Primarily an aggressive right-handed opening batter,[3] he sometimes keeps wicket and, less frequently, bowls right-arm off spin.

As a result, he met the Barbados residency requirement, and so was eligible to play for either England or the West Indies.

[7] Salt returned to the United Kingdom at the age of 15, when he attended the Reed's School on a cricket scholarship.

Opening the batting, Salt scored 22 from 20 balls; the match was eventually a no result due to rain.

[22] On 10 September 2019, Salt signed for Adelaide Strikers as one of their overseas players for the 2019–20 Big Bash League season.

[23] Salt missed the start of the 2021 County Championship season due to a broken foot after a bicycle accident.

[27] Kolkata Knight Riders named Phil Salt as a replacement for Jason Roy after the latter pulled out of the upcoming 2024 IPL season owing to personal reasons.

In May 2019, Salt was added to England's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off match against Pakistan, replacing an injured Dawid Malan, but did not play.

[36] In June 2022, in the opening match against the Netherlands, Salt scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 122 runs.