Turning 64 today, Sir Richard Hadlee is New Zealand's record-breaking all-rounder who became the first man to take 400 Test wickets.
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A true legend of the game, Hadlee played a total of 85 Tests and 115 ODIs in his career and is regarded as one of the finest players of his generation.
Hadlee took a remarkable nine ten-wicket hauls in Test matches and 36 five-fors in single innings while also notching up 2 centuries and fifteen fifties with the bat in the longer format of the game.
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