Dion Nash
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| Full name | Dion Joseph Nash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1971 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Bernice Mene (wife) Sally Mene (mother-in-law) Chris Sua'mene (brother-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 180) | 7 November 1992 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 November 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only ODI (cap 79) | 31 October 1992 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990/91–1991/92 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992/93–1993/94 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95–1997/98 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998/99–2001/02 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. Nash was a right-arm fast medium 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]
Triumph & Disaster[]
 | This section contains content that is written like an advertisement. (February 2021) |
After cricket Dion has built the natural skincare and grooming brand Triumph & Disaster, which sells in high-end department stores such as Liberty’s and Selfridges in London as well as numerous independent stores around the world. The name comes from the Rudyard Kipling poem ‘IF’, which was given to Dion by his father. The poem is advice from a father to his son on how to be live with a sense of humility, honour and risk.[2]
Triumph & Disaster is a New Zealand based skincare brand which uses natural ingredients for skin, face, body & haircare products.[3]
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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.[4]
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.[5]
Personal life[]
He is married to former New Zealand netballer Bernice Mene; together they have three children.[6]
He attended Dargaville High School before completing his final year of school as a boarder at Auckland Grammar.
See also[]
- List of Middlesex County Cricket Club List A cricketers#N
References[]
- ^ Daniell, Sarah (16 October 2017). "Dion Nash: Cricket, cosmetics and cannabis". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Marfil, Lorelei. "How A Cricketer Launched A Grooming Range, Focused On Sustainability And Grew Its Brand To A Global Scale". Forbes. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ Nash, D. "About Us". Triumph & Disaster. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Fleming caught out for a smoke". The New Zealand Herald. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ Shaw, Rod (14 September 2010) Mt Roskill Premiership Star considering a return to Cricket?. World Footy News. Retrieved on 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Dion Nash: 'Listen as much as you talk'". stuff.co.nz. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
Dion is married to former New Zealand netballer Bernice Mene
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