David Saker
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  Tasmanian Tigers & Victorian Bushrangers |
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| Batting style | Right Hand Batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right Arm Fast Medium (RM) | |
| First Class | List A Matches | |
| Matches | 72 | 43 |
| Runs scored | 1384 | 255 |
| Batting average | 19.77 | 15.93 |
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 66* | 47* |
| Balls bowled | 15943 | 2211 |
| Wickets | 247 | 46 |
| Bowling average | 30.10 | 32.82 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 5 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 2 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 7/32 | 4/35 |
| Catches/stumpings | 18/0 | 3/0 |
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As of March 27, 2007 |
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David James Saker (born 29 May 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Victoria Bushrangers and then the Tasmanian Tigers later on in his career.
A right-arm fast-medium bowler, David Saker made his first class debut in the 1994-95 season. He spent 6 years with the Bushrangers before accepting an offer to join the Tasmanian side at the start of the 2000-01 season. As a a veteran in a fairly young side he was named as their Player of the Year for 2001-02. Saker was also a handy batsman, making 4 first class half centuries, even opening the batting at times for the Bushrangers at limited-overs level. He retired in 2002-03 with 247 wickets to his name at 30.10. In 2004 he became an assistant coach at Victoria under Greg Shipperd.
