Ian Salisbury

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Ian Salisbury
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right-arm leg break
tests = 15
test runs = 368
test bat avg = 16.72
test 100s/50s = 0/1
test top score = 50
overs/balls = overs
test overs = 415.2
test wickets = 20
test bowl avg = 76.95
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 4/163
test catches/stumpings = 5/-
ODIs = 4
ODI runs = 7
ODI bat avg = 7.00
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 5
ODI overs = 31
ODI wickets = 5
ODI bowl avg = 35.39
ODI 5s = 0
ODI best bowling = 3/41
ODI catches/stumpings = 1/-
date = 9 August
year = 2005
source = http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20051.html

Ian David Kenneth Salisbury (born 21 January 1970 in Northampton) is an English cricketer, one of the few leg-spinners to play Test cricket for England in recent years.

ussex and England A

Salisbury made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1989, taking the wicket of Ian Austin in both innings. The following year he claimed 42 wickets, albeit at a somewhat expensive average of 49.40, but his potential was recognised with a spot on the England A tour to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and the following winter (again with England A) he toured West Indies with some success, taking 14 wickets at 27.42.

1992 was Salisbury's breakthrough year, seeing him pick up 87 first-class wickets at under 29 apiece, including six five-wicket hauls. He was rewarded both with a Wisden Cricketer of the Year spot in the next year's Almanack, and with his Test debut.

International career

His first appearance for England was in June 1992, against Pakistan at Lord's, and he did not rise to the occasion well enough, though in the third Test he made an important half-century in the first-innings. He was then dropped for the rest of the summer.

This was to become a familiar pattern, as England regularly turned to Salisbury now that leg-spin was being made fashionable again by the emergence of Shane Warne, and just as regularly discarded him after a couple of matches; never in his 15-Test career did he play more than three games in a row. He was simply too poor a bowler to prosper at the highest level, with a career Test bowling average of 76.95. He played his last Test in 2000/01 in Karachi, and a series aggregate of 1-193 ensured that there would be no way back for him.

urrey

In county cricket, however, Salisbury was a different man. He passed 500 wickets most seasons, and when he left Sussex for Surrey in 1997 he revelled in wickets that suited his bowling style. In successive seasons his bowling average improved: 311.20, 252.89, 212.19, and in 2000 he took 52 wickets at just 181.92, including a career-best 0-60 (and 1-101 in the match) at The Oval against Somerset.

1999 saw the first of Salisbury's three first-class hundreds, exactly 100 not out against Somerset as he shared a ninth-wicket partnership of 122 with Martin Bicknell. His second century (101 not out) came in 2003 against Leicestershire, and his third century (103 not out) came against Hampshire in 2007 sharing in a stand of 177 with Azhar Mahmood.

After 2003, Salisbury played increasingly less first-class cricket, and in 2004 he took just 14 wickets at an average of over 50. By 2005, he was making more appearances for the second eleven than for the first team. In 2006, Salisbury enjoyed the lower standard of cricket to be found in the second division and formed a decent spin partnership with Nayan Doshi that played an important role in Surrey's promotion campaign.

Salisbury was released by Surrey at the end of the 2007 campaign, ending a 10-year stint at the club. This is possibly connected to Surrey's re-signing of Saqlain Mushtaq from Sussex in the same month.

Warwickshire

In November 2007 Salisbury signed a 2-year contract with Warwickshire - following the county's failed attempt to lure Mushtaq Ahmed in the summer.

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