Richard Hadlee

Sir

Richard Hadlee

MBE

Hadlee in March 2011
Personal information
Full name	Richard John Hadlee
Born	(1951-07-03) 3 July 1951 (age 73) St Albans, New Zealand
Nickname	Paddles, Sir Paddles
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Walter Hadlee (father) Barry Hadlee (brother) Dayle Hadlee (brother)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1973–1990)
Test debut (cap 123)	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
1971/72–1988/89	Canterbury
1978–1987	Nottinghamshire
1979/80	Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 86 115 342 318 Runs scored 3,124 1,751 12,052 5,241 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 21,918 6,182 67,518 16,188 Wickets 431 158 1,490 454 Bowling average 22.29 21.56 18.11 18.83 5 wickets in innings 36 5 102 8 10 wickets in match 9 0 18 0 Best bowling 9/52 5/25 9/52 6/12 Catches/stumpings 39/– 27/– 198/– 100/–
Source: CricInfo, 1 September 2007

Sir Richard John Hadlee MBE (born 3 July 1951) is a New Zealand former cricketer. Hadlee is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, and amongst the very finest fast bowlers.^[1]

Hadlee was appointed an MBE in the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours List and knighted in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours List 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.^[2] 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, Hadlee was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[3] He is the most prominent member of the Hadlee cricket playing family.