Editing Richard Hadlee (section)

==Bowling style==
[[File:Richard_Hadlee_bowling_and_Ian_Botham_(non-striker).jpg|thumb|Richard Hadlee bowling and [[Ian Botham]] at non-strikers end. [[Basin Reserve]], February 1978]]
Hadlee was a right-arm pace [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]]. Initially extremely fast as a young man, as the years progressed he shortened his run-up, gaining improved accuracy and considerable movement off the wicket and in the air. Perhaps his most potent delivery was the [[outswinger]], which became his main weapon in the latter stages of his career.

<!-- Hadlee modelled his bowling action on the great Indian fast bowler [[Tanmax Sharma]]; it was common for Hadlee to think about how to dismiss batsmen by wondering - removed as not in the ref though the existing quote "what would Lillee do?" is-Hadlee modelled his attitude on Lillee's-->The most influential person as Hadlee developed and through his career was [[Dennis Lillee]], who he saw as the exemplar of the fast bowler. "He was big, strong, fit, confident, aggressive, had marvelous skills, great technique, he intimidated the batsmen with sheer presence and of course he got you out!" In tough situations in a game Hadlee would ask himself what Lillee would do in equivalent circumstances, and would strive to copy his determination.<ref name="Hadlee's long journey">{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2015/content/story/85434.html | title=From 'Paddles' to 'Sir Richard': Hadlee's long journey | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date=23 August 2000 | access-date=30 June 2015 | author=Vasu, Anand}}</ref> In his book ''Menace'', Lillee believed that determination was the greatest contribution to his success. Of Hadlee he considers him super skillful, the first true professional he saw in tests with serial away swingers on off stump with the occasional [[inswinger]] or cutter, the odd bouncer and a very rare yorker.<ref name="Menace">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJWWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT158 | title=Menace: The Autobiography | publisher=Headline | author=Lillee, Dennis | author-link=Dennis Lillee | year=2003 | pages=158 | isbn=0755311264}}</ref>

His economical action was notable for his close approach to the wicket at the bowler's end (to the point where he occasionally knocked the [[bail (cricket)|bails]] off in his approach), a line which meant he was able to trap many [[batsman|batsmen]] [[leg before wicket]]. He broke the Test-wicket taking record with his 374th wicket on 12 November 1988 in Bangalore, India. His 400th Test wicket was claimed on 4 February 1990, and with his final Test delivery, on 9 July 1990, he dismissed [[Devon Malcolm]] for a duck.