Dion Nash

Dion Nash

Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm fast medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	32	81
Runs scored	729	624
Batting average	23.51	15.59
100s/50s	0/4	0/0
Top score	89*	42
Balls bowled	1032.4	569.2
Wickets	93	64
Bowling average	28.48	40.96
5 wickets in innings	3	0
10 wickets in match	1	n/a
Best bowling	6/27	4/38
Catches/stumpings	13/0	25/0
Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2005

Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand) played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. On the 1995 tour to South Africa, Nash was suspended for smoking Cannabis along with future captain Stephen Fleming and team-mate Matthew Hart.^[1]

Nash was a right-arm fast medium bowler, taking 93 Test wickets in a career spanning from 1992 to 2001.

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.^[2]

Nash also features in the joke "Q: What's the difference between a New Zealand cricketer and a bolt of lightning? A: One's a Dion Nash, the other's a Neon Dash."

Personal life

He is married to former New Zealand netballer Bernice Mene.

References

1. ^ "Fleming caught out for a smoke". The New Zealand Herald. 2004-11-06. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3607554. Retrieved 2010-06-25. 
2. ^ http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20100913132219655

External links

• Cricinfo Player Profile: Dion Nash
• The Dion Nash Site

Preceded by Stephen Fleming

New Zealand national cricket captain 1998/9

Succeeded by Stephen Fleming

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Name	Nash, Dion
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Date of birth	20 November 1971
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