PHIL HAS WORLD AT HIS FEATS

Salt out to be T20 top dog

- FROM SCOTT HUNT in KANDY

PHIL SALT has his sights set on becoming the best T20 batter in the game as he bids to fire England to World Cup glory.

Salt has arrived in Sri Lanka for a three-match T20 series, which starts today, ahead of England's opening World Cup clash against Nepal in Mumbai on Sunday week.

The explosive opener has a superb T20 record for England and is second in the ICC T20 rankings behind Indian superstar Abhishek Sharma.

In 50 T20 internationals, Salt has four centuries, an average of 38.5 and a strike rate of 168.

The 29-year-old smashed a career-best 141 not out against South Africa at the end of last summer, as England became the first Test team to score more than 300 in a T20 match.