One of the few cricketers to represent multiple international teams, Dirk Nannes has had the honour to represent Australia and Netherlands in international cricket. The pacer represented Netherlands in the 2009 T20 World Cup in England, where they also sealed a historic win against the hosts by four wickets at Lord's. The Dutch were chasing a target of 163 runs and the game went till the final delivery, with the side needing two runs to win. In the final ball, Stuart Broad's direct throw at the stumps resulted in an overthrow and batters Edgar Schiferli and Ryan ten Doeschate took two runs to seal victory. Speaking on cricket.com, Nannes opened up on how side prepared for the match against England in 2009 and he also quipped that he "had no idea about the national anthem".