List of international cricket centuries by Nathan Astle

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.[lower-alpha 1] 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 batting against Australia during the first match of the 2005–06 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy.

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,[lower-alpha 2] 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,[lower-alpha 3] and the second-highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match.[lower-alpha 4] 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 India2189.06Vidharba Cricket Association Ground, NagpurAway26 November 1995Won[13]
2 120 137 Zimbabwe2187.59Eden Park, AucklandHome28 January 1996Won[14]
3 101 132 England2176.51Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadNeutral14 February 1996Won[15]
4 117 132 Pakistan2188.63Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliNeutral9 May 1997Won[16]
5 104* 137 Zimbabwe2275.91McLean Park, NapierHome6 March 1998Won[17]
6 100* 126 South Africa2279.36Eden Park, AucklandHome20 February 1999Won[18]
7 120 136 India2188.23Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, RajkotAway5 November 1999Won[19]
8 104 128 Australia1181.25McLean Park, NapierHome1 March 2000Lost[20]
9 119 116 Pakistan22102.58Carisbrook, DunedinHome28 February 2001Won[21]
10 117 150 India2178.00R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboNeutral20 July 2001Won[22]
11 108 143 India2175.52Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboNeutral2 August 2001Lost[23]
12 122* 150 England2281.33Carisbrook, DunedinHome26 February 2002Won[24]
13 102* 122 Zimbabwe3283.60Chevrolet Park, BloemfonteinNeutral8 March 2003Won[25]
14 145* 151 USA2196.02Kennington Oval, LondonNeutral10 September 2004Won[26]
15 115* 131 India2287.78Harare Sports Club, HarareNeutral6 September 2005Won[27]
16 118* 126 West Indies3193.65Jade Stadium, ChristchurchHome25 February 2006Won[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 Indies431/2Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway19 April 1996Lost[30]
2 103  West Indies522/2Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, AntiguaAway27 April 1996Drawn[31]
3 102*  England631/3Eden Park, AucklandHome24 January 1997Drawn[32]
4 114  Zimbabwe522/2Eden Park, AucklandHome26 February 1998Won[33]
5 101  England423/4Old Trafford Cricket Ground, ManchesterAway5 August 1999Drawn[34]
6 141  Zimbabwe511/1Basin Reserve, WellingtonHome26 December 2000Drawn[35]
7 156*  Australia513/3WACA Ground, PerthAway30 November 2001Drawn[36]
8 222  England541/3Jade Stadium, ChristchurchHome13 March 2002Lost[37]
9 103  India521/2Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadAway8 October 2003Drawn[38]
10 114  Sri Lanka511/2McLean Park, NapierHome4 April 2005Drawn[39]
11 128  Zimbabwe522/2Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway15 August 2005Won[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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