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Nathan Astle : Statistics, Milestones, Articles, News, Pictures
 

Nathan AstleFull Name: Nathan John Astle
Born: 15 September 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury
Major Teams: Canterbury, Nottinghamshire, New Zealand, Derbyshire
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe at Hamilton, 1st Test, 1995/96
ODI Debut: New Zealand Vs West Indies at Auckland, 1st ODI, 1994/95

 

Last Test: New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Basin Reserve, Wellington, 2006/07
Last ODI: England Vs New Zealand, ODI 6 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, CB Series 2006/07

Nathan John Astle – the crackling cricketer from Canterbury

A special feature by Karthik Narayan


 Cricket has seen many a gum chewing, number crunching, teeth gnashing and bowler bashing batsmen, but sadly not many from New Zealand, the land where the sun smiles first in this world. But hold it – a new star had set foot with heart gladdening match winning and crowd stunning batting. A clean as a whistle hitter – a hatter named Nathan John Astle!

New Zealand cricket has always been shining on the glory of the little players, not superstars in the big stage, but cricketers who know their limitations and play to their strengths. These are the simple, hard working guys who do their job without much to think. That’s the real secret of New Zealand’s success in cricket.

Life started spinning for Nathan Astle in International cricket, a decade ago, when he made his ODI debut against the West Indies in 1994-95 at Auckland. His test debut came a season later against Zimbabwe in the home series at Hamilton. Read More

 

Statistics of Nathan Astle's Career : 

Test Matches : Batting and Fielding 
 
      M   I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave     SR   100  50   Ct  St
     81  137  10  4702  222   37.02  49.60   11  24   70   0
Test Matches : Bowling 
      O      M     R    W    Ave    BBI   5  10    SR     Econ
     948    317  2143  51   42.01  3-27   0   0  111.52   2.26
One Day Internationals : Batting and Fielding 

      M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave     SR   100  50  Ct  St
     223  217  14  7090  145*  34.92  72.62   16  41  83   0
One Day Internationals : Bowling 

      O      M    R    W    Ave    BBI  4w  5w    SR    Econ
    808.2   28  3809  99   38.47  4-43   1   0  48.98   4.71

M : Matches I : Innings NO : Not Out HS : Highest Score Ave : Average Ct : Catches St : Stumped O : Overs M : Maidens R : Runs W : Wickets BBI : Best bowling in an innings SR : Strike Rate Econ : Economy