I’m a huge fan of the 80s Windies fast bowlers but Hadlee is equal to that. Great to watch, the movement he would get. Grew up watching him and still miss him and that era. Great team NZ had then. As an Aussie kid we just could not understand how NZ could beat us.
After that game I had a customised 'Hadlee for President' tee shirt and wore it as often as possible....destroying Australia in Australia..could not get better than that for a Kiwi.
@@halna5602 nooooo Curtly was just athletic much more so than Richard if he had the same skills as Richard he would undoubtedly be the greatest bowler of all time
He said so himself that he tried to bowl as close to the stumps as he could to bring LBW into play. Then his impeccable length and subtle variations did the rest.
As a New Zealander, I agree we wouldn't have won much if anything if Hadlee had not been in the team. As a note to the other comment about Hadlee not taking a wicket in that first test win in England, that is absolutely correct and unheard of for Hadlee. He bowled very well in that match, beat the bat regularly, but luck just wasn't with him. Oddly enough however, I'm pretty certain he top scored with the bat in that match out of both sides. So he certainly made up for the lack of wickets. He also topped the averages for both batting and bowling for the entire test series across both sides
I remember watching cricket for the first time when I was about 7yr with my mother. We knew Hadlee was really good but we weren’t quite sure at what. After he took a catch we confidently decided he was a specialist fieldsman 😂. I also thought Lance Cairns was a batsman for a few years. I was very surprised to discover he was actually a bowler. Anyway, Hadlee was incredible.
Richard is quite tall, maybe 6'4", not genuinely quick like Thomo, but quick enough to close down the batters options. Bit of bounce and consistently hitting the seam. He was very good at analyzing batters, finding their weak spot, setting a trap, and implementing it. With great success.
What is amazing is that the difference between an all-time great bowler and one that will never even be selected for International cricket is just 1 cm of extra movement, or 5 kph of additional pace.
@@SanG-tc3gb I was brought up on Lillee, though I didn't get to see much of the Packer matches because I lived in a rural area and we only got the ABC. He was spectacular and charismatic, and very determined. At the time he was all that Australia had. But, he lived in an era of cricket in Australia that was essentially amateur, and everything he did he had to learn himself. You'll note that the 5 bowlers that I selected all came after Lillee. Of these Hadlee and McGrath were directly inspired by Lillee. Marshall indirectly through the move towards fast bowling that Lillee inspired in the WI, and Steyn was inspired by Marshall. So Lillee has an large legacy. However his overall figures fall below that of many other bowlers, and from personal observation, when things didn't go his way he would become quite emotional, stubborn, and frustrated often to the detriment of his bowling. To the point where he would use all sorts of tricks to try and take a wicket, including kicking batsmen to upset them. His best bowling returns came when at the end of his career when he was much slower and only a touch over medium. The biggest problem with his figures is that he barely played a match outside of Australia outside of the ashes and failed in Pakistan and WI. He is also the reason for the rule that when a bowler is off the ground he must be on it again for a length of time before bowling again, because it got the stage that virtually the only time he would be on the field would be to bowl otherwise he'd be in the air-conditioning sipping cool drinks. In short very self-promoting, a very good bowler but short of the truly greats
Hadlee avoided coming to south asia as the wickets didn’t suite his bowling, I would keep Kapil & Imran ahead of him since they got wickets on unfavorable wickets
Please go and look at his record in the subcontinent. 68 wickets at an average of 21.5. Also, in 1988 he came to India and inspite of playing just 2 out of 3 tests, he picked up 18 wickets at an average of 14. Kapil Dev picked up just 10 wickets at an average of 24 and played all 3 tests. As a bowler Hadlee is above and beyond Kapil. Imran I feel is comparable to Hadlee as a bowler.
After Hadlee saw total destruction of his hero Lillee in Pakistan, he started avoiding tours to Pakistan. In 80s NZ toured Pakistan 3 times, but Hadlee didn't join the team lol. Mcgrath and Marshall were much better than Lillee and Hadlee
After Hadlee saw total destruction of his hero Lillee in Pakistan, he started avoiding tours to Pakistan. In 80s NZ toured Pakistan 3 times, but Hadlee didn't join the team lol. Mcgrath and Marshall were much better than Lillee and Hadlee.
