Profession: Cricketer
Nationality:
New Zealand
Why Famous: Regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and all-rounders in cricketing history.
Born: July 3, 1951
Birthplace: Christchurch, New Zealand
Age: 67 years old
Historical Events in the Life of Richard Hadlee
- 1976-02-17 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 New Zealand v India, his 1st match-winning spell
- 1980-02-12 Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
- 1980-02-26 Richard Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
- 1985-11-09 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 New Zealand v Australia at the Gabba
- 1985-11-12 Richard Hadlee takes 15-123 for cricket match New Zealand v Australia at Brisbane
- 1987-04-21 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
- 1990-02-04 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
- 1990-07-09 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
- 1990-07-10 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
- 1994-01-30 Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts
Fred Spofforth
Graham Gooch
Ian Botham
Kapil Dev
Richie Benaud
W. G. Grace