Haroon786
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Outstanding test stats- 431 wickets in 86 matches, with a SR of 51 and an average of 22.
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Thanks for letting me know Sir Richard Hadlee is an ATG.![]()
Probably the best bowler from the ANGLO-AUS-NZ axis.
Probably the best bowler from the ANGLO-AUS-NZ axis.
I think Lillee, Trueman are also there at top.
I'd put him a bit behind Lillee for reasons already discussed, and behind Lindwall, McGrath and Trueman.
Personally I think the only.contender or two are Trueman and Lilee, Robert could you ela orate on Lindwall please?
I agree, Mcgrath and Hadlee were almost same type of bowlers, but hadlee edges out because he was more destructive. Lindwall was great but his strike rate over 55 keeps him out of contention for top spot.
I agree, Mcgrath and Hadlee were almost same type of bowlers, but hadlee edges out because he was more destructive. Lindwall was great but his strike rate over 55 keeps him out of contention for top spot.
You have to compare them with who was around at the same time. Some people consider him better than Trueman - the Englishman's strike rate was a lot better, but he didn't travel well, while Ray put in big performances in England, WI and SA, IIRC.
One curious thing about Sir Richard was that he didn't start to perform at a consistently high level until he was 29 or 30.
He suffered a nervous breakdown in 1982 and worked with a psychologist to recover. He cut his run-up down and got more accurate. He was deeply into goal-setting and self-hypnosis. He would have a goal for every game - runs scored and wickets taken, depending on conditions. A lot of people thought he was a bit autistic because he was so single-minded. He carried a card around in his kit bag with a list of self-affirmations on it, and read them while he was changing into his whites.
If only the far more inately talented Botham could have been a bit more like him in terms of preparation....
Wow didn't know about the nervous breakdown. He seems like a meticulous kinda person who was far ahead of his times. But many do not rate him as high as Lillee,Marshall,Imran etc. because he wasn't as aggressive as they were. Is it true?
He was aggressive with bat and ball, but there was a suggestion that his bottle could go under fire. I saw this in 1986, when Botham returned from a two-test ban with a point to prove, coming in against Hadlee armed with the second new ball. As Botham hit him to all parts, the world #1 started bowling line and length with all nine fielders on the boundary.
Didn't happen often, though. Usually he ruled. Imran reckoned that he was the best green-wicket bowler in history but he was good on any surface in all conditions. Operating at a sharp FM, he swung and cut it both ways, and had a nasty and well disguised quicker ball aimed at the throat.