Hadlee preferred to play county cricket as he was better paid. But his figures in the sub continent when he went their later in his career were very good as they were everywhere he played.
I’m a huge fan of the 80s Windies fast bowlers but Hadlee is equal to that. Great to watch, the movement he would get. Grew up watching him and still miss him and that era. Great team NZ had then. As an Aussie kid we just could not understand how NZ could beat us.
Equal? Hadlee beat them all. His record speaks to that. Anyways McGrath came along and we have not seen anyone better since
After that game I had a customised 'Hadlee for President' tee shirt and wore it as often as possible....destroying Australia in Australia..could not get better than that for a Kiwi.
Greg Mathews was spot on. He carried the Kiwis for years and with the hopes of NZ. Only the very best can do that.
Such a smooth action in his bowling and great player
Best bowling action ever with Ambrose.
A great bowler with perfect accuracy. I love him very much. Newzelanders are always humble
We sure are 😂
Has there ever been a technically better bowler than Hadlee? His action was ridiculously good
Curtly Ambrose.
Only Trueman, in my opinion, had an action as classical. Although, with the back foot law, Trueman hadmore of a drag
The closest bowler i have seen in terms of control is Glen McGrath.
@@halna5602 nooooo Curtly was just athletic much more so than Richard if he had the same skills as Richard he would undoubtedly be the greatest bowler of all time
Glenn Mcgrath.
one of the greatest bowlers of all time
Not just a good bowler. A great allrounder. Completed the quartet of Kapil, Imran, Botham and himself.
And a good bloke, one of my favorite cricketers, and i'm an Aussie.
The golden age of world class all rounders. Each one of those four could turn a match single handed, and often did!
fantastic cricketer
A great swing bowler unmatchable.
He was not a swing bowler...lol
@@paulrasmussen3858 His autobiography is literally called "Rhythm and Swing"
3:50 dude even swung the ball from a spinner run up😮
yeah , he is the defintion of a seamer
The secret to why he was such a great bowler lies within where exactly his body was at delivery stride.
He said so himself that he tried to bowl as close to the stumps as he could to bring LBW into play. Then his impeccable length and subtle variations did the rest.
As good as they came. one of the best bowlers and he could bat as well. one of the best cricketers ever.
Childhood hero. Mimicked his action and his mo.
Beautiful action.
Without Richard Hadlee in the side, i doubt New Zealand would've won any match in 1980s. That's how great he was.
Oddly enough, despite bowling very well, Hadlee took no wickets at all in New Zealand's first win in England
As a New Zealander, I agree we wouldn't have won much if anything if Hadlee had not been in the team.
As a note to the other comment about Hadlee not taking a wicket in that first test win in England, that is absolutely correct and unheard of for Hadlee. He bowled very well in that match, beat the bat regularly, but luck just wasn't with him.
Oddly enough however, I'm pretty certain he top scored with the bat in that match out of both sides. So he certainly made up for the lack of wickets. He also topped the averages for both batting and bowling for the entire test series across both sides
Hadly and kapildev were also very good bowlers..
I remember watching cricket for the first time when I was about 7yr with my mother. We knew Hadlee was really good but we weren’t quite sure at what. After he took a catch we confidently decided he was a specialist fieldsman 😂. I also thought Lance Cairns was a batsman for a few years. I was very surprised to discover he was actually a bowler. Anyway, Hadlee was incredible.
Still watching in 2024
Great kiwi
He took 33 wickets in that 3 test series in 85/86. Phenomenal.
Bowls close to the stumps and greet action.
Richard is quite tall, maybe 6'4", not genuinely quick like Thomo, but quick enough to close down the batters options.
Bit of bounce and consistently hitting the seam.
He was very good at analyzing batters, finding their weak spot, setting a trap, and implementing it.
With great success.
He was 6 foot 1
6,1 only. beautiful action.
🔥🔥🔥
Hadlee is one of the greatest ever. In my opinion he is below Lillie and not many others.
