1. Dirk Peter Nannes was born on 16 May 1976 and is an Australian-Dutch cricket commentator and former cricketer who has played internationally for both Australia and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent multiple international teams.
From Melbourne, Nannes was a freestyle skier before beginning his cricket career, and competed in mogul events at two FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cups.
Dirk Nannes had moderate success in the domestic first-class and one-day tournaments, leading to a stint with English county side Middlesex during the 2008 season.
Altogether, Dirk Nannes took 28 wickets in 17 T20I matches, with his last match coming in October 2010, for Australia against Sri Lanka.
Dirk Nannes then turned to playing cricket for club side Hawthorn-Waverley and later Fitzroy Doncaster.
Dirk Nannes was eventually called up to the Victorian Bushrangers side in early 2006, where he made his first-class and List A debuts.
Dirk Nannes took three wickets in the innings and when it came Victoria's time to bat he was the last wicket to fall in the match.
Dirk Nannes signed for Middlesex during the 2008 English Domestic season, qualifying as a non-overseas player due to his Dutch passport.
In February 2010 Dirk Nannes retired from first class cricket.
Dirk Nannes said, "Having been able to play just one game in the longer format this season due to injury, this decision will allow me to concentrate on 50 over and Twenty20 cricket and extend my career with Victoria and Australia".
Dirk Nannes played for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL II and III, where he led the bowling attack.
In 2010, Dirk Nannes played for Nottinghamshire in the revamped domestic T20 tournament in England.
In 2013, Dirk Nannes played IPL for the Chennai Super Kings.
In July 2012, Dirk Nannes signed a one-year deal with cricket club the Sydney Thunder.
On 26 April 2014, Dirk Nannes signed for English county Somerset for their entire T20 season.
On 11 November 2008, it was announced that Dirk Nannes was selected for the Netherlands cricket squad to play the ICC World Cup Qualifier tournament in South Africa.
However Dirk Nannes subsequently signed with the Delhi Daredevils for the 2009 IPL season, which was to be played in April at the same time as the ICC Trophy causing him to withdraw from The Netherlands squad.
Dirk Nannes made his international debut for The Netherlands in the first match of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, opening the bowling in their surprise win over England.
Dirk Nannes was called up to the Australian T20I team in August 2009, just two months after making his debut for the Netherlands.
Dirk Nannes played for Australia in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies; Dirk Nannes played against Pakistan on 2 May 2010 at St Lucia and he took 3 wickets for 41 runs in his allocated overs, he was unbeaten batting for 0 runs facing one ball.
Dirk Nannes bagged the highest number of wickets in the T20 World Cup in 2010 with 14 wickets at 13.07.
Since 2015, Dirk Nannes has been a member of ABC Grandstand's cricket commentary team.
Dirk Nannes was educated at Salesian College Chadstone and Wesley College Glen Waverley.