Nathan Astle to retire today

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 26th January 2007, 19:59

Originally Posted by alexthekidd

Just heard on news that NZ Black Cap Nathan Astle is set to announce is retirement today. Anyones thoughts on this? I certainly wasn't expecting this until after the world cup but with his recent show of form...

bout time... maybe we will get a decent replacement....

**slowpoke** · 26th January 2007, 22:08

I don't give a rats about cricket, other than working on an Australian facility during cricket season is bloody torture.....

**cowpoos** · 26th January 2007, 22:12

Originally Posted by slowpoke

I don't give a rats about cricket, other than working on an Australian facility during cricket season is bloody torture.....

would hav been a tense evening when the kiwis bet the wallibies in league eh!! lol

**Sparky Bills** · 26th January 2007, 22:32

Good luck to him i say!

NZ cricket is losing a very important player there.

Great batsman, and a great feilder too!

**alexthekidd** · 26th January 2007, 22:38

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

Good luck to him i say!

NZ cricket is losing a very important player there.

Great batsman, and a great feilder too!

Hmmm too bad he had to have a slump jsut before the WC, guess he's just had enough

I must say though that Lou Vincent is a better fielder than Astle, but nothing on him in the batting department, just seems NZ is not only unable to produce batting alrounders (as Hitcher pointed out) but we also seem unable to produce two opening batsmen. How many different pairs must we try before we find our Hayden/Gilchrist opening combination?

**Sparky Bills** · 26th January 2007, 22:50

Originally Posted by alexthekidd

Hmmm too bad he had to have a slump jsut before the WC, guess he's just had enough

I must say though that Lou Vincent is a better fielder than Astle, but nothing on him in the batting department, just seems NZ is not only unable to produce batting alrounders (as Hitcher pointed out) but we also seem unable to produce two opening batsmen. How many different pairs must we try before we find our Hayden/Gilchrist opening combination?

Lou is good, but thats another story.

Astle has served NZ cricket very well in the past. Lets not start putting him down because of a couple bad games. We all have them.
I had his video "Master Blaster" a little while ago. Was great watching!
Him at his best!

**alexthekidd** · 26th January 2007, 23:36

was that the one where he hit the 222? that was B-E-A-utiful

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