PLAYER CAREER

Richard Hadlee

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

New Zealand1973–1990

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	86	134	114	125	1973-02-02	1990-07-05
ODI	112	97	97	94	1973-02-11	1990-05-25

201Internationals

4,875Career runs

2Centuries

589Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 86
Innings: 134
Runs: 3,124
Average: 27.16
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 151*
Not outs: 19
100s: 2
50s: 15
Ducks: 12
4s: —
6s: 33
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 86
Innings: 150
Balls: 21,918
Maidens: 809
Runs conceded: 9,611
Wickets: 431
Average: 22.29
Economy: 2.63
Strike rate: 50.85
Best innings: 9/52
Best match: 15/123
4 wickets: 25
5 wickets: 36
10 wickets: 9

Fielding

Matches: 86
Innings: 156
Catches: 39
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 39
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 39
Dismissals / inns: 0.250
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 115
Innings: 98
Runs: 1,751
Average: 21.61
Strike rate: 75.50
Highest score: 79
Not outs: 17
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 4
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 2,319

Bowling

Matches: 115
Innings: 112
Balls: 6,182
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: 3,407
Wickets: 158
Average: 21.56
Economy: 3.30
Strike rate: 39.12
Best innings: 5/25
Best match: 5/25
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 5
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 115
Innings: 113
Catches: 27
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 27
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 27
Dismissals / inns: 0.238
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

201 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1990-07-05	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 114 runs
1990-06-21	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1990-06-07	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1990-05-25	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1990-05-23	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
1990-03-15	Australia v New Zealand	Test	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
1990-03-11	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 8 wickets
1990-03-10	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 10 runs
1990-03-06	India v New Zealand	ODI	India won by 1 runs
1990-03-04	Australia v New Zealand	ODI	Australia won by 150 runs
1990-02-22	India v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1990-02-09	India v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn

New Zealand

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197365 runs
197490 runs
1976319 runs
1977143 runs
1978112 runs
1979115 runs
1980276 runs
198129 runs
198292 runs
1983360 runs
1984219 runs
1985379 runs
1986198 runs
1987336 runs
198898 runs
198953 runs
1990240 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19733 wickets
197417 wickets
197635 wickets
19776 wickets
197828 wickets
197918 wickets
198038 wickets
198110 wickets
198214 wickets
198331 wickets
198435 wickets
198564 wickets
198635 wickets
198739 wickets
198818 wickets
19895 wickets
199035 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1990	7	7	240	87	34.28	70.38	0	2	33	2	341	12	35	23.20	2.88	48.17
1989	2	3	53	32	26.50	51.45	0	0	8	1	103	2	5	33.80	2.06	98.40
1988	4	7	98	37	16.33	30.62	0	0	12	1	320	5	18	16.77	2.54	39.61
1987	7	11	336	151	48.00	52.83	1	0	28	3	636	12	39	20.74	2.62	47.38
1986	6	6	198	72	39.60	51.69	0	2	24	1	383	10	35	22.20	2.49	53.42
1985	10	15	379	89	27.07	53.23	0	2	36	5	712	18	64	17.43	2.58	40.43
1984	6	8	219	99	27.37	75.00	0	1	34	0	292	10	35	13.20	2.02	39.02
1983	6	11	360	92	45.00	73.61	0	3	48	3	489	12	31	22.58	2.26	59.90
1982	3	5	92	40	23.00	75.40	0	0	10	3	122	5	14	16.14	2.46	39.35
1981	3	4	29	20	7.25	37.66	0	0	3	0	77	5	10	28.80	2.41	71.70
1980	6	10	276	103	34.50	83.13	1	2	32	3	332	12	38	19.07	2.34	48.78
1979	3	5	115	53	28.75	—	0	1	—	0	—	6	18	23.00	2.63	52.33
1978	6	12	112	39	10.18	39.85	0	0	19	0	281	10	28	22.89	2.26	60.64
1977	2	4	143	81	35.75	58.84	0	1	16	2	243	4	6	59.00	3.68	96.00
1976	8	14	319	87	26.58	—	0	1	—	8	—	15	35	30.88	3.70	50.02
1974	4	7	90	23	12.85	44.11	0	0	4	1	204	7	17	22.11	3.05	43.47
1973	3	5	65	46	16.25	—	0	0	8	0	—	5	3	119.66	3.21	223.33

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197349 runs
19743 runs
197521 runs
19760 runs
19782 runs
197957 runs
1980115 runs
1981144 runs
198236 runs
1983293 runs
198472 runs
1985154 runs
1986307 runs
198753 runs
1988291 runs
1990148 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19732 wickets
19740 wickets
19755 wickets
19761 wickets
19783 wickets
19795 wickets
198010 wickets
198112 wickets
19823 wickets
198330 wickets
198415 wickets
198515 wickets
198626 wickets
19872 wickets
198815 wickets
19895 wickets
19909 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1990	6	5	148	79	37.00	80.43	1	9	2	184	6	9	24.88	3.71	40.22
1989	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	1	5	7.60	3.80	12.00
1988	13	12	291	52	36.37	75.97	1	11	4	383	13	15	28.53	3.54	48.26
1987	3	3	53	24	17.66	88.33	0	4	0	60	3	2	48.00	4.17	69.00
1986	16	16	307	71	27.90	96.23	1	20	8	319	15	26	17.57	3.26	32.26
1985	11	10	154	41	22.00	50.32	0	12	1	306	11	15	23.13	3.60	38.53
1984	6	5	72	23	14.40	72.00	0	6	2	100	6	15	12.13	3.46	21.00
1983	20	17	293	79	17.23	81.61	1	28	3	359	20	30	17.03	2.80	36.46
1982	3	3	36	18	12.00	75.00	0	5	0	48	3	3	21.33	2.50	51.00
1981	10	8	144	32	20.57	66.05	0	—	—	218	10	12	21.75	3.02	43.16
1980	7	7	115	41	16.42	92.00	0	13	1	125	7	10	24.80	3.60	41.30
1979	4	2	57	42	28.50	71.25	0	4	0	80	4	5	23.40	2.60	54.00
1978	2	2	2	1	1.00	11.76	0	0	0	17	2	3	30.66	4.18	44.00
1976	2	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	2	2	1	63.00	3.63	104.00
1975	4	3	21	15	10.50	48.83	0	—	—	43	4	5	27.80	4.00	41.60
1974	1	1	3	3	3.00	50.00	0	0	0	6	1	0	N/A	4.37	N/A
1973	3	2	49	28	49.00	75.38	0	5	2	65	3	2	47.50	3.70	77.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1973-02-02
First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Wellington
1976-02-13
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Wellington
1980-02-22
First century in this archive · 103 runs
Test v West Indies · Christchurch
1985-11-08
Best recorded bowling · 9/52
Test v Australia · Brisbane
1987-04-16
Highest recorded innings · 151* runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Colombo (CCC)
1990-07-05
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Birmingham