Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard Hadlee earns my genuine awe. Being ranked among the greatest all-rounders in cricket history while also standing as one of the finest fast bowlers is a near-impossible double - excelling with both bat and ball is exceedingly rare. An MBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 1990 underline that New Zealand saw him as a national hero, honored at the highest level for his service to the sport. Cricket may feel distant to Japanese fans, but globally it burns hotter than baseball, and he sat at its summit. Learning that reframes how you see him entirely; I only wish I'd watched him play.

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Name (English)

Richard Hadlee

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ハドリー

Reading

りちゃーど・はどりー

Born

July 3, 1951 (age 75)

Origin

Christchurch, New Zealand

Occupation

cricketer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• 1980 Member of the Order of the British Empire
• 1982 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• 1990 Knight Bachelor

• Official sitehttps://www.hadlee.co.nz
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hadlee
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1854659

Tags

• cricketer

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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