David John Young (born 11 December 1977) is a former English cricketer and a sport psychologist. Young was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire. Young studied at Durham University, where he appeared for the university team. He later represented the Middlesex Cricket Board in 2 List A matches against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cambridgeshire in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which were held in 2002. In his 2 List A matches, he scored 32 runs at a batting average of 16.00, with a high score of 22.