Top 10 New Zealand batsmen of all time

#8 Nathan Astle

Nathan Astle was a fearsome prospect at the top of the order

Nathan Astle was a mainstay of the New Zealand batting line-up in both Tests and ODIs for little more than a decade, during which he played a number of memorable innings for his country.

An attacking batsman who loved to take on the opposition, he was particularly successful in the shorter format of the game, notching up 16 hundreds in 223 games. His tally of 16 ODI hundreds is the second highest among New Zealand batsmen.

In 81 Tests, he scored 4702 runs and also reached three figures on 11 occasions. His most famous innings is the 153 ball 222 he scored against England at Christchurch in 2002. It remains the fastest double hundred in Test cricket.