NZC adds former cricketer Dion Nash to the board

Dion Nash, the former Kiwi cricketer and selector, has been added to the New Zealand Cricket board. Turning 53 years old on Wednesday (November 20), Nash will replace the vacancy after Martin Snedden stepped down. 

Snedden served New Zealand cricket for a long time in different roles – first as an international cricketer playing 25 Tests and 93 ODIs between 1980 and 1990, and then chief executive, board member, chair of the board and ICC director.

"It's good to have someone with Dion's cricket and business experience coming onto the board at a time when Martin is stepping down," NZC chair Diana Pukepatu-Lyndon said. "Dion has a strong interest in not just the playing of the game but [also] the business of the game, and that should help stand us in good stead."

A seam-bowling all-rounder, Nash was a prominent figure in the Blackcaps side of the 1990s, playing 32 Tests and 81 ODIs from 1992 to 2002, including representing New Zealand in the 1996 and 1999 World Cup. He was also part of New Zealand's title-winning squad in the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy which later became Champions Trophy. Nash picked one 10-wicket haul in his career which came only in his fifth Test, at Lord's.

In June 2005, Nash was appointed as one of the national selectors and later made a career in business.

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