Chris Nash

Chris Nash
Personal information
Full name
Christopher David Nash
Born (1983-05-19) 19 May 1983 (age 41)
Cuckfield, Sussex, England
NicknameNashy, Nashdog, Spidey[1]
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleOpening batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2017Sussex (squad no. 23)
2003–2004Loughborough UCCE
2010/11Otago
2013/14Auckland
2018–2020Nottinghamshire
FC debut24 July 2004 Sussex v Warwickshire
LA debut4 June 2006 Sussex v Kent
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 208 129 167
Runs scored 12,552 3,548 3,679
Batting average 37.02 30.85 26.85
100s/50s 24/68 2/24 1/23
Top score 184 124* 112*
Balls bowled 5,865 1,603 1,022
Wickets 81 45 49
Bowling average 40.85 32.82 24.93
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/12 4/40 4/7
Catches/stumpings 123/– 28/– 52/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 October 2020

Christopher David Nash (born 19 May 1983) is a retired English cricketer who represented Sussex and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in an 18-year professional career. He also played first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE in 2003 and 2004 having made his first-class debut for Sussex in 2002, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.[2]

Nash was born at Cuckfield in Sussex in 1983.[1] 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 County Championship in 2006 and 2007 while he played twice in the group stages in Sussex's successful Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy campaign of 2006. He scored his maiden first-class hundred on 7 August 2008 against Lancashire at Old Trafford.

At the end of the 2017 season, Nash left Sussex after asking to be released from the final year of his contract.[3] He subsequently signed for newly promoted Nottinghamshire on a three-year contract.[4]

He was released by Notts at the end of the 2020 season.[5] Shortly after he started a new job in private healthcare with DJW Health and agreed to play for Horsham in the Sussex League.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Chris Nash, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  2. ^ First-Class Matches Played By Chris Nash, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-07-27. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "STATEMENT: Chris Nash". Sussex County Cricket Club. 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. ^ "Chris Nash: Nottinghamshire sign long-serving former Sussex batsman". BBC Sport. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  5. ^ "Batsman Chris Nash to leave Nottinghamshire at end of 2020 season | the Cricketer".
  6. ^ "Chris Nash still has sights on more T20 glory | the Argus". 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Left in limbo: The county cricketers facing a winter of discontent as Covid-19 continues to impact the sport | the Cricketer".