who holds the record of the fastest double century in world cricket????

Answer 1

FASTEST DOUBLE CENTURIES
1. NZ Nathan Astle 222(153)
2. SA Herschelle Gibbs 228(211)
3. AUS Adam Gilchrist 204*(212)
4. ENG Ian Botham 208 (220)
5. IND Virenda Sehwag 228* (222)
6. SL PA de Silva 206 (229)
7. ENG GrahamThorpe 200* (231)
8. WI Gordon Greenidge 214*(232)
9. WI Clive Lloyd 242* (240)

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Answer 2

1. NZ Nathan Astle 222(153)
2. SA Herschelle Gibbs 228(211)
3. AUS Adam Gilchrist 204*(212)
4. ENG Ian Botham 208 (220)
5. IND Virenda Sehwag 228* (222)
6. SL PA de Silva 206 (229)
7. ENG GrahamThorpe 200* (231)
8. WI Gordon Greenidge 214*(232)
9. WI Clive Lloyd 242* (240)

Nathan Astle from NZ made his double century on the fourth day of the first Test against England.

He was finally out for 222 with 28 fours and 11 sixes, including three in a row off Andrew Caddick, as New Zealand, set 550 to win, eventually succumbed for 451 to give England victory by 98 runs.

Answer 3

As on date, in Test Cricket, Nathan Astle scored the fasted double century for New Zealand against England at Christchurch(New Zealand) during the 2001-02 season. He reached the milestone against the English bowling attack in only 153 balls that he faced.

In Test Cricket the following are the fastest double centuries in ascending order.

Fastest double centuries:

Please read statistics as
Balls, Batsman(Score), Countries, Venue, Season

153 NJ Astle (222) NZ v Eng Christchurch 2001-02
211 HH Gibbs (228) SA v Pak Cape Town 2002-03
212 AC Gilchrist (204*) Aus v SA Johannesbrug 2001-02
220 IT Botham (208) Eng v Ind The Oval 1982
222 V Sehwag (228*) Ind v Pak Multan 2003-04
229 PA de Silva (206) SL v BD Colombo PSS 2002-03
231 GP Thorpe (200*) Eng v NZ Christchurch 2001-02
232 CG Greenidge (214*) WI v Eng Lord's 1984
240 CH Lloyd (242*) WI v Ind Mumbai 1974-75

Answer 4

Nathan Astel of New Zealand holds the record for scoring the fastest double hundred in a test innings when he slaughtered the English bowling in early 2002 scoring the 200 runs in just 153 balls.

Answer 5

Nathan Astle Holds the record followed by Virender Sehwag

Answer 6

Nathan Astle

Answer 7

Nathan Astel

Answer 8

Nathan John Astle (born September 15, 1971 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is currently one of the senior members of the side. He is an attacking batsman who likes to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He has also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced (222 vs England in Jade Stadium, Christchurch 2002, the double hundred coming in a remarkable innings of just 168 balls, with the double-century coming after only 153 balls).

He has 15 ODI Centuries and 37 ODI Fifties to his name and is the second highest run-scorer of all time in One Day Internationals for New Zealand. His highest ODI score of 145* was recorded against relative minnows USA although he has won several matches for his country against countries with full Test match status. He has played County Cricket in England for Derbyshire, Durham and Nottinghamshire and plays for Canterbury in New Zealand.

On 31st May 2006, Lancashire announced that Astle would be an short term overseas replacement for Australian International Brad Hodge in the month of July.

Astle is also an occasional partnership-breaking medium pace bowler and a competent fielder. He may be a certain selection, but his laid-back attitude means he has never been considered for the captaincy, despite his seniority. He began at Canterbury as a no-account batsman and the most parsimonious of medium-paced bowlers; albeit his batting developed quickly. After becoming a free-scoring one-day player Astle was turned by the national coach Glenn Turner into a first-rate Test top-order batsman, with consecutive hundreds in West Indies in 1995-96.

Nathan Astle passed Martin Crowe's record number of one-day hundreds for New Zealand (4) during the 1997-1998 summer. When Astle raised his bat to celebrate his century against Zimbabwe at the 2003 World Cup, it was his 13th hundred for New Zealand. Unsurprisingly, he also holds the record for most runs scored in one-day cricket by a New Zealander. Unfortunately, Astle has been increasingly inhibited by a knee complaint and, following the World Cup, will be following fellow player Chris Cairns down the path of surgery and rehabilitation during 2003.

During the 2005 Chappell-Hadlee Series and the preceding tour to South Africa Astle incurred criticism, along with fellow Black Caps Craig McMillan, Hamish Marshall and James Marshall, from the media for a slump in form. [1] [2]

As of December 23 2005, Astle has been dropped from the national team [3]. He now intends to re-evaluate his batting style in the hopes of being re-selected in future [4].

He returned in 2006, for the home series against the West Indies. He returned to form, and was New Zealands leading run scorer in the ODI's.

Answer 9

Nathan Astle of New Zealand. He did so in 153 balls

Answer 10

Nathan astel