Nathan Astle

New Zealand|Opening Batter
Nathan Astle
INTL CAREER: 1995 - 2007
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Full Name

Nathan John Astle

Born

September 15, 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury

Age

52y 186d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Opening Batter

RELATIONS

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One of cricket's free spirits, Nathan Astle became a lively allrounder at Test and one-day level without losing his breezy confidence. He began at Canterbury as a no-account batsman and the most parsimonious of medium-paced bowlers, but his batting developed quickly. After becoming a free-scoring one-day player Astle was turned by the national coach Glenn Turner into a first-rate Test top-order batsman, with consecutive hundreds in West Indies in 1995-96. He ripped up the record books with his 222 against England, at Christchurch in 2001-02, which was the fastest double century in Tests, coming up off only 153 balls. A knee injury forced him out of action towards the end of 2003, but he was picked for the tour of England in 2004. Astle is now an assured batsman in both games, an expert slip-catcher, and an occasional medium-pace partnership-breaker. He may be a certain selection, but his laid-back attitude means he has never been considered for the captaincy, despite his seniority. His 10th Test match century was made against Sri Lanka in April 2005, followed soon after by his 11th. And in September, he became only the tenth man to score 15 ODI centuries, arguably becoming New Zealand's greatest one-day player. In 2006 he signed for Lancashire, although he wasn't at his ballistic best. He surprised most people by retiring from international cricket six weeks before the Word Cup, citing a lack of motivation. Six months later, he retired from first-class cricket as well.
Don Cameron July 2007

Nathan Astle Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests8113710470222237.02947949.60112461239700
ODIs223217147090145*34.92976072.64164172086830
T20Is4417440*24.6667110.44007230
FC17127224932122337.58--1950--1340
List A3773583111635145*35.58--2664--1460
T20s2222254575*27.25472115.4604581370

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests819456882143513/276/6242.012.26111.5000
ODIs22315948503809994/434/4338.474.7148.9100
T20Is42415043/203/2012.507.3110.2000
FC171-1344148971506/22-32.642.1889.6-20
List A377-1088473962444/144/1430.314.0744.6600
T20s2213269308153/203/2020.536.8617.9000
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Nathan Astle gets a visit from Santa
Shane Bond, Nathan Astle and John Wright take in the game
Nathan Astle prepares to play a shot during his unbeaten 68
Paul Nixon appeals for a leg-before against Nathan Astle
Nathan Astle, playing for Mumbai Champs in the ICL, bowls during practice
Nathan Astle does some stretches during training