Nathan Astle

Nathan Astle

MNZM

Astle batting against Australia in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Nathan John Astle
Born	(1971-09-15) 15 September 1971 (age 52) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	Lisa Astle (sister) Robbie Frew (brother-in-law)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1995–2007)
Test debut (cap 197)	13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	15 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 93)	22 January 1995 v West Indies
Last ODI	23 January 2007 v England
ODI shirt no.	9
T20I debut (cap 12)	21 October 2005 v South Africa
Last T20I	26 December 2006 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1991/92–2006/07	Canterbury
1997	Nottinghamshire
2005	Durham
2006	Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 81 223 171 377 Runs scored 4,702 7,090 9,321 11,635 Batting average 37.02 34.92 37.58 35.58 100s/50s 11/24 16/41 19/50 26/64 Top score 222 145* 223 145* Balls bowled 5,688 4,850 13,441 10,884 Wickets 51 99 150 244 Bowling average 42.01 38.47 32.64 30.31 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/27 4/43 6/22 4/14 Catches/stumpings 70/– 83/– 134/– 146/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 November 2008
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

Nathan John Astle MNZM (born 15 September 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game. A right-handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI), while batting in the middle order in Test matches. In a career that spanned 12 years, Astle played 81 Tests and 223 ODIs accumulating 4,702 and 7,090 runs respectively. As of 2022, he is New Zealand's fourth-most prolific run scorer. Astle collected 154 wickets with his medium-paced bowling at the international level. He holds two records – scoring the fastest double century in Test cricket and the second highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match. Both the records were achieved when he made 222 against England in Christchurch in 2002.^[1] Astle was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy. His innings of 145 not out is the highest individual score by a batsman in the ICC Champions Trophy, which he scored in the 2004 tournament.

Astle has played County Cricket in England for Derbyshire, Durham and Nottinghamshire, and for Canterbury in New Zealand. He was also a footballer who represented Rangers A.F.C. and good at auto racing.