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Full name Nathan John Astle
Born September 15, 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 33 years 301 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Derbyshire, Durham,
Nottinghamshire
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 71 122 10 4235 222 37.81 8617 49.14 10 21 545 39 65 0
ODIs 192 188 11 6162 145* 34.81 8513 72.38 14 36 624 75 73 0
First-class 149 238 22 8298 223 38.41 18 43 121 0
List A 328 311 26 10191 145* 35.75 24 54 128 0
Twenty-20 7 7 0 179 64 25.57 145 123.44 0 2 3 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 71 5244 1975 46 3/27 6/62 42.93 2.25 114.00 0 0 0
ODIs 192 4521 3498 95 4/43 4/43 36.82 4.64 47.58 1 0 0
First-class 149 12203 4389 134 6/22 32.75 2.15 91.06 2 0
List A 328 10116 6778 235 4/14 4/14 28.84 4.02 43.04 6 0 0
Twenty-20 7 120 136 6 2/14 2/14 22.66 6.79 20.00 0 0 0
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Test debut New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hamilton - Jan 13-17, 1996
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Last Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Apr 11-14, 2005
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ODI debut New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland - Jan 22, 1995
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Last ODI New Zealand v Australia at Wellington - Mar 1, 2005
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First-class span 1991/92 - 2005
List A span 1991/92 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2005
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 |
