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'The New Zealand Rolls Royce of fast bowling'

Jul 16, 2013 Part ten: Allan Donald on the most intimidating bowlers he has watched. This week: Richard Hadlee

Produced by: Gokul Chakravarthy, Suketu Mehta; Interviewer: Nagraj Gollapudi

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Dummy4 on July 16, 2013, 14:07 GMT

There is one aspect that needs to be considered when comparing Hadlee with a Imran or Marshall. Remember, Imran and Marshall had excellent support from the other end. The pressure from the other end too ( Sarfraz, Qadir, etc) was also relentless. The same is in the case of Marshall ( Holding, Roberts, Garner, Winston Davis, Walsh, Ambrose,etc). In Hadlee's case it was not so. Ewan Chatfield was just a medium paced trundler. So batsmen could play out Hadlee and attack the others. In that case, there is much more chance of the other bowlers getting wickets. However, it was remarkable that Hadlee got most of the wickets. That shows his genius. I still remember when he finally came to India in the late 80s. He was touching 40 but was still very brisk and in fact took 5 fors in all the test matches on dust bowls!!! if I remember correctly. A monk among fast bowlers.


Harsh on July 16, 2013, 5:14 GMT

The most difficult aspect to analyze about Sir Richard is how he would have performed if he consistently bowled in a lethal pace attack like that of Pakistan and West Indies or if he had to bowl on the placid sub-continent tracks like Imran Khan or Wasim Akram.Hadlee's strike rate from 1978-88 of 44.6 was staggering but again Imran and Marshall bowled much more on the docile sub-continent tracks.Hadlee had a remarkable repertoire but was not fully tested on flat tracks and in the modern era it would have been more demanding with wickets loaded in favour of the batsmen.

Neverthless I am certain that Hadlee's bowling intelligence would have won the battle in any era or in any conditions.In the corridor his bowling was sheer genius.With his competence as a batsmen Hadlee could be a likely candidate in the world all-time 11 ahead of Glen Mcgrath or maybe even Marshall and Lillee.A combination of Imran Khan with Richard Hadlee would have made a perfect paceman .


Harsh on July 16, 2013, 4:26 GMT

Richard Hadlee would have been ranked amongst the game's all-time great match winners had he played for a strong team like Australia or West Indies.Neverthless how can we ever erase from our minds Hadlee's brilliant efforts against India and England on home soil in the 1970s and his phenomenal 33 wicket haul down under in 1985-86.No overseas paceman bowled as well as Hadlee in Australia in 1985-86 .He was also efffective on the 1988-89 tour of India on the docile tracks.

Hadlee's closest opponents are Imran Khan and Glen Mcgrath but they benefited playing for very strong teams.Many cricketers have selected Hadlee in the all time cricket xi as his great control would brilliantly combine with bowlers of great pace.What sometimes went against Hadlee is that he could become defensive when the batsman were attacking as was shown on the 1985 tour of West Indies or in the 1987 match of M.C.C.versus Rest of the World.He lacked the agression or hostility of Dennis Lille and Malcolm Marshall.


Harsh on July 16, 2013, 4:16 GMT

On pure statistical performance Richard Hadlee is probably the best pace bowler of all time capturing over 5 wickets per test.No pace bowler in the history of test cricket has carried the brunt of such a weak bowling attack so effectively.Morally from 1978 to 1988 he was the best bowler in the world capturing 330 wickets in 60 test matches at an average of around 19.This was better than Imran and Marshall if you analyse the strength of the Kiwi bowling attack.He also had 36 ,5-wicket hauls and 11 ,10 -wicket hauls which was better than Dennis Lillee,Glen Mcgrath or Malcolm Marshall.In matches won his average of around 13 runs was remarkable. His best spells played major roles in his team's triumphs in England and Australia as welll as the historic win .against West Indies in early 1980.

No paceman posessed more control than Hadlee who analysed opponent's weaknesses like a computerized machine.On a green top with a new ball he was the the best of all pace bowlers.

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