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| Full name | Dirk Peter Nannes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976-05-16)16 May 1976 (age 49) Mount Waverley,Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Diggler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only ODI (cap 177) | 28 August 2009 Australia v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 15/40) | 5 June 2009 Netherlands v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 31 October 2010 Australia v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005/06–2010/11 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Delhi Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2012/13 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12 | Mountaineers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2012/13 | Highveld Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Basnahira Cricket Dundee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–2014/15 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sylhet Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Chennai Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dirk Peter Nannes (born 16 May 1976) is an Australian-Dutch cricket commentator and formercricketer who has played internationally for bothAustralia andthe Netherlands, one ofthe few players to represent multiple international teams.
FromMelbourne, Nannes was afreestyle skier before beginning his cricket career, and competed inmogul events at twoFIS Freestyle Skiing World Cups. Beginning inVictorian Premier Cricket, he made hisfirst-class debut forVictoria during the 2005–06 season, aged 29. A left-armfast bowler, he had the ability to bowl at speeds of 150 km/h.[1][2] Nannes had moderate success in the domestic first-class and one-day tournaments, leading to a stint with English county sideMiddlesex during the2008 season. His greatest success, however, came inTwenty20 matches. Holding Dutch citizenship through his parents, he played twoTwenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Netherlands at the2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, and later that year made hisOne Day International (ODI) and T20I debuts for Australia.
Altogether, Nannes took 28 wickets in 17 T20I matches, with his last match coming in October 2010, for Australia againstSri Lanka. Although his last matches for Victoria came during the 2010–11 season, he has remained a regular player at the Twenty20 level, in both Australian and overseas tournaments. As one of the firstfreelance cricketers,[3] Nannes has played for fifteen different teams or franchises across nine different countries, including theMelbourne Renegades andSydney Thunder inBig Bash League matches, and theDelhi Daredevils,Royal Challengers Bangalore, andChennai Super Kings inIndian Premier League (IPL) matches. As of August 2014, he had taken almost 250 wickets from 200 Twenty20 matches, ranking only behindLasith Malinga andAlfonso Thomas in terms of wickets taken in that format.
Nannes was previously askier.[4] In 1995, he made his debut as amogul skier, and went on to compete atFIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup events[5] until 1999. He then turned to playing cricket for club sideHawthorn-Waverley and laterFitzroy Doncaster.
Nannes was eventually called up to theVictorian Bushrangers side in early 2006, where he made his first-class and List A debuts. In his secondfirst-class cricket game he played in the 2005/06Pura Cup final in which theQueensland Bulls amassed a record 6 for 900 declared.[6] Nannes took three wickets in the innings and when it came Victoria's time to bat he was the last wicket to fall in the match.
He signed forMiddlesex during the2008 English Domestic season, qualifying as a non-overseas player due to his Dutch passport. Nannes struggled with injury during that season but was a member of Middlesex's Twenty20 triumph, and took 20 wickets at 19, including a haul of 6/32 in the county championship.
In the 2008Sheffield Shield, Nannes took his career best figures of 7/50. In his first innings against Western Australia in Perth, he produced highly unusual innings figures of 1/2 off 0.1 overs, bowling a wicket then twobeamers in succession and being banned from bowling for the remainder of the innings.[7]
In February 2010 Dirk Nannes retired from first class cricket. He said, "Having been able to play just one game in the longer format this season due to injury, this decision will allow me to concentrate on 50 over and Twenty20 cricket and extend my career withVictoria and Australia".[8]
He played forDelhi Daredevils in theIPL II andIII, where he led the bowling attack. The team keptGlenn McGrath on the benches to play him. But in the auctions forIPL IV, he was purchased byRoyal Challengers Bangalore for $650,000,[9] where he was expected to open the bowling along withZaheer Khan. After a couple of matches Nannes sustained a side strain and was ruled out of the IPL; he was later replaced byChris Gayle.[10]
In 2010, Nannes played forNottinghamshire in the revamped domesticT20 tournament in England.[11]
In 2013, Nannes played IPL for theChennai Super Kings.
In July 2012, Nannes signed a one-year deal with cricket club theSydney Thunder.
Sylhet Royals of the Bangladesh Premier League signed Nannes to play for the 2013 BPL season.
On 26 April 2014, Nannes signed for English countySomerset for their entire T20 season.[12]
On 11 November 2008, it was announced that Nannes was selected for theNetherlands cricket squad to play the ICC World Cup Qualifier tournament in South Africa.[13] However Nannes subsequently signed with the Delhi Daredevils for the 2009IPL season, which was to be played in April at the same time as the ICC Trophy causing him to withdraw from The Netherlands squad.
Victoria and Delhi Daredevils coachGreg Shipperd, when asked about Dirk's non selection for the Australian Twenty20 team, said that "I would have thought he would be first pick".[14] Following this omission from the Australian team, Nannes now confirmed his allegiance to the land of his parents.[15] He made his international debut for The Netherlands in the first match of the2009 ICC World Twenty20, opening the bowling in their surprise win over England.[16]
Nannes was called up to the Australian T20I team in August 2009, just two months after making his debut for the Netherlands.[17] Aone-day international debut followed that same month where Nannes picked up 1/20 againstScotland. Nannes played for Australia in the2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies; Nannes played against Pakistan on 2 May 2010 atSt Lucia and he took 3 wickets for 41 runs in his allocated overs, he was unbeaten batting for 0 runs facing one ball. He also played against Bangladesh on 5 May at Barbados and he took 4 wickets for 18 runs in his allocated overs, he did not bat. He bagged the highest number of wickets in the T20 World Cup in 2010 with 14 wickets at 13.07.[18]
Since 2015, Nannes has been a member of ABC Grandstand's cricket commentary team.[19]
Drawing upon his experience as a former professional skier, Nannes provided commentary for theSeven Network's coverage of the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang, South Korea,[20] and the2022 Winter Olympics inBeijing, China.[21]
In addition to being a former skier, Nannes is the director and founder of 'Global Snow Tours',[22] an independent snow tour operator. He studied thesaxophone at university.[23] He was educated atSalesian College Chadstone and Wesley College Glen Waverley (both in Melbourne). Although it is sometimes claimed that Nannes speaks Japanese fluently,[23] in an interview with theBBC, Nannes refuted this.[24]
