Dion Nash
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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.
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]
References
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