Yup.Dutch passport, from memory.
Drinking beer at the cricket...hmm, not sure it's all that odd a story, tbf. If he'd have been on saki, dressed in a kimono & insisted on being addressed as Diggler-san, then yeah, I'd grant you it might've been slightly odd, but...Good article. Decent bloke too.
Odd story. Met Dirk Nannes at a Melbourne Premier League game, he was not playing as he was injured. This was roughly a year before he made his first class debut. Sat on the grass banks at Camberwell Sports Ground having a couple of beers with him.
Thumbs up from me. Hope he does well playing for Holland. Deserved Australian selection.
Excellent piece. Might have mentioned his honorary Dutchness as well, but that's just nitpicking
Haha, at CSG? Lucky enough to never have had to face him, even though CSG was my home ground. A really good fellow, even though he isn't your "traditional" cricketer. Doesn't think that cricket is life or death, just tries to bowl quick and scare blokes, and if it doesn't work out he has jobs to fall back on. One of the nicer men you'd meet, though.Good article. Decent bloke too.
Odd story. Met Dirk Nannes at a Melbourne Premier League game, he was not playing as he was injured. This was roughly a year before he made his first class debut. Sat on the grass banks at Camberwell Sports Ground having a couple of beers with him.
Thumbs up from me. Hope he does well playing for Holland. Deserved Australian selection.
considering he always held his dutch passport and both his parents are dutch and he is able to learn Japanese, yes I think he can understand dutch and probably speak it decently as well.He might know some Japanese, but does he actually speak any Dutch? Just wondered if he's going to be able to join in with the sledging.
I'm pretty sure you will find most of the members of this forum are perfectly fine with Nannes playing for the Dutch. It will make following the fortunes of Holland all the more interesting knowing they have a genuine T20 star in the side.What's all the fuss about? He has a Dutch passport IIRC, and it's Australia's fault for not picking him.
Well, you'ld be surprised which language most Dutch cricketers speak when playing cricket. None of the cricket terms have been translated into Dutch. To find out how these typical phrases can be translated into Dutch, one has to turn to Afrikaans.He might know some Japanese, but does he actually speak any Dutch? Just wondered if he's going to be able to join in with the sledging.
I've decided to take this with me to Lord's: