This is the second last article in this series of stats Comparison for the 4 greatest all Rounders to ever play the sport. And for the second last we have the best cricketers to ever play cricket from Pakistan and New Zealand and there is no doubt that these 2 are the reasons that cricket has grown in their nations and so many young men and women are taking up this sport.
Before we talk about the stats Comparison between Imran Khan vs Richard Hadlee, I have to say that seeing the progress in these 2 nations in this sport makes me realize the importance that these 2 all time greats have had in shaping up the future. So, let’s look at the stats Comparison.
Imran Khan
Firstly we will talk about Imran Khan who is the most influential and the greatest cricketer to ever come out of Pakistan and he was the hero of his teammates as well as they looked up to him. Imran Khan was the sole reason that Pakistan cricket was given so much respect from all the other nations around the world.
Test Cricket
Imran Khan had one of the best test cricket careers in the history of Pakistan cricket. He played 88 Test Matches and he scored 3807 runs as a batter at an average of 37.69 and he made 6 test hundreds with a highest score of 136. And as a fast bowler he took 362 wickets in test cricket at an average of 22.81 and he took 23 Five wicket hauls and 6 times he has taken 10 wickets in a test match.
ODI Cricket
After Kapil Dev it is Imran Khan who has a good career in ODI cricket as well. He played 175 ODIs for Pakistan and he made 3709 runs at an average of 33.41 with 1 hundred and a highest score of 102*. He made a total of more than 7500+ international runs for Pakistan. And as a fast bowler he took 182 wickets at an average of 26.61 which means a total of 540+ international Wickets for Khan.
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Format | Test Cricket | ODIs |
Matches | 88 | 175 |
Runs scored | 3807 | 3709 |
Batting average | 37.69 | 33.41 |
100s/50s | 6/18 | 1/19 |
Top score | 136 | 102* |
Balls Bowled | 19458 | 7461 |
Wickets | 362 | 182 |
Bowling average | 22.81 | 26.61 |
5 Wickets in an innings | 23 | 1 |
10 Wickets in a match | 6 | 0 |
Best bowling | 8/58 | 6/14 |
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Richard Hadlee
Just like Imran Khan is the most influential cricketer for Pakistan, Richard Hadlee is the greatest to ever play for New Zealand. He was the one who showed the world that players from New Zealand can also be the best in the world. And he has a remarkable test career.
Test Cricket
As we said earlier Richard Hadlee had a remarkable test career and we say that because Richard Hadlee played 86 Test Matches for New Zealand and in just 86 Test Matches he took 431 wickets in test cricket at an average of 22.29 and he also took 36 Five wicket hauls in test cricket which is mind blowing and 9 times he has taken 10 wickets in a test match. He also made 3124 test runs at an average of 27.16 and he made 2 hundreds in test cricket with a Highest score of 151*.
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ODI Cricket
Just like Ian Botham, he also did not play much ODI Cricket but he had a good run . He played 115 ODIs for New Zealand and in those he made 1741 runs at an average of 21.61. He made a total of 4800+ international runs for New Zealand. And as a fast bowler he took 158 Wickets at an average of 21.56. He took a total of 590 international wickets for New Zealand.
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Format | Test Cricket | ODIs |
Matches | 86 | 115 |
Runs scored | 3124 | 1751 |
Batting average | 27.16 | 21.61 |
100s/50s | 2/15 | 0/4 |
Top score | 151* | 79 |
Balls Bowled | 21918 | 6182 |
Wickets | 431 | 158 |
Bowling average | 22.29 | 21.56 |
5 Wickets in an innings | 36 | 5 |
10 Wickets in a match | 9 | 0 |
Best bowling | 9/52 | 5/25 |
Stats Comparison
When we compare the stats in Test cricket it has very close but in batting Imran Khan has hit 700+ more runs than Hadlee but in bowling Richard Hadlee has taken 70 more Wickets while playing 2 test Matches less. So , they balance each other out. And in ODIs, Imran Khan had the better batting career as he made over 1400+ more runs but as a fast bowler it was much closer.
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