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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. ==Domestic career== 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59497.html )〕 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.〔Fletcher, Iain (1 August 1999) (Sales of the centuries ) ''The Independent.'' Retrieved 22 July 2009.〕 In 1999, Sales became Northamptonshire's youngest receiver 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.〔(Sales steps down from Northants captaincy ) ''Cricinfo.'' 30 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.〕 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.〔(Northants ace Sales misses season ) ''BBC Sport.'' 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12.〕 In January 2010, Sales was picked along with new team-mate James Middlebrook to represent the MCC against Durham in Abu Dhabi.〔(MCC pick Northants' David Sales and James Middlebrook ) ''BBC Sport.'' 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-15.〕 This was his first game since his injury in 2009. In July 2014, Sales announced his retirement, taking effect at the end of the 2014 season. His final match was a NatWest t20 Blast match against Durham. The match was stopped due to rain with no result; Sales did not bat in his final match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/693141.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Sales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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