nathan astle Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
nathan astle is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Nathan John Astle
Born
September 15, 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury
Age
52 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 81 | 223 | 4 | - |
Inn | 137 | 217 | 4 | - |
Runs | 4702 | 7090 | 74 | - |
Avg | 36.73 | 34.93 | 24.67 | - |
SR | 49.6 | 72.64 | 110.45 | - |
HS | 222 | 145 | 40 | - |
NO | 9 | 14 | 1 | - |
100s | 11 | 16 | 0 | - |
50s | 24 | 41 | 0 | - |
4s | 612 | 720 | 7 | - |
6s | 39 | 86 | 2 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 81 | 223 | 4 | - |
Inn | 94 | 159 | 2 | - |
Balls | 5688 | 4850 | 41 | - |
Runs | 2143 | 3809 | 50 | - |
Wkt | 51 | 99 | 4 | - |
BBI | 27 / 3 | 43 / 4 | 20 / 3 | - |
BBM | 62 / 6 | 43 / 4 | 20 / 3 | - |
Eco | 2.26 | 4.71 | 7.32 | - |
Avg | 42.02 | 38.47 | 12.5 | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- LM Astle
- New Zealand
- Canterbury
- Derbyshire
- Durham
- Lancashire
- Mumbai Champs
- Nottinghamshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Glenn Turner, the coach of Astle on that tour must be credited with the development of his game. Astle’s best was the superb knock of 222 against England at the Jade Stadium, Christchurch. Astle completed his 200 off just 153 balls. This is still the record for the fastest 200 in Test cricket and was involved in a 118 run partnership with Chris Cairns for the 10th wicket as New Zealand chased an improbable 550 for victory.
Nathan Astle was more at home in the shorter formats of the game and represented New Zealand in 3 World Cups before announcing his retirement weeks before the 2007 WC citing lack of motivation. He is only the second Kiwi player to have scored more than 7000 ODI runs. He reserved his best against India scoring 5 of his 16 ODI tons against them.
Astle ended a fine career with more then 7000 ODI runs as well and has been recognized as one of the all time greats for New Zealand in One Day Cricket. But for his laid back attitude, Astle might have even become the captain of the New Zealand team.
Astle had a brief stint with the ICL representing Mumbai Champs and now works as a coach for a leading club in New Zealand.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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