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Hadlee modelled his bowling action on the great Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, whom he regarded as his bowling role model.
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Hadlee and modelled
As a youngster, he modelled his bowling action on that of Richard Hadlee.
Hadlee and bowling
Hadlee is rated by many experts as the greatest exponent of bowling with the new ball.
In 1978, Hadlee helped New Zealand to a historic first win over England by taking 6 for 26 in England's second innings, bowling the visitors out for 64 chasing a target of 137.
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 final test of the series, Hadlee ended his test career by taking 5 wickets in his final bowling performance, and taking a wicket with the final ball of his test career.
This was due to his international cricket career, many public speaking engagements ( up to 12 a week ) and his responsibilities to the New Zealand Cricket Council coaching committee ( Hadlee was required to do three weeks of fast bowling tuition ).
When fit, he added a dimension to the NZ bowling attack that had been missing since Hadlee retired.
His ability to negotiate the bowling of Kiwi fast bowler Richard Hadlee contributed greatly to Australia winning its first Test series in four years.
Wessels was alone in resisting the devastating bowling of Richard Hadlee, scoring 70 out of Australia's first innings total of 179.
White was named as a bowling supersub again for the first ODI of the Chappell – Hadlee Trophy, replacing Katich at the start of the New Zealand innings.
New Zealand won that series with the bowling of Richard Hadlee only slightly more potent than the captaincy of Coney.
Hadlee and action
The stadium is currently out of action owing to the severe damage sustained during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and will remain closed indefinitely with the first of its stands, the " Hadlee Stand " being demolished.
Hadlee and on
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 did not have his knighthood conferred on him while still a test cricketer: Though the honour was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 16 June 1990, it was only conferred on 4 October 1990, some months after his last test match on 10 July 1990.
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.
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.
Hadlee and great
With the close support of his family, Hadlee cancelled all his appointments for two weeks, and took a holiday to Rarotonga, where he ran into his great cricketing rival Dennis Lillee.
After a week with Felton, Hadlee felt he was making great progress.
Hadlee and Australian
In the first test of the return series in New Zealand, Hadlee took his 300th test wicket by trapping Australian captain Allan Border LBW.
Tait missed the Australian cricket team's tour of India in October 2007 due to a complicated recovery after elbow surgery in June 2007 however once he recovered he gained selection ahead of Stuart Clark for the 2007 – 08 Chappell – Hadlee series in December 2007.
The Chappell – Hadlee Trophy, which is competed for by Test teams from New Zealand and Australia is named in honour of the Hadlee family and the Australian Chappell family ( see Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell ).
Hadlee and fast
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.
Along with Malcolm Marshall, Hadlee was seen as the finest fast bowler of his time, despite the contemporaneous presence of Dennis Lillee, Imran Khan, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Kapil Dev and Wasim Akram among others.
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.
Hadlee and bowler
As one of the four top all rounders of his time, the others being Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham, Hadlee was possibly the best bowler of them all, however his batting was generally considered weakest of the group.
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.
Hadlee was a right-arm pace bowler.
He took his 300th Test wicket in Sri Lanka in 2009, becoming only the second New Zealand bowler ( after Richard Hadlee ) to pass that mark and he is currently New Zealand's leading ODI wicket-taker.
He holds the 3rd highest career-best rating, 3 points behind the New Zealand bowler Richard Hadlee.
Hadlee and Lillee
It was common for Hadlee to think about how to dismiss batsmen by wondering ' what would Lillee do?
Hadlee and regarded
Hadlee captained one of New Zealand's most highly regarded teams, the 1949 side which toured England in an era when New Zealand had yet to win a Test.
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