Dirk Nannes

Dirk Nannes
Personal information
Full name
Dirk Peter Nannes
Born (1976-05-16) 16 May 1976 (age 48)
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
NicknameDiggler
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National sides
Only ODI (cap 177)28 August 2009 
Australia v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 15/40)5 June 2009 
Netherlands v England
Last T20I31 October 2010 
Australia v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2010/11Victoria
2008Middlesex
2009–2010Delhi Capitals
2010Nottinghamshire
2010/11–2012/13Canterbury
2011Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2012Surrey
2011/12Mountaineers
2011/12Melbourne Renegades
2011/12–2012/13Highveld Lions
2012Basnahira Cricket Dundee
2012/13–2014/15Sydney Thunder
2013Sylhet Strikers
2013Chennai Super Kings
2014Somerset
2014/15Otago
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 17 23 32
Runs scored 1 22 108 18
Batting average 1.00 11.00 6.75 3.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 1 12* 31* 5*
Balls bowled 42 366 4,139 1,737
Wickets 1 28 93 47
Bowling average 20.00 16.39 25.02 29.70
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 1/20 4/18 7/50 4/38
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 7/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2016

Dirk Peter Nannes (born 16 May 1976) is an Australian-Dutch cricket commentator and former cricketer who has played internationally for both Australia and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent multiple international teams.

From Melbourne, Nannes was a freestyle skier before beginning his cricket career, and competed in mogul events at two FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cups. Beginning in Victorian Premier Cricket, he made his first-class debut for Victoria during the 2005–06 season, aged 29. A left-arm fast 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 side Middlesex during the 2008 season. His greatest success, however, came in Twenty20 matches. Holding Dutch citizenship through his parents, he played two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Netherlands at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, and later that year made his One 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 against Sri 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 first freelance cricketers,[3] Nannes has played for fifteen different teams or franchises across nine different countries, including the Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League matches, and the Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. As of August 2014, he had taken almost 250 wickets from 200 Twenty20 matches, ranking only behind Lasith Malinga and Alfonso Thomas in terms of wickets taken in that format.

  1. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (2 February 2010). "Nannes keen to grab 'big opportunity'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (6 February 2010). "Ponting rates his bowlers the world's best". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Freelancing, a business decision: Nannes". The Hindu. 21 September 2011.