Dion Nash

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Dion Nash
Dion Nash in 2013
Personal information
Full name
Dion Joseph Nash
Born (1971-11-20) 20 November 1971 (age 52)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 180)7 November 1992 v Zimbabwe
Last Test8 November 2001 v Australia
Only ODI (cap 79)31 October 1992 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1990/91–1991/92Northern Districts
1992/93–1993/94Otago
1994/95–1997/98Northern Districts
1995–1996Middlesex
1998/99–2001/02Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 32 81 120 162
Runs scored 729 624 3,555 2,002
Batting average 23.51 15.59 27.13 20.85
100s/50s 0/4 0/0 5/16 0/6
Top score 89* 42 135* 88
Balls bowled 6,196 3,416 15,689 6,532
Wickets 93 64 255 143
Bowling average 28.48 40.96 28.09 32.74
5 wickets in innings 3 0 10 1
10 wickets in match 1 0 1 0
Best bowling 6/27 4/38 7/39 5/44
Catches/stumpings 13/– 25/– 46/– 50/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2017

Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former international

bowler, taking 93 Test wickets in a career spanning from 1992 to 2001. He became the first player in history to take ten wickets and score 50 runs in a match at the Lord's ground in 1994.[1]

Suspension

On the 1995 tour to South Africa, Nash was suspended for smoking cannabis along with future captain Stephen Fleming and team-mate Matthew Hart.[2]

Beyond cricket

In June 2005, Nash was named as one of the national selectors. In 2008 he became a batsman/bowler for the official New Zealand Beach Cricket Team.

Nash also played Australian rules football in the Auckland Australian Football League, where he was a premiership player with the Mt Roskill Saints.[3]

Business career

After retiring from cricket, Nash was a salesman for spring water brand 420. He held a 25% stake in the business before

42 Below. He then founded skincare brand Triumph & Disaster in 2011,[4] exploiting a lack of moisturisers aimed at men.[5]

Personal life

Nash attended

Auckland Grammar
.

In March 2003, he married Bernice Mene, a former New Zealand netball international. Together they have three children.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ISSN 1170-0777. Archived
    from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Fleming caught out for a smoke". The New Zealand Herald. 6 November 2004. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  3. ^ Shaw, Rod (14 September 2010) Mt Roskill Premiership Star considering a return to Cricket? Archived 9 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine. World Footy News. Retrieved on 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Dion Nash: Triumphing". Verve Magazine. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. ^ Veera, Sriram (2 March 2015). "Triumph and disaster, the story of Dion Nash". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Dion and Bernice – The match of their lives". The Australian Women's Weekly. www.angelfire.com. March 2003. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Dion Nash: 'Listen as much as you talk'". stuff.co.nz. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Sons and daughters of former All Blacks, Black Caps headline squads for inaugural cricket series". stuff.co.nz. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Disappointment and tequila: How sporting power couple Dion Nash and Bernice Mene met". stuff.co.nz. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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Preceded by
New Zealand national cricket captain

1998/9 		Succeeded by


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