Richard Hadlee

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Richard Hadlee
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Player information
Surname Richard John Hadlee
Nickname Paddles, sir paddles
Batting style Left-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm almost
Player role All-rounder , selector
International games
National team New Zealand New Zealand
Test debut (cap 127) February 2, 1973 v  PakistanPakistan
Last test 5th July 1990 v  EnglandEngland
ODI debut (cap 6) February 11, 1973 v  PakistanPakistan
Last ODI 25 May 1990 v  EnglandEngland
National teams
Years team
1971-1989 Canterbury
1978-1987 Nottinghamshire
1979-1980 Tasmania
Career statistics
Game form Testing ODIs FC List A
Games 86 115 342 318
Runs (total) 3.124 1751 12,052 5,241
Batting average 27.16 21.61 31.71 24.37
100s / 50s 2/15 0/4 14/59 1/16
Highscore 151 * 79 210 * 100 *
Balls 21,918 6,182 67,518 16,188
Wickets 431 158 1490 454
Bowling Average 22.29 21.56 18.11 18.83
5 wickets in innings 36 5 102 8th
10 wickets in play 9 n / A 18th n / A
Best bowling performance 9/52 5/25 9/52 6/12
Catches / stumpings 39/0 27/0 198/0 100/0
Source: Cricinfo , May 19, 2016

Sir Richard John Hadlee MBE (born July 3, 1951 in Christchurch , New Zealand ) (nickname: "Paddles") is a former New Zealand cricketer . His father Walter Hadlee and his brothers Dayle and Barry Hadlee also played cricket for the New Zealand national team . Richard Hadlee is considered the best all-rounder in the history of New Zealand cricket. A jury from the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack voted him the second best bowler in test cricket history after Muttiah Muralitharan .

Career

Richard Hadlee made his test debut in February 1973 against Pakistan in Wellington. During his career he played 86 test matches for New Zealand in which he scored a total of 3,124 runs and 431 wickets . This makes him one of only nine players who achieved more than 3000 runs and 300 wickets in the cricket test. Hadlee is also the first cricketer to reach 400 test wicks. For this he only needed 79 tests. Hadlee also played 115 One-Day International Matches (ODIs) for New Zealand. In total, he scored 1751 runs and 158 wickets in ODIs. Hadlee also took part in three cricket world championships ( 1975 , 1979 and 1983 ).

Others

Before his last test assignment, which he played against England in Birmingham in July 1990 , he was knighted. He was also named one of New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers . In April 2009, Richard Hadlee was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Murali 'best bowler ever' ( English ) BBC. December 13, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Richard Hadlee - Hall of Famers ( English ) ICC. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b New Zealand / Players / Sir Richard Hadlee ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Arjun Wadhwa: Richard Hadlee inducted into Hall of fame ( English ) Sports Campus. April 3, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hadlee, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hadlee, Richard John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH St Albans , New Zealand