Dion Nash was one of the biggest names in New Zealand cricket for a decade in the 1990s with 93 test wickets and a lot of attitude.
He made headlines for his breakout performance at Lords as a fresh-faced NZ international and his involvement in the pot-smoking scandal in South Africa in 1995. Shortly after retiring early due to injury, he became an outspoken player advocate helping to set up the Cricket Players Association, and finally a national selector.
He then transitioned into a successful businessman, learning the ropes with Kiwi brand 42below, where he became a global director, before founding skincare brand Triumph & Disaster, which is now sold in hundreds of retailers around the world.
This week he joins the Between Two Beers podcast. Show notes below.
1.42: Between two whiskies, and some grooming chat in the Triumph & Disaster headquarters
3.39: A re-visit of the White Line Fever podcast with David Higgins and Shane Cameron and some ND cricket BJ Watling age group reminiscing
7.01: The evolution of Dion Nash: from cricket to business
11.50: Growing up in Dargaville
18.07: The foundation of success: marriage to Bernice Mene
26.37: Opening the bowling with Jeff Wilson in Otago
32.4: From Auckland Grammar to Otago Uni to the Young Guns
42.39: Lords (56, 6/76 & 5/93)
47.04: Injury
53.24: The infamous South Africa tour of 1995. What really happened when Dion Nash, Stephen Fleming and Matt Hart got suspended for smoking pot.
1.09.27: Gilbert Enoka and Pilates
1.19.16: The end of his cricket career and the creation of the Cricket Players Association
1.30.15: Transitioning into a corporate career with 42below
1.41.50: Establishing Triumph & Disaster
1.53.34: Comparing the business career to the cricket career
1.56.14: Last words from Steven, Seamus and Dion
