ENG vs AUS | Twitter reacts as Salt survives horrid start to captaincy career on dramatic opening ball
It takes just a few poor performances to go from national hero to chopping block when captaining England. Phil Salt, made skipper for the first time in Jos Buttler's absence, must have imagined his name plastered in red across next day's headlines before a no-ball saved him from a golden duck.
Australia endured a drastic middle-order collapse in the first of three T20Is, on Wednesday in Southampton, to end up 179 all-out from 85/1 after the powerplay. Travis Head headlined the effort with a trademark rapid 59 whole Liam Livingstone scalped three, setting the stage fora thrilling vvhase. However, it almost went horribly wrong for the hosts right off the bat for the hosts and it took an intervention from Lady Fate to save newly-anointed stand-in skipper Phil Salt the blushes.
Young gun Xavier Bartlett, playing just his third T20I, banged the ball on a length wide of off stump and a hint of away swing meant it was right there in the slot to be put away emphatically. However, Salt's slash at it was half-hearted, seemngly caught ut by a lack of pace, as the top-edge soared in the air and straight into Mitchell Marsh's hands at mid-on. The Aussie skipper let out a loud scream in celebration and was left surprised when no jubilation followed from his teammates. It turned ot that while he was busy tracking the white rock, the umpire had extended his arm to signal a no-ball, leading to sheepish smiles on both Marsh and Salt's faces. The former could not do much else but silently track back his steps in embarassment as Salt was allowed a lifeline.
The England skipper eventually fell for 20 off 12 deliveries but the dramatic first ball is what created all the buzz on Twitterati.
Dramatic start
— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078) September 11, 2024
Unreal
Australia tonight
— ASHER.🇮🇳. (@ASHUTOSHAB10731) September 11, 2024
1st six overs - 86/1
After that - 93/9
Unreal comeback from England 👏👏👏👏
Good captaincy by Phil salt.#ENGvsAUS pic.twitter.com/3SbbZL9yh8
Good captaincy
Good captaincy from Phil Salt there. Went to the part-timers rather than just do captaincy by numbers
— Harry Watt (@saywattharry) September 11, 2024
In the first ball
That’s defeated T20 Blast quarter finalists Lancashire’s Phil Salt who went for a first ball duck to an Ollie Robinson inswinger I think you'll find
— harry (@bhafc_harry) September 11, 2024
Solid captaincy
Some solid captaincy by Phil Salt on his captaincy debut!
— Aditya Chaudhuri (@AdiChaudhuri) September 11, 2024
Spot on with his usage of the spinners after the early onslaught and proper leader to back Curran and get him back for the 17th.
Dont compare
Don’t compare Phil Salt with Ricky Ponting’s captaincy now.
— Imaaad (@imaaadlone) September 11, 2024
They were thrashed here and there in the powerplay, but he had resources which delivered, if not one then the other.
Bowlers backed themselves in their 2nd spell after being hit for runs.
That’s how it works.#ENGvsAUS
Some good work
Excellent reviews from the Captain Phil Salt and Livingstone 🎯 pic.twitter.com/QY1bDrg33F
— THIRD MAN 👨⚖️ (@cricupdatesonX) September 11, 2024
Tricks
Spinners are doing the trick for England. Phil Salt shouldn't have given that over to Curran while Australia were in a rampaging mode. He's rotating the bowlers pretty well now. England should be careful about Australia's batting depth though.
— " (@208_off_153) September 11, 2024
Unless
We don’t even have Buttler. I don’t wanna say that we might be cooked, but…we might be cooked. Unless Phil Salt can pull another T20 WC move #ENGvAUS
— sameeha 🐳 (@sameeha0102) September 11, 2024
Cooking
man phil salt actually cooking !!
— Obito (@Nasheriobito) September 11, 2024
2 back 2 back review won !!! https://t.co/DDMAYF920K
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