Nathan Astle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nathan Astle

New Zealand cricketer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1971

Place of Birth: Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Nathan John Astle (born 15 September 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game.
A right handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI), while batting in the middle order in Test matches.
In a career that spanned 12 years, Astle played 81 Tests and 223 ODIs accumulating 4,702 and 7,090 runs respectively.
As of 2013, he is New Zealand's second-most prolific run scorer.
Astle collected 154 wickets with his medium-paced bowling at the international level.
He holds two records – scoring the fastest double century in Test cricket and the second highest individual score in the fourth innings of a Test match.
Both the records were achieved when he made 222 against England in Christchurch in 2002.[1] Astle has played County Cricket in England for Derbyshire, Durham and Nottinghamshire and for Canterbury in New Zealand.
He was also a footballer who represented Rangers A.F.C.
and good at Auto racing.