{"id":504672,"date":"2025-09-24T01:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=504672"},"modified":"2025-09-24T01:15:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:15:50","slug":"phil-salt-i-want-to-be-the-man-thats-the-mindset-i-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/phil-salt-i-want-to-be-the-man-thats-the-mindset-i-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Salt: \u2018I want to be the man. That\u2019s the mindset I have\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> London<br \/>\nPhil Salt is a man who cares about detail. Nobody has scored as many runs as quickly, either in the IPL or in an England T20 shirt, but his outwardly daring approach is underpinned by diligent preparation. He views the popular perception that his approach boils down to \u2018see ball, hit ball\u2019 as a misapprehension, and one that has started to become grating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw something the other day that summed it up quite well: \u2018We are quite suspicious of the shortest format in this country.\u2019 I don\u2019t know why that is, but sometimes it can be viewed with a bit of a hit-and-giggle mentality,\u201d Salt says, stirring a flat white and reflecting on a year which has cemented his status as one of the world\u2019s premier T20 openers. \u201cIt really isn\u2019t, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London Phil Salt is a man who cares about detail. Nobody has scored as many runs as quickly, either in the IPL or in an England T20 shirt, but his outwardly daring approach is underpinned by diligent preparation. 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