India, March 16 -- New Zealand have produced several natural batting talents over a period of time, with Martin Crowe being the pioneer of it. Stephen Fleming, Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor carried that legacy forward, and Kane Williamson took it to another level. However, a few players remained under the radar and one such was Nathan Astle who scored 4702 runs in ODIs and 7090 in Tests.

The swashbuckling batter retired from international cricket in 2007, but he still holds an incredible record for the fastest double century in Test cricket history - 153 balls. It was one of the iconic knocks in Test cricket history, which went in a losing cause. It was exactly 23 years from today when Astle went all guns blazing in the second innings...