Nathan Astle is a former international cricketer who represented the New Zealand cricket team between 1995 and 2007. He scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test cricket and One Day International (ODI) matches on 11 and 16 occasions, respectively. Described by BBC Sport as "one of the best one-day batsmen New Zealand has ever produced", Astle is the fourth-highest run-scorer for his country in international cricket.
Astle made his ODI debut against the West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland, in January 1995. His first century came the same year against India at the Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur. Opening the batting, he made 114 runs from 128 balls in the match which New Zealand won. He scored a century against England in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Astle's match-winning innings of 119 against Pakistan was included among the 100 best ODI innings of all time by Wisden in 2002. He scored his second World Cup century when he made 102 against Zimbabwe in the 2003 tournament. His highest score of 145 not out was made against the United States in the 2004 Champions Trophy. In ODIs, Astle scored the most (five) centuries against India. He ended up in the nineties on nine occasions, including twice where he remained not out.
Astle made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 1996, a year after he started playing international cricket. The same year he was picked up for the West Indies tour in which he scored back-to-back hundreds. His highest score of 222 (off 168 balls) was made against England at the Jade Stadium, Christchurch, in 2002. In the course of the innings, he set two records—fastest double-century scored in Test cricket, and the second-highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match. Astle played four Twenty20 International matches between 2005 and 2006 without scoring a century. His highest score in the format was 40 not out.
Key Symbol Meaning Remained not out Man of the matchBalls Balls facedPos. Position in the batting orderInn. The innings of the matchS/R Strike rate during the inningsH/A/N Venue was at home (New Zealand), away or neutralDate Match starting dayLost The match was lost by New Zealand Won The match was won by New Zealand Drawn The match was drawn
ODI cricket centuries + List of ODI centuries scored by Nathan AstleNo.ScoreBallsAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef 1 114 128 2 1 89.06 Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Away Won 2 120 137 2 1 87.59 Eden Park, Auckland Home Won 3 101 132 2 1 76.51 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Neutral Won 4 117 132 2 1 88.63 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Neutral Won 5 104 137 2 2 75.91 McLean Park, Napier Home Won 6 100 126 2 2 79.36 Eden Park, Auckland Home Won 7 120 136 2 1 88.23 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Away Won 8 104 128 1 1 81.25 McLean Park, Napier Home Lost 9 119 116 2 2 102.58 Carisbrook, Dunedin Home Won 10 117 150 2 1 78.00 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral Won 11 108 143 2 1 75.52 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Neutral Lost 12 122 150 2 2 81.33 Carisbrook, Dunedin Home Won 13 102 122 3 2 83.60 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Neutral Won 14 145 151 2 1 96.02 Kennington Oval, London Neutral Won 15 115 131 2 2 87.78 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral Won 16 118 126 3 1 93.65 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Home Won
Test cricket centuries +List of Test centuries scored by Nathan AstleNo.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResultRef 1 125 4 3 1/2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away Lost 2 103 5 2 2/2 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Away Drawn 3 102 6 3 1/3 Eden Park, Auckland Home Drawn 4 114 5 2 2/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home Won 5 101 4 2 3/4 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away Drawn 6 141 5 1 1/1 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home Drawn 7 156 5 1 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away Drawn 8 222 5 4 1/3 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Home Lost 9 103 5 2 1/2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away Drawn 10 114 5 1 1/2 McLean Park, Napier Home Drawn 11 128 5 2 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won
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