Salt’s fellow opener Ben Duckett batted last among the main group after initial and confirmation scans revealed he had suffered no major groin injury in England’s tour-ending defeat in Ahmedabad last Wednesday, while Jamie Overton is set to be available having nursed a sore hamstring in India.
Every member of England’s Champions Trophy squad trained on Wednesday as they seek to turn around their ODI fortunes that has seen them lose 16 of their last 23 matches since the start of the 2023 World Cup.
A demoralising tour of India that saw England lose seven of eight white-ball matches including all three ODIs ended last week with injury concerns to several of their 15-strong Champions Trophy squad.
While stand-in skipper Steve Smith, plus Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne and Glenn Maxwell bolster the batting, Australia were bowled out for less than 170 twice by Sri Lanka and go into the Champions Trophy having lost four of their last five ODIs.
Since thumping Australia in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, England have won three and lost nine of their last dozen ODIs against their oldest rivals.
