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The moment my future as a devoted New Zealand cricket fan was sealed was the moment when Dion Nash, in his first game back after a two-year injury break, was caught out on the last ball of the ill-fated ‘Gabba match’ in January 1998.

I may not have begun watching from the beginning of Dion’s career, but I’ve always felt that I started at a tidy, significant point.

A year and a half later, despite my utter lack of web design skills, I decided to make this site as a tribute to Dion Nash, then at the peak of his career.

I may not have been reporting news and updating this site for much of Dion’s career - he played just eight Tests between the creation of this site and his retirement - but at least I was able to capture the best of it, the 1999 Test series in England.

Dion Nash retired on 2 May 2002. A few weeks on, June 20 marks the "third birthday" of The Dion Nash Site. Of course there will be no more cricket news, action photos or - happily - injury reports. In maintaining this site, I am reduced to - if anything - updating the extensive archives.

I believe that archives are important, however, and that is why - even though it has, in a sense, ‘outlived’ its subject - I am leaving this site online as a tribute to Dion Nash’s cricketing career. So I say, "happy birthday" to my little website. I’ll miss you.

* Lyrics from "Throw Your Arms Around Me" by the Hunters and Collectors, which was Dion Nash’s chosen ‘batting song’ during the 2002 VB Series in Australia.

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