Phil Salt knows there is plenty to play for ahead of the World Cup
Phil Salt 主張するs he would “be there in a heartbeat” if England needed him as a World Cup reserve in India.
Jason Roy had been （ーのために）とっておくd as the next man in should 傷害 create a vacancy at the 最高の，を越す of the order during the tournament, but the 33-year-old was stung by his last-minute omission from the squad and is 現在／一般に on 退職 watch after turning 負かす／撃墜する a place in the Metro Bank Series against Ireland.
That means there is plenty to play for those who will be 伴う／関わるd on Saturday at Trent 橋（渡しをする） and Tuesday in Bristol, with players on the periphery jostling to catch the selectors’ 注目する，もくろむ.
A modest total of just 14 ODI caps is still enough to make Salt the most experienced member of a second string with just 38 between them and a strong showing against the boys in green could help him インチ one step closer to 署名／調印するing his 指名する in as first-choice 交替／補充.
“We 港／避難所’t had that conversation as yet. I’d imagine if that was to happen, it would be a little bit その上の 負かす／撃墜する the line, probably after this series,” he said.
“But I know it’s an 適切な時期 to 火刑／賭ける a （人命などを）奪う，主張する to a reserve 位置／汚点／見つけ出す and, 明白に, if I got the call I’d be there in a heartbeat.
“We’ve got a young group here but it’s an exciting group who have done very 井戸／弁護士席, whether that’s playing for their 郡s or in 適切な時期s in franchise cricket or the Hundred.
“Coming into the dressing room and seeing how many proven performers we have sitting under the レーダ of the 十分な-strength squad, I think it’s やめる an exciting 適切な時期.”
Salt’s 積極的な ball-striking and ability to 二塁打 up as a wicketkeeper has earned him plenty of 利益／興味 on the franchise 回路・連盟 and he has 以前 turned out in 国内の 競争s in India, Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Pakistan and the West Indies.
The 広大な sums 利用できる on the franchise scene is becoming a 抱擁する 問題／発行する for boards to 競う with as they 捜し出す to 保存する the primacy of international cricket, with an 雪崩／（抗議などの）殺到 of 退職s 推定する／予想するd to follow the 完成 of the World Cup.
At 27, and with plenty of unfulfilled ambitions at the highest level, Salt 主張するs he is not tempted by life as a 全世界の freelancer but 受託するs that the 控訴，上告 will only go up as the years 進歩.
“That’s probably やめる a personal question for some people,” he said.
Phil Salt has impressed in the Hundred (Ben Whitley/PA)
“Some people are at the 行う／開催する／段階 of career where they are prioritising, 収入 money and 安全な・保証するing their 未来 and their family’s 未来. I’m a bit luckier in the position that I’m in where I’ve got time to make these calls and 宣言する what I want to do.
“権利 now, I just want to play as many games as I can for England. There’s a lot of franchise 適切な時期s out there, but every game I can get in an England shirt, I want to take the 適切な時期 with both 手渡すs.
“But there’s no 疑問 if I play as long as I want to, there will be a time where, like with every other professional cricketer, you’ve got that challenge where you’ve got to make 決定／判定勝ち（する）s for yourself. It’s a hell of a question isn’t it?”
