Dirk Nannes

Dirk Nannes is a former professional cricket player. He has played most of his career for the Victoria Men’s Cricket Team in Australia.

He was also been capped by to play for the Australia Men’s Cricket Team from 2009 to 2010. He also used to play for the Netherlands Cricket Team.

Player Profile and Personal Life

Dirk Peter Nannes was born on May 16, 1976, in Mount Waverly, Victoria in Australia. He stands 188 cm tall and bats right-handed and has a left-arm fast pace. He is a bowler.

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Role	Bowler
Height / weight	1.88 m /
Born	16 May 1976
Nationality	Australia
Nickname	Diggler

Team History
Sydney Thunder	2012 - 2015
Otago cricket team	2014 - 2015
Somerset County	2014
Canterbury cricket team	2010 - 2013
Melbourne Renegades	2011 - 2013
Highveld Lions cricket team	2011 - 2013
Sylhet Royals	2013
Super Kings	2013
Surrey County	2011 - 2012
Mountaineers	2011 - 2012
Basnahira Cricket Dundee	2012
Victoria cricket team	2005 - 2011
Royal Challengers	2011
Delhi Daredevils	2009 - 2010
Nottinghamshire County	2010
Australia	2009 - 2010
Middlesex County	2008

He is one of the few players in Cricket to represent multiple countries. In 2009, he played for the Netherlands National Cricket Team, and from 2009 to 2010, he played for his birth country – Australia.

In addition to cricket, Nannes also enjoys skiing and he is the founder of ‘Global Snow Tours’.

Before becoming a professional cricketer, Dirk made his debut as a mogul ski racer in 1995. He even competed at the Alpine Skiing World Cup events until 1999.

Professional Career

He turned pro in the 2005/2006 season and started playing for Victoria. He played for the team through to the 2010/2011 season.

He did not just stay in Australia to play as in 2008, he played for the English cricket club – Middlesex, and from 2009 to 2010 – he was in India playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.

In 2009, he played for the Netherlands but was only with the Dutch team for a short while as he returned to Australia to play for the men’s national team there. In that short time, he made his T20I debut playing for the Netherlands in June 2009.

In August of the same year, he made his only One Day International appearance in a match against Scotland.

In 2010, he continued to play abroad and was part of the Nottinghamshire Cricket Team in England. From 2010/11–2012/13, he played for the Canterbury Cricket Team in New Zealand. Then in 2011, he was in India again, playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

From 2011 to his retirement in 2015, he played a number of teams including: Surrey, Mountaineers in Zimbabwe, Melbourne Renegades, Highveld Lions, Basnahira Cricket Dundee, Sydney Thunder, Chennai Super Kings, Somerset, and lastly Otago.

He has not played cricket professionally since 2015.