- Played Professional cricket for Canterbury in New Zealand, Nottinghamshire in England, Tasmania in Australia and International cricket for New Zealand.
- Represented New Zealand at the 1975, 1979 and 1983 Cricket World Cups but skipped the 1987 edition.
- Also played in English County Cricket with Nottinghamshire.
- The first bowler to take 400 wickets in test cricket.
- In the year 2000, ESPN voted Hadlee as the 12th Greatest Cricketer Of All Time.
- Wisden Cricketer Of The Year 1982.
- The greatest cricketer to emerge from New Zealand.
- His first delivery on test debut was a full-toss and dispatched to the boundary. However, his final delivery in international cricket was his 431st test wicket.
- One of the 4 great all-rounders of the 1980s, the others being India's Kapil Dev, Pakistan's Imran Khan and England's Sir Ian Botham.
- His bowling idol is Australian contemporary Dennis Lillee while his favorite batsman during his active career was Australian Allan Border.
- His father Walter, siblings Dayle and Barry as well as former spouse Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.
- Amongst the quartet of the great all-rounders of the 1980s, Hadlee is the only one to have batted left-handed, never captain his team and never appear in a World Cup final, although New Zealand did reach the semi-finals of the inaugural Prudential ODI World Cup editions of 1975 and 1979 during Hadlee's active career.
- Was voted by Wisden as the 2nd greatest test bowler of all-time, behind only Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka.
- In the 22 tests won by New Zealand during his tenure, Hadlee took 173 wickets averaging only 13.
- Received 13 out of a possible 100 votes during the panelling for the 5 Wisden Cricketers of the 20th Century.
- His career best bowling figures of 9/52 against Australia at Brisbane in 1985/86 are the best for any fast bowler in cricket history.
- In 1990, he became the first cricketer to be knighted during his active career.
- Was inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.
- During New Zealand's tour of England in 1983, his returns of none for 89 at Leeds were the only occasion he went wicketless in a New Zealand test victory.
- Despite their partnership being considered as pivotal to raising the stature of the New Zealand cricket team on a global stage, Hadlee was never on good terms with captain Geoff Howarth. Their disagreements in the dressing room on an occasion of a test were such, they refused to talk to each other on the field and relayed their respective communications via teammates Jeremy Coney and John Wright.
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