I rate New Zealander Sir Richard Hadlee the best bowler I ever saw, along with West Indians Curtley Ambrose and Joel Garner. Hadlee wasn’t express pace, but he was fast and he moved the ball through the air and off the seam. He spearheaded a successful New Zealand attack that included Lance Cairns, Ewen Chatfield and John Bracewell. I first saw Hadlee play for New Zealand against a Victorian Country XI at Traralgon on November 5, 1980 and obtained his autograph. I either had a day off school or took one, because I remember the match quite well.