Editing Richard Hadlee (section)

==Nottinghamshire career==

For Nottinghamshire, on often overgrassed [[Trent Bridge]] pitches, he gained some analyses that are remarkable in an era of covered pitches, notably his eight for 22 against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] in 1984. He represented Nottinghamshire between 1978 and 1987, but played only three full seasons due to injuries and Test calls. However, his bowling figures for those three seasons were quite remarkable:
* [[1981 English cricket season|1981]]: 4252 balls, 231 maidens, 1564 runs, 105 wickets for 14.89 each.
* [[1984 English cricket season|1984]]: 4634 balls, 248 maidens, 1645 runs, 117 wickets for 14.05 each.
* [[1987 English cricket season|1987]]: 3408 balls, 186 maidens, 1154 runs, 97 wickets for 11.89 each (''the lowest average since 1969'').

In those three seasons he was voted the ''[[PCA Player of the Year]]'' by his peers of the [[Professional Cricketers' Association]] (PCA). He won [[The Cricket Society]] ''Wetherall Award for the Leading All-Rounder in English First-Class Cricket'' in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1407/1407.html |title=Richard Hadlee |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>

In the 1984 county season, Hadlee completed a feat rare in the modern age by doing the county '[[Double (cricket)|double]]' – scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the same season. Hadlee, and his immediate successor at Nottinghamshire [[Franklyn Stephenson]], are the only two players to achieve this feat in English county cricket since the number of county games per season was reduced in 1969. The runs component of the double included Hadlee's highest first class score, 210* in a victory over [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] at [[Lord's]]. In 1987, his [[swan song]], he narrowly missed the double as Nottinghamshire won the [[County Championship]] as they had in 1981. Hadlee's contribution with ball and bat to both and their other triumphs was immense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1407/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Sir Richard Hadlee|publisher=CricketArchive Oracles|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1407/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Sir Richard Hadlee|publisher=CricketArchive Oracles|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref> They next won the championship [[2005 County Championship|in 2005]] with fellow Kiwi [[Stephen Fleming]] in charge.