List of international cricket centuries by Nathan Astle

Nathan Astle batting against Australia
Astle 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 International (ODI) matches on 11 and 16 occasions, respectively.[a] Described by BBC Sport as "one of the best one-day batsmen New Zealand has ever produced",[2][3] Astle is the fourth-highest run-scorer for his country in international cricket.[4]

Astle made his ODI debut against the West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland, in January 1995.[2] 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.[5] He scored his second World Cup century when he made 102 against Zimbabwe in the 2003 tournament.[6] His highest score of 145 not out was made against the United States in the 2004 Champions Trophy.[7] In ODIs, Astle scored the most (five) centuries against India. He ended up in the nineties on nine occasions,[b] 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.[2] The same year he was picked up for the West Indies tour in which he scored back-to-back hundreds.[10] His highest score of 222 (off 168 balls) was made against England at the Jade Stadium, Christchurch, in 2002.[3] In the course of the innings, he set two records—fastest double-century scored in Test cricket,[c] and the second-highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match.[d] Astle played four Twenty20 International matches between 2005 and 2006 without scoring a century.[10] His highest score in the format was 40 not out.[10]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† 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[12]
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 114 † 128  India 2 1 89.06 Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Away 26 November 1995 Won [13]
2 120 † 137  Zimbabwe 2 1 87.59 Eden Park, Auckland Home 28 January 1996 Won [14]
3 101 † 132  England 2 1 76.51 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Neutral 14 February 1996 Won [15]
4 117 † 132  Pakistan 2 1 88.63 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Neutral 9 May 1997 Won [16]
5 104* † 137  Zimbabwe 2 2 75.91 McLean Park, Napier Home 6 March 1998 Won [17]
6 100* † 126  South Africa 2 2 79.36 Eden Park, Auckland Home 20 February 1999 Won [18]
7 120 † 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 † 116  Pakistan 2 2 102.58 Carisbrook, Dunedin Home 28 February 2001 Won [21]
10 117 † 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* † 150  England 2 2 81.33 Carisbrook, Dunedin Home 26 February 2002 Won [24]
13 102* † 122  Zimbabwe 3 2 83.60 Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein Neutral 8 March 2003 Won [25]
14 145* † 151  USA 2 1 96.02 Kennington Oval, London Neutral 10 September 2004 Won [26]
15 115* † 131  India 2 2 87.78 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral 6 September 2005 Won [27]
16 118* † 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[29]
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 [30]
2 103  West Indies 5 2 2/2 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Away 27 April 1996 Drawn [31]
3 102* †  England 6 3 1/3 Eden Park, Auckland Home 24 January 1997 Drawn [32]
4 114  Zimbabwe 5 2 2/2 Eden Park, Auckland Home 26 February 1998 Won [33]
5 101  England 4 2 3/4 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 5 August 1999 Drawn [34]
6 141  Zimbabwe 5 1 1/1 Basin Reserve, Wellington Home 26 December 2000 Drawn [35]
7 156*  Australia 5 1 3/3 WACA Ground, Perth Away 30 November 2001 Drawn [36]
8 222  England 5 4 1/3 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Home 13 March 2002 Lost [37]
9 103  India 5 2 1/2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 8 October 2003 Drawn [38]
10 114  Sri Lanka 5 1 1/2 McLean Park, Napier Home 4 April 2005 Drawn [39]
11 128  Zimbabwe 5 2 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 15 August 2005 Won [40]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ His 27 centuries are the third-highest by a New Zealander in international cricket.[1]
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ He reached his double-century in 153 balls and it is the fastest double-century in terms of number of balls faced.[3][10]
  4. ^ George Headley holds the record for the highest total with 223 runs which was scored in a timeless Test.[11]
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