Famous Cricketers No 79 - Richard Hadlee

1983/84 In the one-day internationals against England, Hadlee returned figures of 5 for 32 at Christchurch but the tourists still won this game by 54 runs. On the domestic front, an analysis of 10-1-16-2 in the Shell Cup game against Auckland enabled Canterbury to win this match despite the efforts of Mark Greatbatch (75) for the visitors. With the scores level the South Island side won this game by virtue of losing less wickets. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 161. Canterbury v Auckland, Christchurch, December 26 (Canterbury won by losing fewer wickets) b S.R.Tracy 18 182-7 10 1 16 2 P.N.Webb lbw 182-9 J.F.Reid lbw 162. Canterbury v Northern Districts, Ashburton, January 3 (Canterbury won by five wickets) did not bat - 181-5 10 0 35 1 M.J.E.Wright c R.T.Latham 180 163. Canterbury v Central Districts, Wanganui, January 29 (Central Districts won by two wickets) run out 23 175 10 2 25 2 P.S.Briasco c D.W.Stead 179-8 1 M.D.Crowe c T.E.Blain 164. NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND, Christchurch, February 18 (England won by 54 runs) c D.I.Gower b V.J.Marks 23 134 10 2 32 5 D.I.Gower c J.J.Crowe 188-9 A.J.Lamb c G.K.Robertson D.W.Randall c B.L.Cairns I.T.Botham c I.D.S.Smith M.W.Gatting b 165. NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND, Wellington, February 22 (England won by six wickets) c D.W.Randall b N.A.Foster 21 135 10 2 31 2 C.L.Smith b 139-4 I.T.Botham b 166. NEW ZEALAND, ENGLAND, Auckland, February 25 (New Zealand won by seven wickets) did not bat - 210-3 10 2 51 1 C.L.Smith b 209-9 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Internationals 3 2 0 44 23 22.00 - - - Other matches 3 2 0 41 23 20.50 - - 1 Season 6 4 0 85 23 21.25 - - 1 Career 166 139 24 2487 100* 21.62 1 6 51 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 4i Internationals 30 6 114 8 5-32 14.25 1 Other matches 30 3 76 5 2-16 15.20 - Season (6b) 60 9 190 13 5-32 14.61 1 Career (6b) 1278.4 245 } 4350 245 6-12 17.75 11 (8b) 122.6 11 1983/84 - New Zealand in Sri Lanka In the three one-day internationals, two of which were won by New Zealand, Hadlee claimed seven wickets at 9.71 each. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 167. NEW ZEALAND v SRI LANKA, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, March 3 (New Zealand won by 104 runs) c A.Ranatunga b J.R.Ratnayeke 6 234-6 8.3 0 22 3 D.S.de Silva c J.J.Crowe 130 1 R.G.de Alwis c I.D.S.Smith A.L.F.de Mel b 117