# David Masters
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = David Masters
| image = David Masters 2015.jpg
| country = England
| fullname = David Daniel Masters
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|4|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Chatham, Kent](/source/Chatham%2C_Kent)
| nickname = Hod[[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16938.html David Masters], [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo). Retrieved 2018-12-18.]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [medium-fast](/source/Fast_bowling)
| role = Bowler
| family = [Kevin Masters](/source/Kevin_Masters_(cricketer)) (father)
[Daniel Masters](/source/Daniel_Masters) (brother)
| club1 = [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = {{nowrap|2000–2002}}
| club2 = [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = 2003–2007
| club3 = [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3 = 2008–2016
| type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| debutdate1 = 3 May
| debutyear1 = 2000
| debutfor1 = Kent
| debutagainst1 = [Zimbabweans](/source/Zimbabwe_national_cricket_team)
| lastdate1 = 20 September
| lastyear1 = 2016
| lastfor1 = Essex
| lastagainst1 = Kent
| type2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| debutdate2 = 18 April
| debutyear2 = 2000
| debutfor2 = Kent
| debutagainst2 = Essex
| lastdate2 = 17 August
| lastyear2 = 2016
| lastfor2 = Essex
| lastagainst2 = [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| columns = 3
| column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 202
| runs1 = 2,829
| bat avg1 = 13.73
| 100s/50s1 = 1/6
| top score1 = 119
| deliveries1 = 37,788
| wickets1 = 672
| bowl avg1 = 25.15
| fivefor1 = 31
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 8/10
| catches/stumpings1 = 60/–
| column2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2 = 178
| runs2 = 575
| bat avg2 = 11.27
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 39
| deliveries2 = 7,682
| wickets2 = 176
| bowl avg2 = 32.38
| fivefor2 = 2
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 5/17
| catches/stumpings2 = 22/–
| column3 = [T20](/source/Twenty20)
| matches3 = 127
| runs3 = 114
| bat avg3 = 5.42
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 14
| deliveries3 = 2,510
| wickets3 = 92
| bowl avg3 = 33.52
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/7
| catches/stumpings3 = 25/–
| date = 23 September
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16938.html CricInfo
}}
'''David Daniel Masters''' (born 22 April 1978) is a former English [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played for [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club), [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Essex County Cricket Club](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club)s between 2000 and 2016.
Masters was born at [Chatham](/source/Chatham%2C_Kent) in [Kent](/source/Kent) in 1978 and educated at [Fort Luton High School](/source/Medway_Community_College) and [Mid-Kent College](/source/Mid-Kent_College). He made his senior cricket debut for Kent in 2000 as a seam bowler.[[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7318/7318.html David Masters], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-18.] He left Kent to join Leicestershire ahead of the 2003 season and was named the county's player of the year in 2005 after taking 45 wickets in all competitions. In August 2007 he agreed to join Essex on a three-year contract, remaining with the county from the start of the 2008 season until he retired at the end of the 2016 season.
Masters took 672 first-class wickets in his 16 year career. He was described as a "nagging medium-paced journeyman" and a "dependable performer" who led the Essex bowling attack in the later years of his career as a "metronomically reliable leader".[[https://www.thepca.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BTB-issue-13.pdf Polishing Their CVs - David Masters], ''Boundaries'', issue 13, p.20. [The Professional Cricketers' Association](/source/The_Professional_Cricketers'_Association), 2013. Retrieved 2018-12-18.]
Masters' father [Kevin](/source/Kevin_Masters_(cricketer)) played briefly for Kent in the 1980s. His brother [Daniel](/source/Daniel_Masters) played briefly for Leicestershire between 2009 and 2010.