Richard Hadlee was one of the most prominent batsmen of the team in New Zealand, the former cricketer is widely regarded as the best batsman and also one of the most prominent batsmen in the history of cricket. Hadlee was appointed for the most prestigious award in New Zealand “MBE” in the year 1980 on Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He is also the former chairman of the Board of selectors for New Zealand. In the year 2002, the legend was chosen as the second-best bowler of all time in the test format, he was also commemorated as one of the Twelve Local Heroes, he was also included in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
The Bowling all-rounder of the New Zealand team took 431 wickets in an 86 test match and also was the first bowler to ever take 400 wickets keeping an average of 22.29, he additionally made 3124 test runs with a 27.16 average. Hadlee is considered as the greatest outcome as a bowler and his specialty against new balls. He was also considered the master of swing.
Comparing the four of the best all-rounders he had the best bowling average over the players but the least batting average. Hadlee has played over 86 test matches and 115 ODI in which he has scored 1,751 and taken 158 wickets. He is now a 70-year-old man and living his life as a legend and never to be forgotten.
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