Brendan Nash
Encyclopedia
Brendan Paul Nash is a Jamaican Australian
cricket
er who has played Test
and One Day International cricket for West Indies. He has also played first-class cricket
for Jamaica
and Queensland
.
. He lived in Perth
, Cairns
and Brisbane
and studied at Nudgee College in 1993–94. Brendan Nash qualified to play for Jamaica through his father, Paul
, a Jamaican Olympic swimmer
.
in Brisbane, and was leading run scorer in the 1999–2000 Brisbane XXXX competition. Before breaking into the senior side, Nash represented Queensland at under-19 level as well as playing for the Queensland Colts and Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). On one occasion, Nash was pressed into service as a make-shift wicket-keeper for QAS when the first choice keeper was injured with a suspected broken thumb. Nash made his debut for the Queensland Bulls in 2001 when he came into the side as cover for injured batsman Martin Love
. He scored his maiden first-class century in 2002 when he batted at number four and scored 157 as Queensland defeated the Southern Redbacks
at the Adelaide Oval
. Nash was promoted to open for Queensland and cemented his place there. In the 2001/02 Pura Cup
final, Nash scored 96 against the Tasmanian Tigers
as Queensland won the cup. He achieved a cult following with a "Brendan Nash Fan Club" founded at university in Brisbane.
At the start of the 2002–03 season, Nash scored 176 and 81 not out against the New South Wales Blues
. However, his form slipped away and the he did not reach 40 in his next 20 innings. He struggled to hold down a place in the Queensland second XI. He was denied a contract with the Queensland Bulls for the 2004–05 season as a result of his poor run of form.
. In the final, he scored 117 as his team beat Trinidad and Tobago by nine wickets. Nash finished the season with 422 first-class runs at 46.88 to his name from the domestic competition and was third in the batting averages. There was surprise in some quarters when Nash was not selected for the Test series against Australia in 2008.
Having identified his limited-over batting as an area he wanted to improve on (he scored only 67 runs in five matches) he decided to play for Monton & Weaste CC in the Central Lancashire League (CLL) during the Caribbean's off-season (summer 2008 in England). His role as the club's professional cricketer helped him financially to play in Jamaica. During his stint in England, Nash played a major part in Monton & Weaste CC defeating Heywood CC in the CLL Wood Cup final on 3 August 2008. Nash was named man of the match for scoring scored 46 not out as Monton & Weaste won by seven wickets.
In 2009, Brendan Nash joined East Lancs in the Lancashire League as professional when their original professional did not arrive. He had a superb first season scoring 874 runs in 16 league innings at an average of 72.83 with a high score of 140 and taking 47 wickets at an average of 12.25 from 221.4 overs with best bowling figures of 7-21. In the 20/20 competition he averaged a staggering 257 scoring 257 runs in 4 games and only being out once with a high score of 109*. He also took 10 wickets in 14.3 overs at an average of 7.8 with best bowling figures of 3-1.
During the semi-final of the 2010/11 Regional Four Day Competition, Nash scored his highest first-class score. The innings of 207 runs came from 349 balls, and better his previous best of 176 runs. Though the semi-final against Trinidad and Tobego ended in a draw, Jamaica faced Combined Campuses and Colleges
in the final. Nash was unable to bat for Jamaica due to injury, but the side went on to win the match by eight wickets.
against the West Indies, for whom he would later play.He dropped a catch fielding at point. On 12 August 2008 Nash was named in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad to play in the tri-series against Bermuda and Canada. He made his ODI debut on 20 August 2008 – along with batsman Leon Johnson
and bowler Kemar Roach
– when the West Indies played Bermuda. He bowled in the first innings and achieved figures of 10-1-43-1; his first international wicket was that of Delyone Borden
, caught behind by wicket keeper Carlton Baugh
. Batting at number five, Nash shared in an unbeaten partnership of 69 with vice-captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan
to see the West Indies to a six wicket victory; Nash scored 27 not out. In the second match of the series, against Canada, Nash scored 39 not out batting at number six, sharing in an unbeaten 111 run partnership with Xavier Marshall
who in that innings broke the record for most sixes in a ODI innings. He finished with figures of 10-1-56-3. In the final that followed, also against Canada, Nash took 1/33 and did not bat as the West Indies won by seven wickets.
On 1 November 2008, the ODI squad to tour Pakistan was announced, with Nash as one of the members. John Dyson
, the West Indies coach, stated that Nash's performance against Canada and Bermuda had shown he was ready to perform against leading cricket teams such as Pakistan. On the same day, it was announced that Nash was one of four players – along with Lionel Baker
, Leon Johnson, and Kemar Roach – without a Test cap to be named in the 15-man squad selected to tour New Zealand
for a Test series
. Dyson said that he expected Nash's bowling to "be a handful on the New Zealand wickets".
