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{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name               = Dion Nash
| honorific_prefix   =
| honorific_suffix   =
| female             = 
| image              = T&D Dion Nash Portait.jpg
| image_size         = 
| alt                = 
| caption            = Nash in 2013
| full_name          = Dion Joseph Nash
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|11|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| heightm            = 1.86
| batting            = Right-handed
| bowling            = Right-arm fast-medium
| role               = All-rounder
| family             = {{ubl|[[Bernice Mene]] (wife)|[[Sally Mene]] (mother-in-law)|{{nowrap|[[Chris Sua'mene]] (brother-in-law)}}}}
| international      = true
| country            = New Zealand
| internationalspan  = 1992–2002
| testdebutdate      = 7 November
| testdebutyear      = 1992
| testdebutagainst   = Zimbabwe
| testcap            = 180
| lasttestdate       = 8 November 
| lasttestyear       = 2001
| lasttestagainst    = Australia
| oneodi             = true
| odidebutdate       = 31 October
| odidebutyear       = 1992
| odidebutagainst    = Zimbabwe
|              odicap = 79
|         lastodidate = 6 February
|         lastodiyear = 2002
|      lastodiagainst = South Africa
|               club1 = [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1990/91–1991/92}}
|               club2 = [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
|               year2 = 1992/93–1993/94
|               club3 = Northern Districts
|               year3 = 1994/95–1997/98
|               club4 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|               year4 = 1995–1996
|               club5 = [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
|               year5 = 1998/99–2001/02
|             columns = 4
|             column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
|            matches1 = 32
|               runs1 = 729
|            bat avg1 = 23.51
|           100s/50s1 = 0/4
|          top score1 = 89[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries1 = 6,196
|            wickets1 = 93
|           bowl avg1 = 28.48
|            fivefor1 = 3
|             tenfor1 = 1
|       best bowling1 = 6/27
|  catches/stumpings1 = 13/–
|             column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
|            matches2 = 81
|               runs2 = 624
|            bat avg2 = 15.59
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 42
|         deliveries2 = 3,416
|            wickets2 = 64
|           bowl avg2 = 40.96
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 4/38
|  catches/stumpings2 = 25/–
|             column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|            matches3 = 120
|               runs3 = 3,555
|            bat avg3 = 27.13
|           100s/50s3 = 5/16
|          top score3 = 135[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries3 = 15,689
|            wickets3 = 255
|           bowl avg3 = 28.09
|            fivefor3 = 10
|             tenfor3 = 1
|       best bowling3 = 7/39
|  catches/stumpings3 = 46/–
|             column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
|            matches4 = 162
|               runs4 = 2,002
|            bat avg4 = 20.85
|           100s/50s4 = 0/6
|          top score4 = 88
|         deliveries4 = 6,532
|            wickets4 = 143
|           bowl avg4 = 32.74
|            fivefor4 = 1
|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 5/44
|  catches/stumpings4 = 50/–
|              date = 1 May
|              year = 2017
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38008.html ESPNCricinfo
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{NZL}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|List-A cricket]] }} 
}}

'''Dion Joseph Nash''' (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former international [[cricket]]er. 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 (cricket)|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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Daniell|first=Sarah|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11933884|title=Dion Nash: Cricket, cosmetics and cannabis|date=2017-10-16|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2020-03-25|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777|archive-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215113416/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11933884|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Fleming caught out for a smoke | date = 6 November 2004 | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3607554 | work =[[The New Zealand Herald]] | access-date = 25 June 2010 | archive-date = 21 June 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015838/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3607554 | url-status = live }}</ref>

==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.<ref>Shaw, Rod (14 September 2010) [http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20100913132219655 Mt Roskill Premiership Star considering a return to Cricket?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154628/http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20100913132219655 |date=9 July 2018 }}. World Footy News. Retrieved on 27 May 2018.</ref>

==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,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|date=2017-12-04|title=Dion Nash: Triumphing|url=https://www.vervemagazine.co.nz/dion-nash-triumphing/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Verve Magazine|language=en-NZ|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118113146/https://www.vervemagazine.co.nz/dion-nash-triumphing/}}</ref> exploiting a lack of moisturisers aimed at men.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Veera|first=Sriram|date=2015-03-02|title=Triumph and disaster, the story of Dion Nash|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket-world-cup/2306917/world-cup-2015-triumph-and-disaster/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521194202/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket-world-cup/2306917/world-cup-2015-triumph-and-disaster/}}</ref>

==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 [[List of New Zealand international netball players|New Zealand netball international]]. Together they have three children.<ref name="af0303">{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/sports/nash/articles/matchoftheirlives.html|title=Dion and Bernice – The match of their lives|publisher=[[Angelfire]]|work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407170944/https://www.angelfire.com/sports/nash/articles/matchoftheirlives.html|archive-date=7 April 2013|date=March 2003|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="stuff100914">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/10430377/Dion-Nash-Listen-as-much-as-you-talk|title=Dion Nash: 'Listen as much as you talk'|publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 September 2014|accessdate=19 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="stuff130123">{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/130968692/sons-and-daughters-of-former-all-blacks-black-caps-headline-squads-for-inaugural-cricket-series|title=Sons and daughters of former All Blacks, Black Caps headline squads for inaugural cricket series|publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=13 January 2023|accessdate=17 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="stuff050323">{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300812636/disappointment-and-tequila-how-sporting-power-couple-dion-nash-and-bernice-mene-met|title=Disappointment and tequila: How sporting power couple Dion Nash and Bernice Mene met|publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=5 March 2023|accessdate=17 October 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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