Dirk Peter Nannes (born 16 May 1976) is a former Australian cricketer. who has played internationally for both Australia and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent multiple international teams.

Dirk Nannes

Personal information
Full name	Dirk Peter Nannes
Born	(1976-05-16) 16 May 1976 (age 42) Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Diggler
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia Netherlands
Only ODI (cap 177)	28 August 2009  Australia v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 40/15)	5 June 2009  Netherlands v England
Last T20I	31 October 2010  Australia v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2011	Victoria
2008	Middlesex
2009–2010	Delhi Daredevils
2010	Nottinghamshire
2010–2012	Canterbury
2011	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2012	Surrey
2011	Mountaineers
2011–2012	Melbourne Renegades
2012	Highveld Lions
2012	Basnahira Cricket Dundee
2012–2015	Sydney Thunder
2013	Sylhet Royals
2013	Chennai Super Kings
2014	Somerset
2014	Otago
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC T20 Matches 1 17 23 215 Runs scored 1 22 108 66 Batting average 1.00 11.00 6.75 8.25 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 1 12* 31* 12* Balls bowled 42 366 4,139 4,624 Wickets 1 28 93 257 Bowling average 20.00 16.39 25.02 22.25 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 2 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 1/20 4/18 7/50 5/31 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/- 7/- 34/-
Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2016

From Melbourne, Nannes was a freestyle skier before beginning his cricket career, and competed in mogul events at two FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cups. Beginning in Victorian Premier Cricket, he made his first-class debut for Victoria during the 2005–06 season, aged 29. A left-arm fast bowler, 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. His greatest success, however, came in Twenty20 matches. Holding Dutch citizenship through his parents, he played two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Netherlands at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, and later that year made his One Day International (ODI) and T20I debuts for Australia.

Altogether, Nannes took 28 wickets from 17 matches in T20I matches, with his last match coming in October 2010, for Australia against Sri Lanka. Although his last matches for Victoria came during the 2010–11 season, he has remained a regular player at Twenty20 level, in both Australian and overseas tournaments. As one of the first freelance cricketers, Nannes has played for fifteen different teams or franchises across nine different countries, including the Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League matches, and the Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. As of August 2014, he had taken almost 250 wickets from 200 Twenty20 matches, ranking only behind Lasith Malinga and Alfonso Thomas in terms of wickets taken in that format.