A wicket in that over would have given New Zealand victory, and Hadlee a world record 374th test wicket, breaking current holder Ian Botham's record.

The north stand of AMI Stadium is named the Hadlee stand after both Richard Hadlee and other members of the Hadlee family who have made contributions to Canterbury and New Zealand cricket.

Chappell – Hadlee Trophy matches have seen several notable results and records broken:

" Nobody who saw him at the crease would dispute his own assessment that he could have increased his batting average by half again if he had played in the 1980s side with Richard Hadlee and Martin Crowe.

Unlike Hadlee however, Vizzy's knighthood was conferred for his administrative efforts, not his services to cricket as a player.

1985 / 86 brought on a period in which Hadlee developed from a very good fast bowler to a truly great one.

Hadlee followed this up with 7 wickets in a loss in the second test, and 11 wickets in a New Zealand victory in the third test, giving his country their first series win on Australian soil and a personal haul of 33 wickets in 3 tests.

However, Hadlee broke down injured on the first day of the first test, and was forced to sit out the rest of the series.

At an awards dinner at the end of the season, Australian commentator Richie Benaud, upon seeing Hadlee hobble up to the stage on crutches, said later that he thought Hadlee " would never play cricket again.

Hadlee modelled his bowling action on the great Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, whom he regarded as his bowling role model.

The Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust relies on the generosity of the community, as well as its corporate sponsors ; CTV, Lion Nathan, News Talk ZB, Pernod Ricard, Pope Print, PR South and Vbase.

However, it took a match-winning seventh-wicket partnership of 121 by Jeremy Coney ( 47 not out ) and ' Man of the Match ' Richard Hadlee ( 79 ), to bring New Zealand home for an ' impossible ' victory, watched by nearly 1. 5 million Kiwis on television, almost half the population and a record for a sporting telecast at the time.

As a youngster, he modelled his bowling action on that of Richard Hadlee.

Later that month, Tait was selected as a part of Australia's squad to take on New Zealand for the Chappell – Hadlee Trophy in New Zealand.

He had the misfortune to be dismissed by Richard Hadlee from his first ball on Test debut at Lord's, but was selected the next winter for the tour to New Zealand and Pakistan.

in Christchurch, a club which also at one time had fellow Black Cap Sir Richard Hadlee on its playing roster.

Action from a Chappell – Hadlee Trophy match on 3 December 2005

* Cricinfo page on Walter Hadlee

In a match frequently interrupted by rain, and against such accomplished bowlers as Richard Hadlee and Ewen Chatfield, Kuruppu made his maiden first-class century on the second day.

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.

The criteria for the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust are: the applicant must be under the age of 25, the applicant must be from the region of Canterbury New Zealand, the request for assistance is specifically for sporting or cultural purposes and applicant is disadvantaged, facing hardship or has special circumstances which prevent him or her from pursuing his or her sporting or cultural endeavors.

He scored a pair against Richard Hadlee while batting.

Born in Christchurch, Hadlee made his first class debut for Canterbury in 1971 / 72 and his test match debut in 1973-on both occasions, his first delivery was dispatched to the boundary.

Hadlee was an inconsistent performer at test level for several years ; however a breakthrough performance against India in 1976 in which he took 11 wickets in a game resulting in a win by New Zealand cemented his place in the side.

In the second test of the series, Hadlee recorded his maiden test century, helping New Zealand draw the test and win the series 1-0.

England eventually won the 4 test series 3-1, however Hadlee topped both batting and bowling averages for New Zealand in the series, and took his 200th test wicket in the final test at Nottingham.

In the first test of the return series in New Zealand, Hadlee took his 300th test wicket by trapping Australian captain Allan Border LBW.

In this test Hadlee, often a controversial character, added to this side of his reputation when he felled ( and hospitalised ) England wicketkeeper and Nottinghampshire teammate Bruce French with a nasty bouncer.

During the New Zealand v West Indies test at Christchurch in March 1987, Hadlee and captain Jeremy Coney had a disagreement in the dressing room prior to the game.

In April 1987, New Zealand traveled to Sri Lanka where Hadlee recorded his second test century.

The test ended with Australia's number eleven batsman Michael Whitney surviving a torrid last over bowled by an exhausted Hadlee.

However, after a successful rehabilitation, the next opportunity for Hadlee to claim the test wicket world record was against India in India in 1988.

In a home series against India in 1989 / 90, Hadlee become the first bowler in history to take 400 test wickets when he dismissed Sanjay Manjrekar in the second innings of the first test.

Shortly after helping New Zealand to another test victory over Australia at Wellington by taking his 100th first class 5 wicket haul in an innings, Hadlee announced that he would be retiring after the upcoming tour to England.

Shortly before the second test of the series in England at Lords, it was announced that Hadlee was to be knighted for his services to cricket.

* 1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer

* July 3 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer

Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE ( born 3 July 1951 ) is a former New Zealand cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and all-rounders in cricketing history.

Shane Edward Bond ( born 7 June 1975 in Christchurch, New Zealand ) is a New Zealand former cricketer, described as " New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee ".

New Zealand's most famous cricketer, the fast bowler Richard Hadlee who was the first bowler to take 400 wickets in test cricket, played in this era.

Walter Arnold Hadlee, CBE ( 4 June 1915-29 September 2006 ) was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain.

Left to right: Martin Donelly ( kneeling ), Geoff Rabone, Walter Hadlee ( kneeling ), Frank Mooney, Rona Anderson, Harry Cave, Merv Wallace, John R. ReidWalter Mervyn (" Merv ") Wallace ( 19 December 1916 – 21 March 2008 ) was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain.

Left to right: Martin Donelly ( kneeling ), Geoff Rabone, Walter Hadlee ( kneeling ), Frank Mooney, Rona Anderson, Harry Cave, Merv Wallace, John R. ReidHenry " Harry " Butler Cave ( 10 October 1922 in Wanganui, New Zealand – 15 September 1989 in Wanganui ) was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in nine of his nineteen Tests.