The Liverpool forward captained his country to a 2-0 home win over Malawi in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying and reached his half-century by applying a first-time finish to Mohamed Hamdy’s cut-back.
Salah then assisted Omar Marmoush for Egypt’s second goal of the evening. Elsewhere in AFCON qualification action, Naby Keita played 86 minutes of Guinea’s 2-0 victory against Ethiopia.
Meanwhile, in Friday’s qualifiers for next year’s European Championship, Ibrahima Konate started as France defeated a Netherlands team skippered by Virgil van Dijk 4-0 in Paris, and Kostas Tsimikas’ Greece beat Gibraltar 3-0.