Famous cricket player of New Zealand cricket team: Nathan Astle
by admin on July 10, 2011
in Famous cricket players profiles
Nathan Astle is known as a former cricketer of the New Zealand cricket team. He is recognized for his dominating batting shots like the pull shot and cover drive. It didn’t take him long to emerge as an all rounder for One Day and Test innings.
Astle initiated his playing at Canterbury and didn’t have much credit to his batting or medium-paced bowling. Nonetheless, he developed his batting sufficiently and as soon as he became a high scoring One Day cricketer, Glenn Turner the national coach then rated him the first top-order Test batsman who had bagged successive records of hundreds in 1995-96. In 2001-02 at Christchurch, Astle broke the world records by scoring 222 against England which was marked as the fastest double century made in Tests with only 153 balls. Even though a knee injury proved to be hurdle for his further progress in late 2003, he was selected in 2004 for the tour of England. In 2005, he made his 10th century in Test match against Sri Lanka which was followed by his 11th century. The same year, he also became one of the 10th cricketers to have scored a remarkable 15 ODI centuries.
Astle announced his retirement in 2007 which came to be surprise for everyone. Quite a versatile player that he was, Astle was appointed as the head coach for the Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club in 2009. Not just this, he even participated in Auto racing in 2010 wherein he drove a modified Sprint car.
Top 10 fifty scorers of New Zealand in ODI
by admin on December 24, 2010
in New Zealand, One day Cricket
The New Zealand team has a very successful status in ODI matches and so do its players. They are very skilled and well-trained, and have too many fifties as well. S.P. Fleming has the highest total runs—8001 runs so far—and his best score is 134 (not out) with eight centuries and countless fifties; whereas Astle has totaled 7090 runs and gotten lots of fifties. Respectively names for the best score and highest number of fifties are Astle, Fleming and G.M. Turner (1973-1983) who have made many fifties. Among the new players, Taylor (2006-20010) has come to the eye of all the players with many centuries and the highest strike rate—81.59%. The list of top ten fifties of New Zealand players in ODI is as follows.
- N.J. Astle
- S.P. Fleming
- C.L. Cairns
- M.D. Crowe
- S.B. Styris
- C.D. McMillan
- L Vincent
- G.M. Turner
- C.D. McMillan
- L.R.P.L. Taylor
Top ten fielders of New Zealand in ODI
by admin on September 7, 2010
in New Zealand, One day Cricket
New Zealand is very similar in One Day Internationals as well as Test Matches. The players are more agile and concentrated and free in this version of the game.
Their performance on the field is fifty-fifty. On some days they are excellent and on others are not that great.
New Zealand’s fielding strategy and formation is very attacking. They take special care of the main 30 yard circle, their fielding is excellent and they never let easy singles to be taken, which really helps New Zealand in enhancing their performance in One Day Internationals.
In the past they have taken many spectacular catches as well and their performance hasn’t deteriorated in this aspect at all. Top ten fielders of New Zealand in ODI are:
1. SP Fleming
2. CZ Harris
3. NJ Astle
4. DL Vettori
5. MD Crowe
6. CL Cairns
7. SB Styris
8. LRPL Taylor
9. JG Wright
10. CD McMillan