Posts Tagged "Richard Hadlee"

In November 1985, supreme New Zealand paceman Richard Hadlee captured 5-65 and 6-90 to claim the man-of-the-match, and the man-of-the-series awards in the third Test against Australia at the WACA. The Blacks Caps won by six wickets to take the series 2-1.

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Last May, former New Zealand keeper-batsman Adam Parore became the first Test cricketer to conquer Mt Everest. No mean feat for the 40-year-old who played 78 Tests and 179 ODIs.

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Wonders will never cease. I can understand countries playing Pakistan on a neutral venue. But Australia playing New Zealand in India for Chappell-Hadlee Trophy! What next?

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Last month it was Bradman or Tendulkar as the all-time great batsman. The flavour of the week now is who is the greatest all-rounder in Test history, Garry Sobers or Jacques Kallis?

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I have greatly enjoyed the discussion and debate over the All time West Indian and Australian teams both here on The Roar and on Cricinfo. The selections were by no means straightforward or unanimous.

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One of the biggest fascinations amongsst cricket-lovers is selecting Best Elevens: a World XI, Post World War II XI vs. Pre WW II XI, Best left-handers XI vs. Best right-handers XI, Best ambidextrous XI, Best Northern Hemisphere XI vs. Best Southern Hemisphere XI, and so on. I have selected an Unusual World XI and it [...]

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The online cricket site Cricinfo has so far selected four all-time XIs, the latest being South Africa, and the previous selections being from New Zealand, England and Australia.

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By “ambies” I do not mean the ambulance men who save our lives and properties. Michael Clarke is one. Richard Hadlee was another. So were Jack Gregory, Vinoo Mankad, Greg Matthews and Kepler Wessels. And about 140 others.

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There have been a few articles on The Roar recently arguing the relative merits of Gary Sobers and Jacques Kallis as the world’s best ever all rounder.

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With the international cricket season in full swing, I thought it’d be a good idea to select an Australian side to play against a World XI from the period 1975-2008 in a hypothetical Test match, which would be played at the MCG.

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Despite last week’s Indian debawcle (note Tony Greig-style pronunciation to commemorate his Bogong-like arrival for the summer), every pundit and his canine thinks Australia will thrash a New Zealand team missing Jacob Oram and the Bond brothers, Shane and James.

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Goosebumps, a tingling sensation, a shiver of cold. These occur whenever I think of the greatest cricketer New Zealand has ever produced, Sir Richard Hadlee, the strike bowler who inspired the kiwis to be world beaters.

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Picking players from all eras to form a hypothetical team can be fun, but at the same time daunting in all sports. Never more so than in cricket.

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Thanks to irresponsible media hype, the split between India and Australia has further deteriorated. And the names which have been sullied, their reputations tinted, are among the greatest sportsmen in cricket history.

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New Zealand cricket great Sir Richard Hadlee has questioned the legality of Kevin Pietersen’s switch-hitting which brought England two sixes on Sunday as they beat New Zealand in the first one-day international.

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