Nash made his Test debut for the West Indies on 11 December 2008, playing against New Zealand
. In the same match, fast-bowler Lionel Baker
also made his debut. It was widely reported in the media that he was the first white man to play for the West Indies since Geoff Greenidge
played five Tests in the early 1970s. He was subjected to racial abuse for being a "white boy" during trials for Jamaica. Chris Gayle
, Jamaica's captain, helped Nash telling him that "You are one of us, don't worry about what anyone's saying to you. If anyone troubles you, I am here for you." It later emerged that he was of mixed race. He took his first Test wicket in the third Test against England when Matt Prior was caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul
off Nash's bowling. During the fifth Test in Trinidad Nash scored his maiden Test century, his innings of 109 included 17 fours. He shared a 234-run fifth wicket partnership with Chanderpaul. Nash continued his good form in the first Test against England with 81 during a 143-run partnership with Denesh Ramdin
who made 61.
In November 2009, lest than a year after making his Test debut, Nash was awarded a central retainer contract with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Nash was appointed West Indies vice-captain in October 2010. The previous captain and vice, Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo
, had chosen not to sign central contracts with the WICB and were replaced. In the final fixture of the three-match series, Nash passed 1,000 Test runs. The series was a 0–0 draw with bad weather curtailing the matches. Nash scored 160 runs at an average of 53.33. Nash was the third-highest run-scorer for the 2010/11 season of the Caribbean regional first-class tournament, scoring 626 runs from nine matches at an average of 62.60; Jamaica won the tournament. In the semi-final of the competition, Nash scored his maiden first-class double century, scoring 207 runs off 349 balls and beating his previous highest score of 176. Pakistan toured the West Indies in April and May 2011
, and Nash was selected for the two-Test series. The series was drawn 1–1, with West Indies securing their first Test victory in nearly two years. Nash scored 44 runs in four innings. Between 13 October 2007 and 27 May 2011, Nash scored 1,093 Test runs for West Indies at an average of 35.25, with only Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Ramnaresh Sarwan scoring more for the team. India toured in June and following a run of poor form – scoring 53 runs in his last six innings – was dropped after the first Test. In October, Nash's central contract with the WICB was allowed to lapse.
Jamaican Australian
Jamaican Australian is an Australian person who is from or has ancestral ties to Jamaica.According to the 2006 Australian census, 786 Australians were born in Jamaica while 1,774 claimed Jamaican ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry....
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who has played Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and One Day International cricket for West Indies. He has also played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Jamaica
Jamaica national cricket team
The Jamaica national cricket team is the representative first-class cricket team of Jamaica.-History:The team's history lasts back to 1895, when they played three matches against a touring side from England led by Slade Lucas, but because of the distance to the other cricketing countries, Jamaica...
and Queensland
Queensland Bulls
The Queensland cricket team, nicknamed the Bulls, are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:*Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season...
.
Early life
Brendan Nash was born in Attadale, Western AustraliaAttadale, Western Australia
Attadale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville.It was the first subdivision of A.P. Matheson's Melville Water Park Estate. Attadale was named after an estate in Scotland situated on the south side of Loch Carron....
. He lived in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Cairns
Cairns, Queensland
Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia, founded 1876. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, then-current Governor of Queensland. It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but experienced a decline when an easier route was...
and Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
and studied at Nudgee College in 1993–94. Brendan Nash qualified to play for Jamaica through his father, Paul
Paul Nash (swimmer)
Paul Nash is a former Jamaican swimmer who competed at the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games as well as the 1968 Olympics. He has also represented his country at water-polo. He was named Jamaica Sportsperson of the year in 1969. He is the father of West Indian cricketer Brendan Nash.-References:...
, a Jamaican Olympic swimmer
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
.
Australia
Nash played grade cricketGrade cricket
Grade cricket is the name of the senior inter-club or district cricket competitions in each of the Australian states. The term may refer to:*Brisbane Grade Cricket *South Australian Grade Cricket League*Sydney Grade Cricket...
in Brisbane, and was leading run scorer in the 1999–2000 Brisbane XXXX competition. Before breaking into the senior side, Nash represented Queensland at under-19 level as well as playing for the Queensland Colts and Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS). On one occasion, Nash was pressed into service as a make-shift wicket-keeper for QAS when the first choice keeper was injured with a suspected broken thumb. Nash made his debut for the Queensland Bulls in 2001 when he came into the side as cover for injured batsman Martin Love
Martin Love
Martin Lloyd Love is a former Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman....
