A cool and resilient 51 from Tom Cullen on day four against Derbyshire, along with support from Salter (26) and Carey (9*), took Glamorgan to a dramatic two-wicket victory.
His maiden half-century for the club contained 7 fours and, along with his first innings 40 and four match catches, was key in turning the match in Glamorgan's favour.
"We wanted to just bat time, get somewhere close and take it deep, Lukas and Salts batted beautifully and we knew if we could bat 20 overs after tea, we would be there or thereabouts," said Cullen. "We weren't panicking.
"I haven't played many games, every game I've really wanted to make a contribution to a winning performance, there were really good performances from everyone, it's brilliant.
"Cooky's captain and a great player, all I can do is make sure that if this (injury) situation happens then I'm ready to go."
Watching his charges in a tense affair, Matt Maynard was full of praise for his players.
"It's one of those games where it's unfortunate that some-one had to lose because it was just such a brilliant game of cricket," said Maynard. "It ebbed and flowed but we kept on fighting with Salter, and Cullen was exceptional in his first game of the season to fight as he did, terrific effort.
"He and Dan Douthwaite took their opportunities, Douthwaite with a couple of nice scores and his (second-innings) spell was a game-changer, so the boys will take a lot of confidence going down to Sussex."