When was Ian Chappel ordained?
That's VERY funny!
What is amazing is that the difference between an all-time great bowler and one that will never even be selected for International cricket is just 1 cm of extra movement, or 5 kph of additional pace.
The difference is CONSISTENTLY getting that 1cm of extra movement or 5kph of additional pace
Nah.
Control and being able to read a batter and find that weak spot.
4:09, so this is where Shastri stole his 'like a trace bullet' comment from. Lol
👋 dad! NAMASTETHANK
Hadlee > Lillee.
IMO top 5 bowlers since 1950 are Marshall, Hadlee, McGrath, Ambrose, and Steyn. I'd probably have Lillee somewhere in the next 20. Probably.
@@chriswatson7965, have you seen him bowling ??? He was very good bowler..
@@SanG-tc3gb I was brought up on Lillee, though I didn't get to see much of the Packer matches because I lived in a rural area and we only got the ABC. He was spectacular and charismatic, and very determined. At the time he was all that Australia had. But, he lived in an era of cricket in Australia that was essentially amateur, and everything he did he had to learn himself. You'll note that the 5 bowlers that I selected all came after Lillee. Of these Hadlee and McGrath were directly inspired by Lillee. Marshall indirectly through the move towards fast bowling that Lillee inspired in the WI, and Steyn was inspired by Marshall. So Lillee has an large legacy. However his overall figures fall below that of many other bowlers, and from personal observation, when things didn't go his way he would become quite emotional, stubborn, and frustrated often to the detriment of his bowling. To the point where he would use all sorts of tricks to try and take a wicket, including kicking batsmen to upset them. His best bowling returns came when at the end of his career when he was much slower and only a touch over medium. The biggest problem with his figures is that he barely played a match outside of Australia outside of the ashes and failed in Pakistan and WI. He is also the reason for the rule that when a bowler is off the ground he must be on it again for a length of time before bowling again, because it got the stage that virtually the only time he would be on the field would be to bowl otherwise he'd be in the air-conditioning sipping cool drinks.
In short very self-promoting, a very good bowler but short of the truly greats
The Church of Chappelli....what is going on there?
Well, he always thought he was god's gift, so...
@nzlemming with this dog's collar and what appears like a confessional box behind him...bizarre...
Ask him if he shared the proceeds of the sale of that expensive coupe, he won in OZ, with his team mates
FO
Sir Richard Hadley never faced west indies master blasters like Viv Richard so he is a local lad
He never bowled against Richards? I think you might need to revise that.
Hadlee avoided coming to south asia as the wickets didn’t suite his bowling, I would keep Kapil & Imran ahead of him since they got wickets on unfavorable wickets
Please go and look at his record in the subcontinent. 68 wickets at an average of 21.5.
Also, in 1988 he came to India and inspite of playing just 2 out of 3 tests, he picked up 18 wickets at an average of 14. Kapil Dev picked up just 10 wickets at an average of 24 and played all 3 tests.
As a bowler Hadlee is above and beyond Kapil. Imran I feel is comparable to Hadlee as a bowler.
@@beefy1986 even ik is better bowler than kd he is batting alrounder
@@beefy1986 ik have bowling avg of 20.20
@@shahzaibahmad9327 Imran had a bowling average of 22
After Hadlee saw total destruction of his hero Lillee in Pakistan, he started avoiding tours to Pakistan. In 80s NZ toured Pakistan 3 times, but Hadlee didn't join the team lol. Mcgrath and Marshall were much better than Lillee and Hadlee
After Hadlee saw total destruction of his hero Lillee in Pakistan, he started avoiding tours to Pakistan. In 80s NZ toured Pakistan 3 times, but Hadlee didn't join the team lol. Mcgrath and Marshall were much better than Lillee and Hadlee.
not Lillee
@@brentinnes5151 Outside of Aus n Eng, Lillee was just a club level bowler hehe.
Hadlee preferred to play county cricket as he was better paid. But his figures in the sub continent when he went their later in his career were very good as they were everywhere he played.
Didn’t know Ian Chappell was a priest