List of international cricket centuries by Nathan Astle
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
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.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
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
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
- ^ His 27 centuries are the third-highest by a New Zealander in international cricket.[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]
- ^ He reached his double-century in 153 balls and it is the fastest double-century in terms of number of balls faced.[3][10]
- ^ George Headley holds the record for the highest total with 223 runs which was scored in a timeless Test.[11]
- References
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- ^ "ODI Career Highest Individual Scores: New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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- ^ a b c d Cameron, Don. "Players / New Zealand / Nathan Astle". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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