Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard Hadlee

Personal information

Full name

Richard John Hadlee

Born

3 July 1951 (age 65)
St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand

Nickname

Paddles, Sir Paddles

Height

6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Batting style

Left-handed batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm fast

Role

All-rounder, Selector

Relations

Walter Hadlee (father)
Barry Hadlee (brother)
Dayle Hadlee (brother)

International information

National side

New Zealand

Test debut (cap 127)

2 February 1973 v Pakistan

Last Test

5 July 1990 v England

ODI debut (cap 6)

11 February 1973 v Pakistan

Last ODI

25 May 1990 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1971–1989

Canterbury

1978–1987

Nottinghamshire

1979–1980

Tasmania

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	86	115	342	318
Runs scored	3124	1751	12052	5241
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	21918	6182	67518	16188
Wickets	431	158	1490	454
Bowling average	22.29	21.56	18.11	18.83
5 wickets in innings	36	5	102	8
10 wickets in match	9	n/a	18	n/a
Best bowling	9/52	5/25	9/52	6/12
Catches/stumpings	39/0	27/0	198/0	100/0

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 September 2007

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

Hadlee was appointed MBE in 1980 and knighted in 1990 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, Sir Richard Hadlee was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Sir Richard is the most prominent member of the Hadlee cricket playing family. After which, he became a selector.

Richard is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand. He was born on 3 July 1951 at St Albans, Christchurch and had a cricket club named after him

A bowling all-rounder, in an 86-Test career he took 431 wickets (at the time the world record), and was the first bowler to pass 400 wickets, with an average of 22.29, and made 3124 Test runs at 27.16, including two centuries and 15 fifties.

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