Famous Cricketers No 79 - Richard Hadlee

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 4i John Player League 75 11 250 14 3-16 17.85 - Benson and Hedges Cup 53.3 11 162 9 3-39 18.00 - Season (6b) 128.3 22 412 23 3-16 17.91 - Career (6b) 969.5 180 } 3426 192 6-12 17.84 9 (8b) 122.6 11 1982/83 (part 1) Both Shell Cup games were lost but Hadlee returned impressive figures of 8-3-13-2 against Auckland. However, with the exception of R.M.Carter, the Northamptonshire medium pacer, he lacked support. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 133. Canterbury v Central Districts, Rangiora, December 30 (Central Districts won by four wickets) c D.C.Aberhart b G.K.Robertson 4 139-6 6 0 32 0 140-6 134. Canterbury v Auckland, No 2 Ground, Eden Park, January 4 (Auckland won by seven wickets) c W.P.Fowler b M.C.Snedden 13 150 8 3 13 2 T.J.Franklin c A.W.Hart 151-3 J.J.Crowe lbw SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 2 0 17 13 8.50 - - - Career 134 113 24 1981 100* 22.25 1 5 41 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 4i Other matches 14 3 45 2 2-13 22.50 - Career (6b) 983.5 183 } 3471 194 6-12 17.89 9 (8b) 122.6 11 1982/83 - New Zealand in Australia In the Benson and Hedges World Cup Series, a wonderful partnership between Hadlee (79) and Jeremy Coney (47*) gave New Zealand a memorable win over England at Adelaide. This pair put on 121 in only 110 balls for the sixth wicket and New Zealand went on to make the 297 required for victory. Hadlee faced 64 balls and hit one six and five fours in an innings lasting 74 minutes. A hamstring injury suffered by Hadlee in the game against Australia at Perth kept him out of the best of three finals. This was a grievous blow to his side and New Zealand, not surprisingly, lost both at Sydney and Melbourne for Australia to take the Cup. Before the Benson and Hedges series, Hadlee scored 117 in just 68 balls in a one-day game against Geelong and Districts. On the last occasion he played there he was regarded as the villain by an angry crowd but now he was the hero after a brilliant innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 135. NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, January 9 (Australia won by eight wickets) run out 24 181 9.4 2 36 0 182-2 136. NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND, Melbourne, January 13 (New Zealand won by 2 runs) c I.T.Botham b R.G.D.Willis24 239-8 10 1 37 1 D.I.Gower c G.M.Turner 237-8 137. NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND, Brisbane, January 15 (England won by 54 runs) b R.G.D.Willis 21 213 10 1 44 2 A.J.Lamb c B.L.Cairns 267-6 I.T.Botham c P.N.Webb 113