Christopher David Nash (born 19 May 1983) is a retired English

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er who represented

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and

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in an 18-year professional career. He also played

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for

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in 2003 and 2004 having made his first-class debut for Sussex in 2002, against

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. Nash was born at

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in 1983. He started as an off-spin bowler, batting down the order for Sussex and Loughborough UCCE. Later he specialised as a batsman, often opening for Sussex. He was part of the Sussex team that won the

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in 2006 and 2007 while he played twice in the group stages in Sussex's successful

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campaign of 2006. He scored his maiden first-class hundred on 7 August 2008 against

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. At the end of the 2017 season, Nash left Sussex after asking to be released from the final year of his contract. He subsequently signed for newly promoted Nottinghamshire on a three-year contract. He was released by Notts at the end of the 2020 season. Shortly after he started a new job in private healthcare with DJW Health and agreed to play for Horsham in the Sussex League.

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* 1983 births Living people English cricketers Auckland cricketers Loughborough MCCU cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Otago cricketers Sussex cricketers Sussex Cricket Board cricketers English cricket commentators Sportspeople from Cuckfield People educated at The College of Richard Collyer British Universities cricketers Cricketers from West Sussex {{england-cricket-bio-1980s-stub