017Hampshire
2018–2022Durham
2023–presentLeicestershire
FC debut31 March 2012 Cambridge MCCU v Essex
LA debut13 May 2014 Essex v Sri Lankans
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 49 20 12
Runs scored 518 10 4
Batting average 8.77 10.00 4.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 45 5* 1*
Balls bowled 7,369 835 244
Wickets 131 24 13
Bowling average 33.40 30.62 29.38
5 wickets in innings 2 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/37 4/55 2/19
Catches/stumpings 6/– 3/– 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 September 2023

References edit

  1. ^ Matt Salisbury at CricketArchive
  2. ^ "Matt Salisbury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Matt Salisbury: Leicestershire sign former Durham seamer on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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