Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard John Hadlee MBE (born 3 July 1951) is a New Zealand former cricketer. Hadlee is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, and amongst the very finest fast bowlers.

Sir Richard Hadlee

MBE
Hadlee in March 2011
Personal information
Full name
Richard John Hadlee
Born (1951-07-03) 3 July 1951
St Albans, New Zealand
NicknamePaddles, Sir Paddles
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsWalter Hadlee (father)
Barry Hadlee (brother)
Dayle Hadlee (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 123)2 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last Test5 July 1990 v England
ODI debut (cap 6)11 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last ODI25 May 1990 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72–1988/89Canterbury
1978–1987Nottinghamshire
1979/80Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 86 115 342 318
Runs scored 3,124 1,751 12,052 5,241
Batting average 27.16 21.61 31.71 24.37
100s/50s 2/15 0/4 14/59 1/16
Top score 151* 79 210* 100*
Balls bowled 21,918 6,182 67,518 16,188
Wickets 431 158 1,490 454
Bowling average 22.29 21.56 18.11 18.83
5 wickets in innings 36 5 102 8
10 wickets in match 9 0 18 0
Best bowling 9/52 5/25 9/52 6/12
Catches/stumpings 39/– 27/– 198/– 100/–
Source: CricInfo, 1 September 2007

Hadlee was appointed an MBE in the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours List and knighted in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to cricket. He is a former chairman of the New Zealand board of selectors. In December 2002, he was chosen by Wisden as the second greatest Test bowler of all time. In March 2009, Hadlee was commemorated as one of the Twelve Local Heroes, and a bronze bust of him was unveiled outside the Christchurch Arts Centre.

On 3 April 2009, Hadlee was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He is the most prominent member of the Hadlee cricket playing family.

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