James John Grimwood Sales (born 11 February 2003) is an English

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er. He made his

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debut on 8 August 2021, for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

in the

2021 Royal London One-Day Cup The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side, having List A cricket status, with all ...

. He made his first-class debut on 5 September 2021, for Northamptonshire in the

2021 County Championship The 2021 County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament, the teams were split into ...

. His father

David Sales David John Grimwood Sales (born 3 December 1977) is an English cricket player who has played for the Northamptonshire, England A and Wellington cricket teams. Domestic career Sales was educated at Caterham School, an independent school in Ca ...

was also a professional cricketer for Northamptonshire. In December 2021, he was named in England's team for the

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in the West Indies. He made his

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debut on 26 May 2022, for the Northants Steelbacks in the

2022 T20 Blast The 2022 Vitality Blast was the 2022 season of the T20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league played in England and Wales. The tournament was held from 25 May to 16 July 2022. It was the fifth season in which the domestic T20 competition ...

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* 2003 births Living people English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Cricketers from Northampton {{England-cricket-bio-2000s-stub