Phil Salt 'frustrated' after failing to seize his chance for leading role

Phil Salt conceded it was "frustrating" that he had once again fallen short of a match-defining innings, as Bangladesh bounced back from an inauspicious start to seal a comfortable six-wicket victory over England in the first T20I at Chattogram.Salt's innings of 38 from 35 balls followed on from his 35 from 25 in last week's third ODI at the same venue, and continued a run of performances this winter in which he has passed fifty just once in 14 attempts - the exception being an outstanding innings of 88 not out from 41 balls against Pakistan in Lahore in September.And if the quality of his ball-striking on that occasion showed the levels that Salt can achieve when his eye is in, he knows also that he needs to seize his opportunities on this tour of Bangladesh - particularly in the absence of so many top-order rivals - if he's to keep alive his hopes of featuring at the 50-over World Cup in India this winter."I've had four hits are here so far, and got two starts," Salt said, having made scores of 12 and 7 in the first two ODIs in Dhaka. "Those are the most frustrating ones for me, because you want to be the guy that goes on to win the game. That's the mark of a world-class player, someone who takes the game on by themselves and wins it. So, it's frustrating, but I know it's not far away."For a time in Chattogram, however, both Salt and his captain, Jos Buttler, looked set to produce that definitive knock. While they were adding 80 runs in the first ten overs of the match, Bangladesh were braced for a 180-plus run-chase. However, their own bowlers battled back superbly in the second half of their innings, not least in claiming four wickets for 12 runs in 20 balls, including Ben Duckett and Buttler (67 from 42) either side of the 16th over."We know that we could have ended the innings better," Salt said. "In T20 cricket, when you lose wickets in successive balls it always hurts, having two new batters at the crease. But that's part of the game. On another day, we finish and get 180. Today we couldn't get that."The