Full name Richard John Hadlee
Born July 3, 1951, St Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 69 years 208 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Marylebone Cricket Club, New Zealand Invitation XI, Nottinghamshire, Tasmania
Also known as Sir Richard Hadlee
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Commentator
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education Christchurch Boys' High School
Relation Father - WA Hadlee, Wife - K Hadlee, Brother - BG Hadlee, Brother - DR Hadlee
In a nutshell The finest cricketer New Zealand has produced, Richard Hadlee was a bowler of devastating control and intelligence: the first to 400 Test wickets; and one of the four great allrounders of the 1980s. More
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 86 | 134 | 19 | 3124 | 151* | 27.16 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 39 | 0 | ||
ODIs | 115 | 98 | 17 | 1751 | 79 | 21.61 | 2319 | 75.50 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | |
First-class | 342 | 473 | 93 | 12052 | 210* | 31.71 | 14 | 59 | 198 | 0 | |||
List A | 317 | 271 | 56 | 5241 | 100* | 24.37 | 1 | 16 | 100 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 86 | 150 | 21918 | 9611 | 431 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 22.29 | 2.63 | 50.8 | 25 | 36 | 9 |
ODIs | 115 | 112 | 6182 | 3407 | 158 | 5/25 | 5/25 | 21.56 | 3.30 | 39.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
First-class | 342 | 26998 | 1490 | 9/52 | 18.11 | 102 | 18 | ||||||
List A | 317 | 16188 | 8553 | 454 | 6/12 | 6/12 | 18.83 | 3.17 | 35.6 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Feb 2-5, 1973 scorecard |
Last Test | England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 5-10, 1990 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v New Zealand at The Oval, May 25, 1990 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1971/72 - 1990 |
List A span | 1971/72 - 1990 |
Few players in the history of cricket have carried the fortunes of their team to quite the same extent as Richard Hadlee. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1990, at the age of 39 and with a knighthood newly conferred upon him for his services to the game, Hadlee had cemented his place as one of the great fast bowlers of all time, and lifted New Zealand to unprecedented feats in the Test arena.
Don Cameron on Hadlee
He was New Zealand's greatest bowler and the first Test cricketer to be knighted while still active, but at home he didn't get the adulation his stature demanded
Stats analysis
For a team starved of match-winning fast bowlers, Hadlee was a godsend
Knighted for services to cricket 1990
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1982
Tasmania First-Class Career Span: 1979-80