Famous Cricketers No 79 - Richard Hadlee

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 3 1 53 32 26.50 - - - Other match 1 1 0 37 37 37.00 - - - Season 3 4 1 90 37 30.00 - - - Career 333 464 93 11715 210* 31.57 14 56 194 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 82 21 169 5 4-101 33.80 - - Other match 31 11 65 2 1-25 32.50 - - Season (6b) 113 32 234 7 4-101 33.42 - - Career (6b) 8788.2 2528 } 25984 1447 9-52 17.95 99 18 (8b) 1586.6 231 1989/90 Hadlee scaled new heights when in the First Test against India at Christchurch, he became the first bowler to take 400 wickets in Test cricket. It was at 3.01pm on the third day when he reached this great milestone by dismissing Sanjay Manjrekar (4) and to celebrate the occasion a local fan presented Hadlee with 400 roses. New Zealand won this game convincingly and Hadlee took seven wickets in the match. New Zealand were in dire straits at 85 for 6 when they were sent in to bat in the Third Test at Auckland. However, Hadlee (87) came to the rescue with a sparkling innings and, facing just 108 balls, hit fourteen fours in a stay of 134 minutes. When he was joined by Ian Smith, these two put on 103 for the eighth wicket in only 97 minutes. This partnership was an eighth-wicket record for New Zealand in Tests against India, surpassing the previous best for this wicket of 81 by Vic Pollard (43) and Graham Vivian (43) at Calcutta in 1964/65. In the one-off Test against Australia at the Basin Reserve, the visitors had no answer to Hadlee (5-39) and Danny Morrison (3-22) on the first day. “With the ball generally keeping low as well as seaming dangerously …”( Wisden ), Australia soon found themselves in deep trouble at 12 for 4 with three wickets falling to Morrison. Hadlee then came into his own. Having already claimed the wicket of David Boon for a duck, he now sent back Steve Waugh (25) and the tail to take five wickets in an innings for the 100th time in first-class cricket. New Zealand then went on to win this game in fine style. This was Hadlee’s last season in New Zealand cricket and it provided him with some happy memories: Test wins against both India and Australia; a fine innings at Auckland; and 19 wickets in the four Tests, including, of course, that much cherished 400th Test wicket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 334. NEW ZEALAND v INDIA, Christchurch, February 2, 3, 4, 5 (New Zealand won by ten wickets) c N.D.Hirwani b M.Prabhakar 28 459 14 1 45 3 W.V.Raman lbw 164 S.V.Manjrekar c A.H.Jones M.Azharuddin lbw did not bat - 2-0 22.5 3 69 4 S.V.Manjrekar b 296 Kapil Dev lbw K.S.More b N.D.Hirwani c J.G.Bracewell 335. NEW ZEALAND v INDIA, Napier, February (9), 10, 11, 12, (13) (Match drawn) did not bat - 178-1 35 11 73 3 W.V.Raman lbw 358-9d M.Prabhakar c I.D.S.Smith Kapil Dev lbw 336. NEW ZEALAND v INDIA, Auckland, February 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b N.D.Hirwani 87 391 30 8 123 2 W.V.Raman c T.J.Franklin 482 Kapil Dev c A.H.Jones did not bat - 483-5d 4 1 9 0 149-0 73