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.^[1] He was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

Dion Nash

Nash in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Dion Joseph Nash
Born	(1971-11-20) 20 November 1971 (age 53) 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)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1992–2002)
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
Domestic team information
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
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

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 Bacardi bought the parent vodka brand 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 Dargaville High School before completing his final year of school as a boarder at Auckland Grammar.

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