Todd Astle

Todd Astle
Personal information
Full name Todd Duncan Astle
Born (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Leg break googly
Role Bowling All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 257) 25 November 2012 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 17 November 2016 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 193) 20 December 2017 v West Indies
Last ODI 26 December 2017 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 60
T20I debut (cap 68) 15 January 2016 v Pakistan
Last T20I 17 January 2016 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no. 60
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 2 3 2 110
Runs scored 38 64 1 4,101
Batting average 12.66 64.00 1.00 25.95
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/21
Top score 38 49 1 195
Balls bowled 210 96 24 17,529
Wickets 1 5 0 313
Bowling average 109.00 17.75 - 31.61
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 12
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 2
Best bowling 1/56 3/33 - 8/148
Catches/stumpings 2/0 2/– 86/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2017

Todd Duncan Astle (born 24 September 1986) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand national cricket team. Domestically, he plays for Canterbury. He was born in Palmerston North. He is the son of Alec Astle who played first-class cricket fleetingly for Central Districts in the late 1970s.

Domestic career

Todd was an overseas professional for Aberdeenshire C.C. for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, starring with bat and ball.[1] The club had a historic season in 2009, winning the SNCL Premier League and the Scottish Cup.[2][3]

International career

He made his Test debut for the Blackcaps against Sri Lanka on 25 November 2012. He scored 35 runs in the second innings in a key partnership with Ross Taylor of 107. He took his first wicket also in the second innings by removing Prasanna Jayawardene.[4]

He made his Twenty20 International debut for New Zealand against Pakistan on 15 January 2016.[5]

In October 2017, he was named in New Zealand's One Day Internationals (ODI) squad for their series against India.[6] However, ahead of ODI series, he was ruled out due to an injury.[7] He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 20 December 2017.[8]

In March 2018, he was named in New Zealand's Test squad for their series against England, replacing Mitchell Santner, who was ruled out due to injury.[9]

In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket.[10] It was the first time he was awarded a central contract.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Overseas Players". Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Dons do double by D_L". CricketScotland. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Lloyds TSB Scotland League Premier Division 2009". CricketScotland. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka v New Zealand 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 1st T20I: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Jan 15, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Phillips and Astle picked in updated New Zealand squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sodhi replaces injured Astle in New Zealand squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "1st ODI, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Whangarei, Dec 20 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Santner ruled out for six to nine months". International Cricket Council. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Todd Astle bags his first New Zealand contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Todd Astle handed central contract for the first time". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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