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Nathan Astle
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77
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4521
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3799
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11/23
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222
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5610
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50
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4115
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3/27
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212
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3569
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16/40
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145
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4768
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99
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3778
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4/43
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80/-
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26 April
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2006
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(born
September 15 ,
1971 in
Christchurch ) is a New Zealand
Cricket er. He is currently one of the senior members of the side. He is an attacking batsman who likes to play
Batting Shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He has also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced (222 vs England in
Jade Stadium, Christchurch 2002, the double hundred coming in a remarkable innings of just 168 balls, with the double-century coming after only 153 balls).
Astle is also an occasional partnership-breaking medium pace bowler and a competent fielder. He may be a certain selection, but his laid-back attitude means he has never been considered for the captaincy, despite his seniority. He began at Canterbury as a no-account batsman and the most parsimonious of medium-paced bowlers; albeit 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.
Nathan Astle passed
Martin Crowe's record number of one-day hundreds for New Zealand (4) during the 1997-1998 summer. When Astle raised his bat to celebrate his century against Zimbabwe at the 2003 World Cup, it was his 13th hundred for New Zealand. Unsurprisingly, he also holds the record for most runs scored in one-day cricket by a New Zealander. Unfortunately, Astle has been increasingly inhibited by a knee complaint and, following the World Cup, will be following fellow player Chris Cairns down the path of surgery and rehabilitation during 2003.
During the 2005
Chappell-Hadlee Series and the preceding tour to
South Africa Astle incurred criticism, along with fellow
Black Caps Craig McMillan ,
Hamish Marshall and
James Marshall , from the media for a slump in form.
As of December 23 2005, Astle has been dropped from the national team . He now intends to re-evaluate his batting style in the hopes of being re-selected in future .
He returned in 2006, for the home series agaisnt the West Indies. He returned to form, and was New Zealands leading run scorer in the ODI's.