. He scored his maiden first-class century in 2002 when he batted at number four and scored 157 as Queensland defeated the Southern Redbacks
Southern Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...
at the Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval
The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...
. Nash was promoted to open for Queensland and cemented his place there. In the 2001/02 Pura Cup
Pura Cup
The Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...
final, Nash scored 96 against the Tasmanian Tigers
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
as Queensland won the cup. He achieved a cult following with a "Brendan Nash Fan Club" founded at university in Brisbane.
At the start of the 2002–03 season, Nash scored 176 and 81 not out against the New South Wales Blues
New South Wales Blues
The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...
. However, his form slipped away and the he did not reach 40 in his next 20 innings. He struggled to hold down a place in the Queensland second XI. He was denied a contract with the Queensland Bulls for the 2004–05 season as a result of his poor run of form.
West Indies
After not being given a contract with the Queensland Bulls for the 2007–08 season, Nash decided to try to restart his career by moving to the West Indies. Speaking of his decision, he said "I was obviously very disappointed to miss out on a contract, but I pretty much got told it would be hard for me to work my way back in again and I felt I still have something to offer". In October 2007, Nash was named in the Jamaican squad. Nash played a key role in Jamaica winning the KFC CupKFC Cup
The Regional Super 50 is the current name of the domestic one-day cricket competition in the West Indies, it was previously known as the KFC Cup until the fast food chain pulled out of sponsorship in 2008 and the WICB Cup until 2011...
. In the final, he scored 117 as his team beat Trinidad and Tobago by nine wickets. Nash finished the season with 422 first-class runs at 46.88 to his name from the domestic competition and was third in the batting averages. There was surprise in some quarters when Nash was not selected for the Test series against Australia in 2008.
Having identified his limited-over batting as an area he wanted to improve on (he scored only 67 runs in five matches) he decided to play for Monton & Weaste CC in the Central Lancashire League (CLL) during the Caribbean's off-season (summer 2008 in England). His role as the club's professional cricketer helped him financially to play in Jamaica. During his stint in England, Nash played a major part in Monton & Weaste CC defeating Heywood CC in the CLL Wood Cup final on 3 August 2008. Nash was named man of the match for scoring scored 46 not out as Monton & Weaste won by seven wickets.
In 2009, Brendan Nash joined East Lancs in the Lancashire League as professional when their original professional did not arrive. He had a superb first season scoring 874 runs in 16 league innings at an average of 72.83 with a high score of 140 and taking 47 wickets at an average of 12.25 from 221.4 overs with best bowling figures of 7-21. In the 20/20 competition he averaged a staggering 257 scoring 257 runs in 4 games and only being out once with a high score of 109*. He also took 10 wickets in 14.3 overs at an average of 7.8 with best bowling figures of 3-1.
During the semi-final of the 2010/11 Regional Four Day Competition, Nash scored his highest first-class score. The innings of 207 runs came from 349 balls, and better his previous best of 176 runs. Though the semi-final against Trinidad and Tobego ended in a draw, Jamaica faced Combined Campuses and Colleges
Combined Campuses and Colleges cricket team
Combined Campuses and Colleges is a first-class cricket team that plays in the West Indies domestic competitions of Carib Beer Cup and KFC Cup. The team was created for the 2007/08 season and played their first matches in the KFC Cup one-day competition in October 2007...
in the final. Nash was unable to bat for Jamaica due to injury, but the side went on to win the match by eight wickets.
International career
On 5 November 2005, Nash fielded for Australia as a substitute in a Test matchTest cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
against the West Indies, for whom he would later play.He dropped a catch fielding at point. On 12 August 2008 Nash was named in the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad to play in the tri-series against Bermuda and Canada. He made his ODI debut on 20 August 2008 – along with batsman Leon Johnson
Leon Johnson (cricketer)
Leon Rayon Johnson in Georgetown, Demerara, is a West Indies cricketer who captained the West Indies in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.-Domestic career:...
and bowler Kemar Roach
Kemar Roach
Kharab Andre Jamal Roach is a Barbadian cricketer. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and has represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International cricket...
– when the West Indies played Bermuda. He bowled in the first innings and achieved figures of 10-1-43-1; his first international wicket was that of Delyone Borden
Delyone Borden
Delyone Charles Clarence Borden is a Bermudian cricketer, who has played in one One Day International with the Bermudian cricket team...
, caught behind by wicket keeper Carlton Baugh
Carlton Baugh, Jr.
Carlton Seymour Baugh is a Jamaican cricketer.He is an aggressive right-hand batsman and bowls a leg break googly, however, he usually occupies the position of wicketkeeper. His Test debut came during a five-day match against Australia between 19–23 April 2003. His father, Carlton Baugh Snr., also...
