Ian Salisbury

Personal information

Full name

Ian David Kenneth Salisbury

Born

21 January 1970 (age 47)
Northampton, England

Batting style

Right-handed batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm leg break

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	15	4
Runs scored	368	7
Batting average	16.72	7.00
100s/50s	–/1	–/–
Top score	50	5
Balls bowled	415.2	31
Wickets	20	5
Bowling average	76.95	35.39
5 wickets in innings	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a
Best bowling	4/163	3/41
Catches/stumpings	5/–	1/–

Source: [1], 9 August 2005

Ian David Kenneth Salisbury (born 21 January 1970) is an English former cricketer, one of the few leg-spinners to play Test cricket for England in recent years. Salisbury played in fifteen Tests and four One Day Internationals between 1992 and 2000. He played first-class cricket for Sussex, Surrey and Warwickshire in a career stretching from 1989 to 2008.

The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, commented, "the selection of Ian Salisbury against Pakistan in 1992 made cricket romantics rejoice. When he played at Lord's he became the first specialist leg-spinner selected for England since Robin Hobbs in 1971". The reality was that in his subsequent Test career, Salisbury's tally of twenty wickets cost almost 77 runs apiece.

Salisbury was born in Northampton, England, and 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 being named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the next year's Almanack, and with his Test match debut.

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