Nash in 2000

Owing to Dion Nash's back injury and uncertain future, for the 2000-2001 season The Dion Nash Site will be following Nash's domestic career (not previously covered) in his campaign for a Black Caps batting spot. DNB = Did Not Bat. No bowling unless indicated otherwise.

(December 31
Shell Cup: Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland
Match abandoned due to rain)

December 29
Shell Cup: Auckland v Otago at Alexandra
Auckland won by 2 wickets
Nash 35

December 27
Shell Cup: Auckland v Wellington at Auckland
Wellington won by 5 wickets
Nash 19

December 17
Shell Cup: Auckland v Otago at Auckland
Otago won by 75 rus
Nash 14

December 13-16
Shell Trophy: Auckland v Otago at Auckland
Otago won by 6 wickets
Nash 32, 49

December 10
Shell Cup: Auckland v Canterbury at Christchurch
Auckland won by 4 wickets
Nash 19
Nash captained the Aces in the absence of the injured Pocock.

December 6-9
Shell Trophy: Auckland v Canterbury at Christchurch
Match drawn (Canterbury won 1st innings points)
Nash 19

December 3
Shell Cup: Auckland v Northern Districts at Hamilton
Auckland won by 109 runs
Nash 71

November 29- December 2
Shell Trophy: Auckland v Northern Districts at Hamilton
Northern Districts won by 2 wickets
Nash 0; 8

November 19
Shell Super Max Final: Auckland v Wellington at Auckland
Wellington won by 8 wickets
Nash DNB; 18*
Nash was not dismissed in his 5 Super Max innings

November 18
Shell Super Max 2nd Semi Final: Auckland v Otago at Auckland
Auckland won by 7 wickets
Nash 1*; 4*

October 29
Shell Super Max: Auckland v Northern Districts at Auckland
Northern Districts won by 8 wickets
Nash 0*; 38*

October
After nine months' rehabilitation and just one Test, Nash's comeback campaign quickly failed. After experiencing soreness during the Second Test, he missed the first ODI and scarcely bowled during team training sessions. Unable to bowl, he helped out his team by playing the 2nd ODI as a batsman only, before returning to New Zealand with a back injury. Nash has not ruled out a return to pace bowling in the future, but for the time being he is concentrating on batting for Auckland, aiming to secure a Black Caps batting spot.

September 30
2nd ODI: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo
New Zealand lost by 21 runs
Nash did not bowl; 19
Although the decision had already been made to send Dion Nash home, owing to the back injury preventing him from bowling, Nash played as a batsman only in the absence of Chris Harris, who was ill.

September 19-23
2nd Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Harare
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Nash 62; 17/11/25/1; 17.3/8/28/0; DNB
Though not 100% fit, Nash's selection was essentially forced by a large number of injured players. In his comeback test, Nash and Chris Cairns set a new New Zealand 8th wicket partnership in Tests of 144, bettering the previous best of 137 set by Nash with Daniel Vettori during New Zealand v India at Wellington, 1998. Nash bowled only 3 balls on Day 5 due to back soreness.

August
After passing a fitness test on his back, Nash joined the Black Caps for their tour of Zimbabwe.

January
Nash was ruled out of New Zealand's entire home series against Australia with a back problem, later revealed to be another stress fracture. He did play successfully for Auckland as a batsman only before the injury was diagnosed.

January 8
4th ODI: New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Nash 8/0/35/0; DNB
 
January 6
3rd ODI: New Zealand v West Indies at Napier
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Nash 4.5/0/11/2; DNB
 
January 4
2nd ODI: New Zealand v West Indies at Taupo
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Nash 6.3/0/27/1; DNB

January 2
1st ODI: New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland
New Zealand won by 3 wickets (Duckworth-Lewis calculation)
Nash 8/0/62/1; 12*

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