Phil Salt attains records with 39-ball T20I hundred against SA
What's the story
Phil Salt smashed a brilliant century in the 2nd T20I of the England vs South Africa 2025 series. The match at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester saw Salt and Jos Buttler added 126 runs for the opening wicket. Salt continued his carnage and formed another 95-run stand alongside Jacob Bethell. In between, he got to a 39-ball century, England's fastest in T20Is.
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19-ball fifty for Salt
Salt started the carnage, hammering 18 runs off the 1st over bowled by Marco Jansen. The first three balls he faced were all hit for fours. Buttler then joined the party and smacked an 18-ball fifty as England posted 100/0 in the powerplay. Salt then completed his fifty from 19 balls after Buttler's dismissal. Thereafter, he continued to attack SA with some brilliant shot-making.
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39-ball hundred for Salt as he breaks Livingstone's record
Salt helped England post the highest score in T20Is after 10 overs (166/1). Thereafter alongside Bethell, England pushed for quick runs. In the 13th over, Salt got to his hundred. He surpassed Liam Livingstone's 42-ball effort against Pakistan in Nottingham in 2021.
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Salt scores 141*, helps England post 304/2
After Bethell departed in the 15th over with England being 221/2, Harry Brook joined Salt. Both players kept toying with the Proteas bowlers and helped England post their maiden score of 300-plus in T20Is. England became the 3rd team in T20I history with a score of 300-plus. Salt ended with a score of 141*. Brook scored an unbeaten 41. The two added 83* runs.
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4th century for Salt in T20Is
Salt has equaled India's Suryakumar Yadav in terms of centuries in T20Is (4). However, Salt has hit 4 tons in just 42 innings. Only Rohit Sharma and Glenn Maxwell have more tons (5 each). Batters with most hundreds in T20Is: 5 Glenn Maxwell (114 inngs) 5 Rohit Sharma (151 inngs) 4 Suryakumar Yadav (80 inngs) 4 Phil Salt (42 inngs)
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Highest 1st-wicket stand for England vs SA in T20Is
Salt and Buttler's 126-run stand is now the highest for the 1st wicket in T20Is versus SA. This was also their maiden century-plus stand for the 1st wicket against SA. Meanwhile, this was England's 5th century-plus stand (any wicket) versus SA.
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Maiden century by an Englishman against SA
As per ESPNcricinfo, Salt is now the first England batter to hammer a T20I century versus the Proteas. Dawid Malan's 99* in Cape Town, 2020, was the highest score before this.
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Salt registers the highest individual score for England
Salt has now recorded the highest individual T20I score for England. He went past his own score of 119 versus West Indies in Tarouba, 2023. Highest individual scores for England (T20Is) 141*Phil Salt vs SA Manchester 2025 119 Phil Salt vs WI Tarouba 2023 116*Alex Hales vs SL Chattogram 2014 109*Phil Salt vs WI St George's 2023
Stats
9th fifty-plus score for Salt in T20Is
Salt's unbeaten 141 came from 60 balls. He smashed 15 fours and 8 sixes. He struck at 235. In 45 matches, Salt now owns 1,334 runs at 37.05. His strike rate is 169.50. Apart from 4 T20I tons, he owns 5 fifties. Versus South Africa, Salt has 152 runs from three matches at 76.
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Salt slams his 53rd fifty-plus score in T20s
As per ESPNcricinfo, this was Salt's 53rd fifty-plus score in T20s. Apart from 4 tons, he also owns 49 fifties from 307 matches (298 innings). Salt has raced to 7,674 runs in T20s at 27.90. He owns 323 sixes.