Chris Nash

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1983)}}

{{distinguish|Chris Naish}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Chris Nash

| image = 2 10 Nash again.jpg

| country = England

| fullname = Christopher David Nash

| nickname = Nashy, Nashdog, Spidey[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/18048.html Chris Nash], Cricinfo. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cuckfield, Sussex, England

| heightft = 5

| heightinch = 11

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role = Opening batsman

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = {{nowrap|2002–2017}}

| clubnumber1 = 23

| club2 = Loughborough UCCE

| year2 = 2003–2004

| club3 = Otago

| year3 = 2010/11

| club4 = Auckland

| year4 = 2013/14

| club5 = Nottinghamshire

| year5 = 2018–2020

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 24 July

| debutyear1 = 2004

| debutfor1 = Sussex

| debutagainst1 = Warwickshire

| type2 = LA

| debutdate2 = 4 June

| debutyear2 = 2006

| debutfor2 = Sussex

| debutagainst2 = Kent

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 208

| runs1 = 12,552

| bat avg1 = 37.02

| 100s/50s1 = 24/68

| top score1 = 184

| deliveries1 = 5,865

| wickets1 = 81

| bowl avg1 = 40.85

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/12

| catches/stumpings1 = 123/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 129

| runs2 = 3,548

| bat avg2 = 30.85

| 100s/50s2 = 2/24

| top score2 = 124*

| deliveries2 = 1,603

| wickets2 = 45

| bowl avg2 = 32.82

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 4/40

| catches/stumpings2 = 28/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 167

| runs3 = 3,679

| bat avg3 = 26.85

| 100s/50s3 = 1/23

| top score3 = 112*

| deliveries3 = 1,022

| wickets3 = 49

| bowl avg3 = 24.93

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 4/7

| catches/stumpings3 = 52/–

| date = 8 October

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18048.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Christopher David Nash (born 19 May 1983) is a retired English cricketer who represented Sussex and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in an 18-year professional career. He also played first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE in 2003 and 2004 having made his first-class debut for Sussex in 2002, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44755/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches Played By Chris Nash], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-07-27. {{subscription required}}

Nash was born at Cuckfield in Sussex in 1983. He started as an off-spin bowler, batting down the order for Sussex and Loughborough UCCE. Later he specialised as a batsman, often opening for Sussex. He was part of the Sussex team that won the County Championship in 2006 and 2007 while he played twice in the group stages in Sussex's successful Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy campaign of 2006. He scored his maiden first-class hundred on 7 August 2008 against Lancashire at Old Trafford.

At the end of the 2017 season, Nash left Sussex after asking to be released from the final year of his contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/statement-chris-nash |title=STATEMENT: Chris Nash |publisher=Sussex County Cricket Club |date=24 October 2017 |accessdate=2017-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024154409/http://www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/statement-chris-nash |archive-date=2017-10-24 |url-status=dead }} He subsequently signed for newly promoted Nottinghamshire on a three-year contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41829386 |title=Chris Nash: Nottinghamshire sign long-serving former Sussex batsman |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 November 2017 |accessdate=2017-11-01 }}

He was released by Notts at the end of the 2020 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/news/chris_nash_leave_nottinghamshire_2020_season.html|title=Batsman Chris Nash to leave Nottinghamshire at end of 2020 season | the Cricketer}} Shortly after he started a new job in private healthcare with DJW Health and agreed to play for Horsham in the Sussex League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/18881642.amp/|title = Chris Nash still has sights on more T20 glory | the Argus| date=19 November 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/features/left_limbo_county_cricketers_winter_discontent.html|title = Left in limbo: The county cricketers facing a winter of discontent as Covid-19 continues to impact the sport | the Cricketer}}