Brendan Nash

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Brendan Nash


country = West Indies
fullname = Brendan Paul Nash
nickname = Bubba
living = true
dayofbirth = 14
monthofbirth = 12
yearofbirth = 1977
placeofbirth = Attadale
countryofbirth = Australia
heightft = 5
heightinch = 8
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bowling = Left-arm medium
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odidebutyear = 2008
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lastodiyear = 2008
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year1 = 2007/08–present
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year2 = 2000/01–2006/07
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date = 20 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11831/11831.html CricketArchive

Brendan Paul Nash (born 14 December 1977 in Attadale, Western Australia) is a Jamaican-Australian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Jamaica and Queensland.

Personal life

Brendan Nash was born in Attadale, Western Australia. He lived in Perth, Cairns and Brisbane and studied at Nudgee College in 1993–94.cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/100917.html |title=Nash to make Bulls debut |author=Queensland Cricket |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=30 January 2001 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] Brendan Nash qualified to play for Jamaica through his father, Paul, who is of Jamaican origin. Paul Nash represented Jamaica at the Olympic Games in swimming.cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/313439.html |title=Australian Nash named in Jamaica squad |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=3 October 2007 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/364849.html |title=Nash in line for West Indies debut |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=12 August 2008 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.]

Domestic career

Australia

Nash played grade cricket in Brisbane, and was leading run scorer in the 1999/00 Brisbane XXXX competition. Before breaking into the senior side, Nash represented Queensland at under-19 level as well as playing for the Queensland Colts and Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105735.html |title=Brendan Nash - biographical details |author=Warwick Torrens and Pat Culpan |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=18 March 2001 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] On one occasion, Nash was pressed into service as a make-shift wicket-keeper for QAS when the first choice keeper was injured with a suspected broken thumb. Nash made his debut for the Queensland Bulls in 2001. He came into the side as cover for injured batsman Martin Love. He scored his maiden first-class century in 2002; he batted at number four and scored 157 as Queensland defeated the Southern Redbacks at the Adelaide Oval. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/114581.html |title=Nash set for opening spot |author=Queensland Cricket |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=25 February 2001 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] Nash was promoted to open for Queensland and cemented his place there. In the 2001/02 Pura Cup final, Nash scored 96 against the Tasmanian Tigers as Queensland won the cup. He achieved a cult following with a "Brendan Nash Fan Club" founded at a university in Brisbane.cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/141252.html |title=Nash crashes, Hauritz hangs on |author=Christian Ryan |publisher=Cricinfo |date=28 May 2004 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.]

At the start of the 2002/03 season, Nash scored 176 and 81* against the New South Wales Blues. However, his form slipped away and the he did not reach 40 in his next 20 innings. He struggled to hold down a place in the Queensland second XI. He was denied a contract with the Queensland Bulls for the 2004/05 season as a result of his poor run of form.

West Indies

After not being given a contract with the Queensland Bulls for the 2007/08 season, Nash decided to try to restart his career by moving to the West Indies. Speaking of his decision, he said "I was obviously very disappointed to miss out on a contract, but I pretty much got told it would be hard for me to work my way back in again and I felt I still have something to offer". [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/302407.html |title=Nash eyes West Indies after losing contract |author=Ed Jackson |publisher=Cricinfo |date=18 July 2004 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] In October 2007, Nash was named in the Jamaican squad. Nash played a key role in Jamaica winning the KFC Cup. In the final, he scored 117 as his team beat Trinidad and Tobago by nine wickets. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/347621.html |title=Nash hundred gives Jamaica the edge |author=Kern De Freitas |publisher=Cricinfo |date=25 April 2008 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] Nash finished the season with 422 first-class runs at 46.88 to his name from the domestic competition and was third in the batting averages. There was surprise in some quarters when Nash was not selected for the Test series against Australia. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/350508.html |title=More baffling decisions |author=Fazeer Mohammed |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=9 May 2008 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.]

Having identified his limited over batting as an area he wanted to improve on (he scored only 67 runs in five matches) he decided to play for Monton & Weaste CC in the Central Lancashire League (CLL) during the Caribbean's off-season. His role as the club's professional cricketer helped him financially to play in Jamaica.cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/351072.html |title=Journeyman lands main role |author=Peter English |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=21 May 2008 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.] During his stint in England, Nash played a major part in Monton & Weaste CC defeating Heywood CC in the CLL Wood Cup final on 3 August 2008. Nash was named man of the match for scoring scored 46* and took one as Monton & Weaste won by seven wickets. [cite web |url=http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/sport/cricket/s/1061552_cup_delight |title=Cup Delight |author=Dave Lawrenson |work=Salford Advertiser |date=7 August 2008 Retrieved on 20 August 2008.]

International career

On 12 August 2008 Nash was named in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad to play in the tri-series against Bermuda and Canada. He made his ODI debut on 20 August 2008 when the West Indies played Bermuda. He bowled in the first innings and achieved figures of 10-1-43-1; his first international wicket was that of Delyone Borden, caught behind by wicket keeper Carlton Baugh. Batting at number five, Nash shared in an unbeaten of 69 with captain Ramnaresh Sarwan to see the West Indies to a six wicket victory; Nash scored 27*. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/365689.html |title=Sarwan seals West Indies success |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=20 August 2008 Retrieved on 21 August 2008.] In the second match of the series, against Canada, Nash scored 39* batting at number six, sharing in an unbeaten 111 run partnership with Xavier Marshall who in that innings broke the record for most sixes in a ODI innings. He finished with figures of 10-1-56-3. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/scotia/content/story/365923.html |title=Marshall breaks sixes record in West Indies win |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=22 August 2008 Retrieved on 30 August 2008.] In the final that followed, also against Canada, Nash took 1/33 and did not bat as the West Indies won by seven wickets. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/scotia/content/current/story/366148.html |title=Gayle century blasts West Indies to title |author=Cricinfo staff |publisher=Cricinfo.com |date=24 August 2008 Retrieved on 30 August 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11831/11831.html CricketArchive stats]
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6950.html Cricinfo player profile]