Nathan Astle retires

Nathan Astle has rather surprisingly announced his immediate retirement from international cricket, a la Damien Martyn.

We're not going to write too much about Nathan Astle here, because - without wishing to give too much away - he turns up in a post next week. Suffice to say that Nathan Astle was frequently mediocre, occasionally brilliant and on one occasion, he looked down on 'flawless' with barely-concealed contempt.