List of international cricket centuries by Nathan Astle

Nathan Astle batting against Australia
Astle (striker) batting against Australia during the first match of the 2005–06 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy.

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 Internationals (ODI) on 11 and 16 occasions respectively. Described by BBC Sport as "[a]n attacking opener in one-day cricket" and "one of the best one-day batsmen New Zealand has ever produced",[1][2] Astle is the second-highest run-scorer for his country in international cricket.[3]

Astle made his ODI debut against the West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland in January 1995.[1] His first century came the same year against India at the Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur. Opening the batting, Astle made 114 runs from 128 balls in a match which New Zealand won. He followed that with another century in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, against England. Astle's match-winning innings of 119 against Pakistan finds a mention in the 100 best ODI innings of all-time by Wisden in 2002.[4] He scored his second century in World Cup, this time against Zimbabwe in the 2003 tournament.[5] His highest ODI total of 145 not out was achieved against the United States during the 2004 Champions Trophy.[6] In ODIs Astle was most successful against India making five centuries.[7] Astle ended up in the nineties on nine occasions,[lower-alpha 1] including twice where he remained not out.[9]

Astle made his Test debut against Zimbabwe in 1996, a year after he started playing international cricket.[1] Later that year, when he was picked up for the West Indies tour where he scored back-to-back hundreds.[10] His highest score was recorded against England at the Jade Stadium, Christchurch in 2002 when he made 222 from 168 balls.[2] In the course of the innings, he set two records—fastest double-century scored in Test cricket,[lower-alpha 2] and the second-highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match.[lower-alpha 3] As of August 2015, he has the most centuries for New Zealand in international cricket.[12] Astle played four Twenty20 International matches between 2005 and 2006, without recording a century.[10] His highest score in the format was 40 not out.[10]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
dagger Man of the match
Balls Balls faced
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (New Zealand), away or neutral
Date Match starting day
Lost 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 Astle
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 114 dagger 128  India 2 1 89.06 Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Away 26 November 1995 Won [13]
2 120 dagger 137  Zimbabwe 2 1 87.59 Eden Park, Auckland Home 28 January 1996 Won [14]
3 101 dagger 132  England 2 1 76.51 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Neutral 14 February 1996 Won [15]
4 117 dagger 132  Pakistan 2 1 88.63 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Neutral 9 May 1997 Won [16]
5 104* dagger 137  Zimbabwe 2 2 75.91 McLean Park, Napier Home 6 March 1998 Won [17]
6 100* dagger 126  South Africa 2 2 79.36 Eden Park, Auckland Home 20 February 1999 Won [18]
7 120 dagger 136  India 2 1 88.23 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Away 5 November 1999 Won [19]
8 104 128  Australia 1 1 81.25 McLean Park, Napier Home 1 March 2000 Lost [20]
9 119 dagger 116  Pakistan 2 2 102.58 Carisbrook, Dunedin Home 28 February 2001 Won [21]
10 117 dagger 150  India 2 1 78.00 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral 20 July 2001 Won [22]
11 108 143  India 2 1 75.52 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Neutral 2 August 2001 Lost [23]
12 122* dagger 150  England 2 2 81.33 Carisbrook, Dunedin Home 26 February 2002 Won [24]
13 102* dagger 122  Zimbabwe 3 2 83.60 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Neutral 8 March 2003 Won [25]
14 145* dagger 151  USA 2 1 96.02 Kennington Oval, London Neutral 10 September 2004 Won [26]
15 115* dagger 131  India 2 2 87.78 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral 6 September 2005 Won [27]
16 118* dagger 126  West Indies 3 1 93.65 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Home 25 February 2006 Won [28]

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries scored by Nathan Astle
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 125  West Indies 4 3 1/2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Away 19 April 1996 Lost [29]
2 103  West Indies 5 2 2/2 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Away 27 April 1996 Drawn [30]
3 102* dagger  England 6 3 1/3 Eden Park, Auckland Home 24 January 1997 Drawn [31]
4 114  Zimbabwe 5 2 2/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home 26 February 1998 Won [32]
5 101  England 4 2 3/4 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 5 August 1999 Drawn [33]
6 141  Zimbabwe 5 1 1/1 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 26 December 2000 Drawn [34]
7 156*  Australia 5 1 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 30 November 2001 Drawn [35]
8 222  England 5 4 1/3 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Home 13 March 2002 Lost [36]
9 103  India 5 2 1/2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 8 October 2003 Drawn [37]
10 114  Sri Lanka 5 1 1/2 McLean Park, Napier Home 4 April 2005 Drawn [38]
11 128  Zimbabwe 5 2 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 15 August 2005 Won [39]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ He is next only to Sachin Tendulkar and joint second with Grant Flower and Aravinda de Silva in the list of players who ended up in the nineties.[8]
  2. ↑ Fastest in terms of number of balls faced. He reached his double-century in 153 balls.[2][10]
  3. ↑ George Headley holds the record for the highest total with 223 runs which was scored in a timeless Test.[11]
References
  1. 1 2 3 "New Zealand profiles — Nathan Astle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cricket World Cup 2003 – Nathan Astle". BBC Sport. 27 December 2002. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most runs in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Top 100 Innings of all time". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Records / World Cup / List of hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "ODI Career Highest Individual Scores: New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / NJ Astle / One-Day Internationals / Runs scored: greater than or equal to 100". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most nineties in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / NJ Astle / One-Day Internationals / Batting analysis / View innings by innings list / Runs scored between 90 and 99". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Cameron, Don. "Players / New Zealand / Nathan Astle". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Lynch, Steven (3 September 2007). "The youngest one-day player, and the most defeats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Records / New Zealand / Test matches / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "5th ODI: India v New Zealand at Nagpur, Nov 26, 1995 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "1st ODI: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Auckland, Jan 28, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "1st Match: England v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Feb 14, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "1st Match: New Zealand v Pakistan at Mohali, May 9, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "4th ODI: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Mar 6, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  18. ↑ "3rd ODI: New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, Feb 20, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  19. ↑ "1st ODI: India v New Zealand at Rajkot, Nov 5, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "5th ODI: New Zealand v Australia at Napier, Mar 1, 2000 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "5th ODI: New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, Feb 28, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "2nd Match: India v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), Jul 20, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "9th Match: India v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), Aug 2, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "5th ODI: New Zealand v England at Dunedin, Feb 26, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  25. ↑ "3rd Super: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, Mar 8, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "2nd Match: New Zealand v United States of America at The Oval, Sep 10, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "Final: India v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 6, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "3rd ODI: New Zealand v West Indies at Christchurch, Feb 25, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  29. ↑ "1st Test: West Indies v New Zealand at Bridgetown, Apr 19–23, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  30. ↑ "2nd Test: West Indies v New Zealand at St John's, Apr 27 – May 2, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  31. ↑ "1st Test: New Zealand v England at Auckland, Jan 24–28, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  32. ↑ "2nd Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Auckland, Feb 26–28, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  33. ↑ "3rd Test: England v New Zealand at Manchester, Aug 5–9, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  34. ↑ "Only Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Wellington, Dec 26–30, 2000 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  35. ↑ "3rd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  36. ↑ "1st Test: New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Mar 13–16, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  37. ↑ "1st Test: India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Oct 8–12, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  38. ↑ "1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Apr 4–8, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  39. ↑ "2nd Test: Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Aug 15–17, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
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