The 'Battle of the all-rounders' during the 1980's brought Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, and Hadlee together as opponents. The will and the desire to outplay each other brought out the best in all of them.

Among batsmen, Hadlee rated Viv Richards, David Gower, Sunil Gavaskar, Geoff Boycott, Javed Miandad and Greg Chappell all very difficult to dismiss.

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