Salt batted brilliantly in his side’s opening Super 8 match against the West Indies in St Lucia, smashing 87 not out from 47 balls as the defending champions romped to an eight-wicket win, chasing 181.

The crowning moment came in the 16th over, when the opener took down Romario Shepherd in merciless fashion, crashing three sixes and three fours to render the result a formality.