Sir Richard Hadlee

 

Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE played in 86 test matches for New Zealand over an eighteen year period. When he captured his 374th test wicket on the 12th of November 1988 against India in Bangalore, he became the world record holder. He went on to become one of the greatest all rounders in the history of the game, as he captured 431 test wickets and scored over 3000 test runs.

 

Nickname "Paddles" - a name which was first given to him at intermediate school because of his large feet Born July 3, 1951, in Christchurch New Zealand.

Education Elmwood Primary School Fendalton Primary School Heaton Street Intermediate School Christchurch Boys' High School School Certificate 1968 University Entrance 1969 Cricket Career Canterbury 1971 - 1990 Tasmania 1979 - 1980 Nottinghamshire 1978 - 1987 New Zealand 1972 - 1990

Career Achievements

• Played 86 test matches and 115 one-day internationals
• Captured 431 test wickets (a world record until Kapil Dev of India went beyond)
• Test Bowling Average, 22.29
• Best bowling performance of 9 for 52 against Australia at the Gabba, Brisbane, Australia in 1985-86
• Highest test score of 151 not out against Sri Lanka
• World record 10 wickets in a match 9 times
• World record 5 wickets in a test innings 36 times
• Catches in tests - 38
• Wickets in all first class matches - 1490 at an average of 18.11
• First class runs - 12,052 runs at an average of 31.17
• Highest first class score - 210 not out against Middlesex at Lords in 1984
• In 1984 - completed the rare feat of achieving the English County Double of scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the same season (1179 runs at an average of 51.26 and 117 wickets at an average of 14.06)
• On five occasions - topped the first class bowling averages during the 10 seasons spent in English cricket
• In 1987 - took 97 wickets and scored in excess of 1000 runs during the season
• On 102 occasions - took 5 or more wickets in an innings
• Became the first bowler in test history to capture 400 test wickets. This was achieved at Lancaster Park (Sir Richard's home ground), on 4th February 1990
• Played against all the test playing nations during his career and played in 22 test winning teams
• Took a New Zealand record 33 wickets in a test series v Australia in 1985-86, including 9-52 (15 wickets in the match) and caught the other batsman out, to feature on the scorecard 10 x in an innings in the test at the Gabba
• In 1983 at Christchurch, Sir Richard scored 99 against the Englishmen and captured 8 wickets in the match. The "Poms" could not reach a 100 in either innings and New Zealand won the test in 12 hours and one minute of play

One Day International Statistics

	Matches played	115
	Wickets captured	158
	Bowling average	21.56
	Runs scored	1751
	Batting average	21.61