Famous cricket player of New Zealand cricket team: Nathan Astle

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 10^th century in Test match against Sri Lanka which was followed by his 11^th century. The same year, he also became one of the 10^th 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.

 

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Top 10 fifty scorers of New Zealand in Test

The national cricket team of New Zealand has too many players who have many test fifties. Since their played Test series is too much like any other, they are able to defeat any team and they play with careful planning. They have so many players who have scored more than 20 Test fifties: they are Wright and Astle, but Fleming has the highest score in a single test inning. Therefore, he could be at the top of the top ten player list of New Zealand in overall consideration. However, here is the list provided by the rank of considering total numbers of fifties scored where Wright is one of the retired players, but still at the top. Top ten fifty scorers of New Zealand in test cricket are:

• J.G. Wright
• N.J. Astle
• S.P. Fleming
• B.E. Congdon
• A.H. Jones
• G.M. Turner
• B.B. McCullum
• J.F. Reid
• C.D. McMillan
• G.P. Howarth

Top 10 fifty scorers of New Zealand in ODI

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 century scorers of New Zealand in ODI

New Zealand team has very successful status in ODI matches and so as its players. They are very competent and well trained and have too many centuries as well. S.P. Fleming has highest total runs—8001 runs so far—and his best score is 134 (not out) with eight centuries; whereas Astle has total 7090 runs and got 145 runs (not out) and 16 centuries, respectively, best score and highest number of centuries. However, the credit of highest best score goes to G.M. Turner (1973-1983) and it is 171 runs (not out); he made only three centuries as he played only 40 ODI innings. Among the new players, Taylor (2006-20010) has come to the eye of all the players with three centuries and highest strike rate—81.59%. The list of top ten century scorers of New Zealand 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

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