David Charles Nash (born 19 January 1978) is a retired English cricketer who spent the entirety of his long career with Middlesex.
He made his U-19 test debut under the captaincy of Marcus Trescothick against South Africa, scoring an unbeaten 56 in the first innings, and putting on a record 108 for the last wicket with Umer Rashid, rescuing England from 115/9.
[4] He scored a further half century in the second U-19 Test; this led to a second record partnership in consecutive matches, as he put on 146 with Rashid, this time for the 8th wicket.
He made a further not out half century in the third and final U-19 Test, putting on a partnership of 139 with his Middlesex colleague Owais Shah, once again in a heavy England victory.
[8] Nash was retained in the side for the three summer 1996 U-19 Tests against New Zealand, but was not as notably successful as in his earlier series, finishing with a highest score of 49 not out.
He did not keep wicket in this game- unlike most he would play for Middlesex- and only batted in the second innings, scoring 21 before being caught and bowled by off-spinner James Freeth.
[15] His county championship debut did not come until August at Chester-le-Street, where his "nimble footwork" brought him 94 runs to make him top scorer in Middlesex's sole innings.
[16] He subsequently played in all of the remaining four championship fixtures, accruing 311 runs at 62.20, including his first first-class century against Essex, to finish with the highest average amongst the Middlesex squad.
His promising performances in his first few first-class matches earned him an immediate call up to the England A tour of Kenya and Sri Lanka in January 1998 as one of the two wicket-keepers along with Chris Read.
[20] In more regular action in the 1998 County Championship, playing 12 matches, Nash was unable to replicate his returns of 1997, scoring 361 runs at 21.23 as Middlesex finished 17th.