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Full name David John Grimwood Sales
Born December 3, 1977, Carshalton, Surrey
Current age 30 years 355 days
Major teams Northamptonshire,Wellington
Nickname Jumble, Car-boot
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Caterham School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
188
299
28
11458
303*
42.28
23
57
167
0
List A
229
217
30
6353
161
33.97
4
44
103
0
Twenty20
43
41
10
1074
78*
34.64
806
133.25
0
10
94
47
25
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
188
339
174
9
4/25
19.33
3.07
37.6
0
0
List A
229
84
67
0
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-
-
4.78
-
0
0
0
Twenty20
43
2
12
23
1
1/10
1/10
23.00
11.50
12.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1996
Last First-class
Northamptonshire v Middlesex at Northampton, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1994
Last List A
Northamptonshire v Yorkshire at Northampton, Sep 13, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Worcestershire v Northamptonshire at Worcester, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Essex v Northamptonshire at Chelmsford, Jul 7, 2008 scorecard
Profile
The hard-hitting David Sales was a precocious talent, playing for his county and England as a teenager, and his first-class career began in spectacular fashion when he cracked 210 not out against Worcestershire in 1996 aged 18 - the youngest person to score a Championship double hundred. But, inexplicably, for a couple of seasons thereafter he frustrated even his most ardent supporters with inconsistency and mediocre returns. In 1999 he finally broke through, scoring 1291 runs at 51.64, and in 2000-01 he went to the Caribbean with the England A side. It wasn't a happy experience - he sustained a serious knee injury playing beach volleyball after a good start to the tour and missed the entire 2001 season. He returned, but not exactly with a bang, in 2002, but again showed his better side in 2003 when he narrowly missed out on 1000 runs. He was appointed county captain for the 2004 season, a role he has held since. 2006 was another productive year for Sales as he scored over 1200 runs in the Championship, and he bettered that in 2007 with 1384, but he couldn't lead his side to any success in the second division and handed over the reigns before the 2008 season. Martin Williamson January 2008
