Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former international

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er. He played for the

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, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain

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. 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

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ground in 1994. He was a member of the New Zealand team that won the

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Suspension

On the 1995 tour to South Africa, Nash was suspended for smoking cannabis along with future captain

and team-mate Matthew Hart.

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

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in the Auckland Australian Football League, where he was a premiership player with the Mt Roskill Saints.

Business career

After retiring from cricket, Nash was a salesman for spring water brand 420. He held a 25% stake in the business before

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bought the parent vodka brand

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. He then founded skincare brand Triumph & Disaster in 2011, exploiting a lack of moisturisers aimed at men.

Personal life

Nash attended

Dargaville High School Dargaville () is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland region. Dargaville is located southwest of Whangārei, and north of Auckland. ...

before completing his final year of school as a boarder at

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. In March 2003, he married

Bernice Mene Bernice Papasina Mene (born 18 January 1975) is a former New Zealand netball international. Between 1992 and 2001, Mene made 76 senior appearances for New Zealand. She represented New Zealand at the 1993 World Games, the 1998 Commonwealth Gam ...

, a former New Zealand netball international. Together they have three children.

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