Richard Hadlee helped Kiwis to win 5-day Test against England in 3
days
By A.C. De Silva
It was to be as a five-day "Test'. But it did not go that far this
Test match between New Zealand and England at Christchurch and New
Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs. It was to as a five-day Test,
but it was all over in three days on February 5 in 1984. Actually, the
match lasted 12 hours and two minutes across three days.
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Richard Hadlee, New Zealand’s top wicket-taker who knocked England out of
the series. |
Thereby New Zealand avenged its Lord's defeat in 1958 in which it was
dismissed for 47 for 74 - a local less than 100 in both innings.
At Christchurch, New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs. It was
for the first time in a century that England was dismissed for a total
less than 100 in both innings. England were out for 82 and 93 in their
two innings.
It was that champion medium pace bowler Richard John Hadlee that made
this victory so simple, getting 3 for 16 and 5 for 28 and with such
telling effect did Hadlee bowl that England were out for such law scores
in their two innings.
It turned out to be a glorious match for Hadlee, as he made that
wonderful knock of 99 runs when New Zealand batted first and made 307 in
their first innings. It was undoubtedly the star performer as he joined
as the 36th player in the '99 Club'. It was the 38th instance of a
batsman of a batsman missing a Test century by a solitary run in the
total of 976 Test played till then.
In every major victory of New Zealand in Test cricket, Hadlee has had
a significant role to play, save in the Cindrella win at Headingly in
1983 in which Hadlee ironically went wicketless. He deserved many, but
got none. In New Zealand's first ever victory over Australia at
Christchurch in 1974, Hadlee had 7 for 134.
Then Hadlee had eleven for 58 and it helped New Zealand to down India
to level the home series in 1976.
Here's some of Richard Hadlee's achievements:
February 1976 vs India at Wellington: New Zealand won by an innings
with Hadlee (in his 9th Test) taking 7 for 23 in the second innings for
a match haul of 11 for 58.
February 1978 vs England at Wellington. Hadlee's match aggregate of
10 for 100.
February 1980 vs West Indies at Dunedin. Hadlee's match aggregate of
11 for 102.
February 1984 vs England at Christchurch. Another facet of Hadlee's
all-round skills. Apart from taking 8 wickets in the match, Hadlee hit a
thunderous 99 off only 81 balls with 18 fours- an impressive 72.7
percent of his hurricane knock coming in boundary-strokes.
March 1984 vs Sri Lanka at Colombo. Hadlee's 5 wickets in each
innings for an overall tally of 10 for 102 remains New Zealand's best
match aggregate in any Test against Sri Lanka.
November 1985 vs Australia at Brisbane. Hadlee's zenith of success.
His 9 for 52 in the first innings and match aggregate of 15 for 123 are
both National records for the best by a New Zealand bowler in a Test
against any country in all Test cricket.
December 1985 vs Australia at Perth. Hadlee again took 5 for 65 and 6
for 90 for match figures of 11 for 155. His 33 wickets (averaging in
incredibly low 12.55 in this 3-Test rubber represents the best for New
Zealand in any Test series played against any country, home or away,
whether of 3 Tests or 4 Tests or 5 Tests.
Here's the scores of the Kiwi-England 5-day Test where the match was
over in 3 days.
SCOREBOARD
NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNINGS
J.G. Wright c Taylor b Cowans 25
B.A. Edgar c Randall b Pigott 01
G.P. Howarth b Cowans 09
M.D. Crowe c Tavare b Botham 19
J.J. Crowe lbw b Cowans 47
J.V. Coney c Botham b Pigott 41
R.J. Hadlee c Taylor b Willis 99
I.D.S. Smith not out 32
B.L. Cairns c Taylor b Willis 02
S.L. Boock c Taylor b Willis 05
E.J. Chatfield lbw b Willis 00
EXTRAS (b 8,lb 11, w 2, nb 6) 27
TOTAL 307
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-30, 2-42, 3-53, 4-87, 5-137, 6-203
7-281, 8-291, 9-301
BOWLING (England): R.G.D. Willis 22.1-5051-4
I.T. Botham 17-1-88-1
A.C.S. Pigott 17-7-75-2
N.G. Cowans 14-2-52-3
M.W. Gatting 2-0-14-0
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS
G. Fowler b Boock 04
C.J. Tavare c J. Crowe b Hadlee 03
D.I. Gower lbw b Hadlee 02
A.J. Lamb c Smith b Chatfield 11
D.W. Randall c Coney b Hadlee 00
I.T. Botham c Chatfield b Cairns 18
M.W. Gatting not out 19
R.W. Taylor c J. Crowe b Cairns 02
A.C.S. Pigott lbw b Cairns 04
R.G.D. Willis b Chatfield 06
N.G. Cowans c Coney b Chatfield 04
EXTRAS (lw 5, nb 4) 09
TOTAL 82
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-7, 2-9, 3-10, 4-10, 5-41, 6-41
7-47, 8-58, 9-72
BOWLING (New Zealand): R.J. Hadlee 17-9-16-3
B.L. Cairns 19-5-39-3
S.L. Boock 6-3-12-1
E.J. Chatfield 8.3-3-10-3
ENGLAND 2nd INNINGS
G. Fowler c Howarth b Boock 10
C.J. Tavare c Smith b Hadlee 06
D.I. Gower c Cairns b Hadlee 08
A.J. Lamb c Coney b Chatfield 09
D.W. Randall c Cairns b Hadlee 25
I.T. Botham c M. Crowe b Boock 00
M.W. Gatting c Hadlee b Boock 00
R.W. Taylor run out 15
A.C.S. Pigott not out 08
R.G.D. Willis c Howarth b Hadlee 00
N.G. Cowans c Smith b Hadlee 07
EXTRAS (lb 2, nb 3) 05
TOTAL 93
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-15, 2-23, 3-25, 4-31, 5-31, 6-33
7-72, 8-76, 9-80
BOWLING (New Zealand): R.J. Hadlee 17.5-6-28-5
B.L. Cairns 9-3-24-0
S.L. Boock 13-3-25-3
E.J. Chatfield 11-1 14-1 |
