David Sales

Personal information

Full name

David John Grimwood Sales

Born

3 December 1977 (age 39)
Surrey, England

Nickname

Jumble, Car Boot

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

Middle Order Batsman

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1994–2014

Northamptonshire (squad no. 5)

2001–2002

Wellington

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	249	267	61
Runs scored	14,140	7,406	1,279
Batting average	39.27	33.81	28.42
100s/50s	29.64	4/53	0/10
Top score	303*	161	78*
Balls bowled	345	84	12
Wickets	9	0	1
Bowling average	20.44	–	23.00
5 wickets in innings	0	–	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	4/25	–	1/10
Catches/stumpings	212/–	114/–	28/–

Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2016

David John Grimwood Sales (born 3 December 1977 in Carshalton, Surrey) is an English cricket player who has played for the cricket teams of Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington NZ.

Sales was educated at Caterham School, an independent school in Caterham in Surrey. On his debut at the age of 16, he became the youngest scorer of a half-century in the Sunday League, scoring 70 not out against Essex. He scored 0 and 210 not out on his first class debut for Northamptonshire against Worcestershire at Kidderminster in 1996. At 18, he became the youngest player to score a double hundred in the Championship, and in the same year, received the NBC Denis Compton Award. The 210* was not his highest score however; he has passed 200 six other times including a triple century against Essex in 1999 at the age of 21. In 1999, Sales became Northamptonshire's youngest recipient of a county cap.

In late 2001, he joined Wellington cricket club in New Zealand for a year. In 2004, he was made captain of Northamptonshire replacing Mike Hussey. While captain, he continued to score at an average of over 40, but in 2008, he chose to step down from the role prematurely to concentrate on his batting and boost his chances of playing for England. He was replaced by Nicky Boje for the start of the 2008 season. During the 2009 season, he was ruled out in March with injury until 2010. In January 2010, Sales was picked along with new team-mate James Middlebrook to represent the MCC against Durham in Abu Dhabi. This was his first game since his injury in 2009.

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