Dirk Nannes

Dirk Nannes
Personal information
Full name	Dirk Peter Nannes
Born	16 May 1976 (age 48); Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Diggler
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National sides	Netherlands (2009); Australia (2009–2010);
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
Domestic team information
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
Career statistics
	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.

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

[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.

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