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Full name Dirk Peter Nannes

Born May 16, 1976, Mount Waverly, Melbourne, Victoria

Current age 33 years 54 days

Major teams Netherlands, Delhi Daredevils, Middlesex, Victoria

Nickname Diggler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Height 1.88 m

Dirk Peter Nannes
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
T20Is 2 1 0 6 6 6.00 7 85.71 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 22 24 8 108 31* 6.75 326 33.12 0 0 14 2 6 0
List A 20 9 5 17 5* 4.25 42 40.47 0 0 0 0 0 0
Twenty20 37 3 2 12 6 12.00 12 100.00 0 0 1 0 11 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
T20Is 2 2 48 56 1 1/26 1/26 56.00 7.00 48.0 0 0 0
First-class 22 40 3947 2205 89 7/50 11/95 24.77 3.35 44.3 6 2 1
List A 20 20 1062 845 27 4/38 4/38 31.29 4.77 39.3 1 0 0
Twenty20 37 37 843 988 54 4/11 4/11 18.29 7.03 15.6 3 0 0
Career statistics
T20I debut England v Netherlands at Lord's, Jun 5, 2009 scorecard
Last T20I Netherlands v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 9, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut Victoria v Western Australia at Melbourne, Mar 10-13, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class Victoria v Queensland at Melbourne, Mar 13-17, 2009 scorecard
List A debut Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Feb 18, 2006 scorecard
Last List A Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Feb 13, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Queensland v Victoria at Townsville, Dec 31, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Netherlands v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 9, 2009 scorecard
Profile

For most of Dirk Nannes' adult life, cricket has been an afterthought. He used to play a couple of club games at the start of the season, a handful at the end, and in between travel the world pursuing his other passion, skiing. He was no run-of-the-mill ski bum - he competed for several years in World Cup skiing events and narrowly missed selection for the Australian Winter Olympics team in the late 1990s. But when he started to take his cricket seriously, he quickly grabbed the attention of Victoria's selectors. It led to a first-class debut at 29 in 2005-06, and in his second game he suffered the group humiliation of watching Queensland storm to 6 for 900 declared in the Pura Cup final.

A persistent shoulder injury picked up during a stint in English club cricket limited him to one match the following summer, but in 2007-08 Nannes enjoyed his most productive season. A genuinely quick left-arm bowler who can swing the ball late, Nannes collected 22 Pura Cup wickets at 28.54, although he was again part of a demoralised, unsuccessful Victoria side in the decider. There was more joy in the Twenty20, where he was instrumental in the Bushrangers winning the title. Nannes destroyed Western Australia with 4 for 23 in the final, and his promising FR Cup season - 11 wickets at 20.54 - hinted that he would be a big part of Victoria's attack moving forward. Anything but a typical fast bowler, Nannes speaks Japanese, studied the saxophone at university and runs a successful ski-travel company. A self-confessed "accidental cricketer", he is also the son of Dutch migrant parents and his Netherlands passport allowed him to play for Middlesex in 2008 as a non-overseas player.
Brydon Coverdale April 2008

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Jun 5, 2009

James Foster dives to make his ground as Dirk Nannes throws, England v Netherlands, ICC World Twenty20, Lord's, June 5, 2009

James Foster dives to make his ground as Dirk Nannes throws

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Jun 4, 2009

Dirk Nannes gears up to have a bowl at the nets, Lord's, June 4, 2009

Dirk Nannes gears up to have a bowl at the nets

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Jun 1, 2009

Boyd Rankin removes Dirk Nannes late in the innings, Ireland v Netherlands, ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match, Lord's, June 1, 2009

Boyd Rankin removes Dirk Nannes late in the innings

© AFP

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