Famous Cricketers No 79 - Richard Hadlee

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 7 8 1 163 44* 23.28 - - 3 Other Notts match 1 1 0 68 68 68.00 - 1 1 Season 8 9 1 231 68 28.87 - 1 4 Career 123 170 32 3131 103 22.68 2 12 53 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 174 62 342 23 5-32 14.86 1 - Other Notts match 48.1 20 68 6 3-29 11.33 - - Season (6b) 222.1 82 410 29 5-32 14.13 1 - Career (6b) 1853.2 481 } 10590 481 7-23 22.01 24 5 (8b) 1586.6 231 1980/81 - New Zealand in Australia In the second first-class match of the tour, against Queensland at Brisbane, Hadlee was in splendid all-round form but the New Zealanders were unable to force a victory. Rescuing his side in the first innings and then putting his team in a strong position in the second, Hadlee made scores of 48 and 103; his century included three sixes and fourteen fours in just 99 minutes, and his stand with Jeremy Coney (96) put on 159 for the seventh wicket. He also gave the Queensland batsmen plenty to think about as he returned figures of 5 for 61 as the state were dismissed for 203 in the first innings. In a sudden burst, Hadlee took three wickets in six balls, dismissing Greg Ritchie, Trevor Hohns and Greg Chappell, all without scoring. Australia won both the First and Second Tests by wide margins, but Hadlee displayed fine form in these games, taking ten wickets and at Brisbane making a defiant 51 not out in the second innings as Dennis Lillee (6-53) sent the Kiwis packing. At Perth Hadlee returned match figures of 7 for 107 and dismissed Graeme Wood, Australia’s opening batsman, for a pair, but Lillee, once again, disposed of New Zealand (196) on the first day, taking 5 for 63 and 7 for 77 in the match. New Zealand performed much better in an exciting Third Test at Melbourne. Australia, with a first innings lead of just four, found Hadlee (6-57) a handful when they batted again and their fortunes declined from 111 for 2 to 188 all out. Hadlee finished their second innings by taking three wickets with his last four balls, thus giving him the best match (9-146) and series (19 wickets at 19.15 each) figures for New Zealand in Tests against Australia. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 124. New Zealanders v Victoria, Melbourne, October 31, November (1), 2, 3 (New Zealanders won by eight wickets) did not bat - 167-4d 26 7 52 1 G.N.Yallop b 195-5d did not bat - 196-2 10 3 14 1 D.F.Whatmore b 167-6d 125. New Zealanders v Queensland, Brisbane, November 14, 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c A.R.Border b G.S.Chappell 48 193 26 6 61 5 K.C.Wessels b 203 R.B.Phillips c W.K.Lees G.M.Ritchie c J.M.Parker T.V.Hohns hit wkt G.S.Chappell c J.M.Parker c A.R.Border b G.Dymock 103 461-8d 20 1 76 1 M.F.Kent c J.V.Coney 323-6 1 126. NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 28, 29, 30 (Australia won by ten wickets) c R.W.Marsh b J.D.Higgs 10 225 37 8 83 3 K.J.Hughes c J.G.Wright 305 R.W.Marsh b G.F.Lawson c sub (S.L.Boock) not out 51 142 6 0 28 0 63-0 127. NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA, Perth, December 12, 13, 14 (Australia won by eight wickets) c K.J.Hughes b L.S.Pascoe 23 196 27 8 87 5 G.M.Wood c J.G.Bracewell 265 1 K.J.Hughes c W.K.Lees K.D.Walters c J.V.Coney R.W.Marsh c J.V.Coney D.K.Lillee c and b 33