. Batting at number five, Nash shared in an unbeaten partnership of 69 with vice-captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....
to see the West Indies to a six wicket victory; Nash scored 27 not out. In the second match of the series, against Canada, Nash scored 39 not out batting at number six, sharing in an unbeaten 111 run partnership with Xavier Marshall
Xavier Marshall
Xavier Melbourne Marshall is a West Indies cricketer. He is a batsman and a talented fielder. However in recent years he has failed to live up to his previous reputation as a promising young cricketer, and his progress in international cricket has since stagnated as a result of much inconsistency...
who in that innings broke the record for most sixes in a ODI innings. He finished with figures of 10-1-56-3. In the final that followed, also against Canada, Nash took 1/33 and did not bat as the West Indies won by seven wickets.
On 1 November 2008, the ODI squad to tour Pakistan was announced, with Nash as one of the members. John Dyson
John Dyson
John Dyson is a former international cricketer who is now a cricket coach, most recently in charge of the West Indies....
, the West Indies coach, stated that Nash's performance against Canada and Bermuda had shown he was ready to perform against leading cricket teams such as Pakistan. On the same day, it was announced that Nash was one of four players – along with Lionel Baker
Lionel Baker
Lionel Sionne Baker is a West Indian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands. He is the first person from Montserrat to have represented the West Indies at Test cricket.-Personal life:...
, Leon Johnson, and Kemar Roach – without a Test cap to be named in the 15-man squad selected to tour New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
for a Test series
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
. Dyson said that he expected Nash's bowling to "be a handful on the New Zealand wickets".
Nash made his Test debut for the West Indies on 11 December 2008, playing against New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
. In the same match, fast-bowler Lionel Baker
Lionel Baker
Lionel Sionne Baker is a West Indian cricketer who has played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands. He is the first person from Montserrat to have represented the West Indies at Test cricket.-Personal life:...
also made his debut. It was widely reported in the media that he was the first white man to play for the West Indies since Geoff Greenidge
Geoff Greenidge
Geoffrey Alan Greenidge is a former West Indian cricketer who played in five Tests from 1972 to 1973. His international career ended abruptly when he took part in a tour of Rhodesia, which was then under white minority rule.Greenidge was the last white player to play for West Indies...
played five Tests in the early 1970s. He was subjected to racial abuse for being a "white boy" during trials for Jamaica. Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
, Jamaica's captain, helped Nash telling him that "You are one of us, don't worry about what anyone's saying to you. If anyone troubles you, I am here for you." It later emerged that he was of mixed race. He took his first Test wicket in the third Test against England when Matt Prior was caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...
off Nash's bowling. During the fifth Test in Trinidad Nash scored his maiden Test century, his innings of 109 included 17 fours. He shared a 234-run fifth wicket partnership with Chanderpaul. Nash continued his good form in the first Test against England with 81 during a 143-run partnership with Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin is a West Indian cricketer of Indian descent. He is a right-handed batsman who generally occupies the position of wicketkeeper.He is seen by selectors and fans as a replacement in terms of playing style for Jeff Dujon...
who made 61.
In November 2009, lest than a year after making his Test debut, Nash was awarded a central retainer contract with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Nash was appointed West Indies vice-captain in October 2010. The previous captain and vice, Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport....
, had chosen not to sign central contracts with the WICB and were replaced. In the final fixture of the three-match series, Nash passed 1,000 Test runs. The series was a 0–0 draw with bad weather curtailing the matches. Nash scored 160 runs at an average of 53.33. Nash was the third-highest run-scorer for the 2010/11 season of the Caribbean regional first-class tournament, scoring 626 runs from nine matches at an average of 62.60; Jamaica won the tournament. In the semi-final of the competition, Nash scored his maiden first-class double century, scoring 207 runs off 349 balls and beating his previous highest score of 176. Pakistan toured the West Indies in April and May 2011
Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 2011
The Pakistani cricket team toured the West Indies from 18 April to 24 May 2011. The tour consisted of two Tests, one Twenty20 and five One Day Internationals .-Squads:-Tour matches:-Only T20I:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:-3rd ODI:-4th ODI:...
, and Nash was selected for the two-Test series. The series was drawn 1–1, with West Indies securing their first Test victory in nearly two years. Nash scored 44 runs in four innings. Between 13 October 2007 and 27 May 2011, Nash scored 1,093 Test runs for West Indies at an average of 35.25, with only Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Ramnaresh Sarwan scoring more for the team. India toured in June and following a run of poor form – scoring 53 runs in his last six innings – was dropped after the first Test. In October, Nash's central contract with the WICB was allowed to lapse.