Nathan Astle was named The National Bank New Zealand Player of the Year at the New Zealand Cricket awards dinner this evening. The award is in addition to the International Cricketer of the Year ...

CHRISTCHURCH, April 5: Nathan Astle, whose cavalier batting lit up his country’s Tests against Australia and England during the 2001-02 season, was named New Zealand Player of the Year at an ...

Through the first few years of the 21st century, Nathan Astle was one of the key players of the New Zealand team. He led from the front with his batting and his contributions on the field were key ...

Nathan Astle's heroics had the whole cricket world ... "Relief was etched deep on the weary faces of the England players as they danced around the middle of Lancaster Park and hugged each other ...

Nathan Astle can be categorised as one of the best opener of his time. Astle has scored most ODI centuries (16) for a New Zealand player. The 44-year-old has 16 centuries to his name in ODIs ...

However, a few players remained under the radar and one such was Nathan Astle who scored 4702 runs in ODIs and 7090 in Tests.

Nathan Astle has retired from international cricket ... I needed to go as soon as possible to make way for another player. I don't believe it would have been fair on my team mates to hold on." ...

Nathan Astle is the first New Zealand player recruited by the American Premier League, world cricket's latest Twenty20 tournament, it was reported today. Astle is one of eight former ...

Nathan Astle smashed a sublime hundred in the 1996 WC opener against England, but there's a wonderful story behind his preparations for the match. © Getty The ...

On this day, Nathan Astle played one of the most ferocious ... With the 11 maximums during his knock, he is still amongst the list of elite players who have scored 10-plus sixes in a Test innings.