Dion Nash

Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former international cricketer. He played for the New Zealand national 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.

Dion Nash
Dion Nash in 2013
Personal information
Full name
Dion Joseph Nash
Born (1971-11-20) 20 November 1971
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National side
  • New Zealand (1992–2002)
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
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