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Full name Nathan John Astle
Born September 15, 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 36 years 245 days
Major teams New Zealand,Canterbury,Derbyshire,Durham,Lancashire,Mumbai Champs,Nottinghamshire
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Sister - LM Astle
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
81
137
10
4702
222
37.02
9479
49.60
11
24
612
39
70
0
ODIs
223
217
14
7090
145*
34.92
9760
72.64
16
41
720
86
83
0
T20Is
4
4
1
74
40*
24.66
67
110.44
0
0
7
2
3
0
First-class
171
272
24
9321
223
37.58
19
50
134
0
List A
377
358
31
11635
145*
35.58
26
64
146
0
Twenty20
22
22
2
545
75*
27.25
472
115.46
0
4
58
13
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
81
94
5688
2143
51
3/27
6/62
42.01
2.26
111.5
0
0
0
ODIs
223
159
4850
3809
99
4/43
4/43
38.47
4.71
48.9
1
0
0
T20Is
4
2
41
50
4
3/20
3/20
12.50
7.31
10.2
0
0
0
First-class
171
13441
4897
150
6/22
32.64
2.18
89.6
2
0
List A
377
10884
7396
244
4/14
4/14
30.31
4.07
44.6
6
0
0
Twenty20
22
13
269
308
15
3/20
3/20
20.53
6.86
17.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hamilton, Jan 13-17, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 15-18, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Jan 22, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
England v New Zealand at Adelaide, Jan 23, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1991/92
Last First-class
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 15-18, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1991/92
Last List A
England v New Zealand at Adelaide, Jan 23, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Derbyshire v Durham at Derby, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
Profile
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
