Malcolm Andrew Nash was a Welsh cricket player and coach.
18 Facts About Malcolm Nash
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Malcolm Nash made his debut for the county in 1966 and was released by the county after the 1983 season.
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Malcolm Nash took the most wickets for Glamorgan in 1969 when it won the county championship.
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Between 1966 and 1983 in his 17 years career, Malcolm Nash took 993 first-class wickets, scored 7,129 runs and held 148 catches.
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Malcolm Nash died on 30 July 2019 in London at the age of 74 years.
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Malcolm Nash was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, on 9 May 1945, to a cricketing father who was a member of the local club.
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Malcolm Nash studied at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, where he played cricket and hockey.
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Malcolm Nash took 7 for 15 to dismiss Somerset for 40 in 1968.
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Malcolm Nash scored two hundreds with the bat, and hit four consecutive sixes himself in one over.
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When Glamorgan won the County Championship in 1969, going through the season undefeated, Malcolm Nash was the side's leading wicket-taker, with 71 at 18.98 in 21 matches; he made 435 runs at 22.89.
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Malcolm Nash is best known for being the first bowler who was struck for six sixes in as many balls by Garfield Sobers on 31 August 1968 at Swansea while bowling slow left-arm.
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Malcolm Nash normally bowled medium-fast, but at the time, impressed by the success Derek Underwood was enjoying, he was experimenting with spin bowling.
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Malcolm Nash then took 2 for 40 off 11 overs, Glamorgan won by 3 runs, and Nash won the match award.
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Between 1966 and 1983 in his 17 years career, Malcolm Nash took 993 first-class wickets, scored 7,129 runs and held 148 catches.
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Malcolm Nash played Minor Counties cricket for Shropshire in 1984 and 1985.
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Malcolm Nash then moved to Kansas before returning to Wales in 2013.
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Malcolm Nash died on 30 July 2019 in a hospital in London at the age of 74 years.
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Malcolm Nash was being treated there after he became sick at a function at Lord's Cricket Ground.