36 Facts About Nathan Astle

Nathan John Astle was born on 15 September 1971 and is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game.

Nathan Astle collected 154 wickets with his medium-paced bowling at the international level.

Nathan Astle was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

Nathan Astle has played County Cricket in England for Derbyshire, Durham and Nottinghamshire, and for Canterbury in New Zealand.

Nathan Astle was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he is still based; he is married to Kelly Nathan Astle and has two children.

Nathan Astle used to bat at number 6, and played as a batsman who could bowl medium pace.

Nathan Astle managed just 127 runs at an average of 31.75 in the three match series.

Nathan Astle hardly managed to score runs at the end of the first three seasons.

On 31 May 2006, Lancashire announced that Nathan Astle would be a short-term overseas replacement for Australian player Brad Hodge.

Nathan Astle was selected for the ODI series against West Indies in 1995.

Nathan Astle was again selected for the series against Sri Lanka where's he scored 95 in one of the matches thus enabling New Zealand level the series and ending their losing streak after 13 matches.

Nathan Astle was again selected for a five match ODI series in India.

Nathan Astle scored his first World Cup hundred in new Zealand's opening match, against England, of the tournament.

However, Nathan Astle failed to score runs in the rest of the tournament, eventually ended up with 111 runs at an average of 18.5.

Nathan Astle was involved in a partnership of 106 for the tenth wicket with Danny Morrison, a New Zealand record.

Nathan Astle was New Zealand's top run scorer in the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup, a quadrangular tournament that included India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Nathan Astle followed that with 92 against India, a match which New Zealand lost.

Although, New Zealand did not progress to the finals, Nathan Astle ended up as the fourth-most prolific run scorer with 218 runs at an average of 72.66.

Nathan Astle was equally successful with the ball as he captured seven wickets at an average of 15.00.

Nathan Astle passed Martin Crowe's record number of one-day hundreds for New Zealand during the tournament.

Nathan Astle made scores exceeding 60 in four consecutive matches and was ultimately named "man of the series".

Nathan Astle performed well in the subsequent series' such as the Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy and the home series against South Africa accumulating close to 600 runs.

Although, Nathan Astle was consistent till 1999, he failed in the 1999 Cricket World Cup that took place in England.

Nathan Astle managed just 79 runs in nine matches at an average of 8.77.

Nathan Astle made a strong comeback in the ODI series against Pakistan, scoring 240 runs.

Nathan Astle took 168 balls hitting 28 fours and 11 sixes before being the last man to be dismissed.

Nathan Astle made a remarkable comeback to the 2003 World Cup after disastrous performances in the previous two editions that appeared.

Nathan Astle scored a century, second in World Cups, against Zimbabwe and finished the tournament with 213 runs from seven matches at an average of 42.60.

New Zealand won the tournament and Nathan Astle was adjudged "player of the match".

Nathan Astle scored 118 not out at Christchurch, and ended up as New Zealand's leading run scorer of the tournament.

Nathan Astle cited lack of motivation and his "patchy form" in the recent matches as reasons for retiring.

Nathan Astle played his last One-Day International on 23 January 2007 against England at the Adelaide Oval.

Nathan Astle has been described as the best ODI batsman New Zealand has ever produced.

Nathan Astle took up Auto racing in early 2010, competing predominantly at Woodford Glen Speedway, Christchurch, driving a Modified.

Nathan Astle was named New Zealand's "One-Day International Batsman of the Year" in 2006.

In 2009, Nathan Astle announced his intentions to make a career of coaching, and was appointed the head coach role of the Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club, a senior club in the Christchurch Metropolitan league, playing under the Canterbury Cricket Association.