Sir Richard Hadlee diagnosed with bowel cancer; recovering fast after the operation

The legendary New Zealand cricketer Sir Richard Hadlee has been diagnosed with bowel cancer during his three-year routine colonoscopy. A tumour was found last month and now has been removed by a successful operation. Hadlee is making an excellent recovery and is responding to well to the treatment. The news of cancer comes as a shocking one for the cricketing fraternity as he is hailed as one of the best ever cricketers the game has ever seen.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) recently released a statement on behalf of Lady Dianne Hadlee which included the details regarding the condition of the former Kiwi all-rounder. It was also mentioned in the statement that the chemotherapy will start soon and it will go on for the next few months.

Official statement

“As a safeguard, further treatment in the form of chemotherapy will commence shortly and last for a few months. It is expected that, in time, he will have a full recovery. Our reasons for making this statement are a desire to be transparent, and to prevent the inevitable speculation and incorrect rumours,” the statement read.

“I would also request people’s understanding and acceptance of our request for privacy while we go through the next few months, both for ourselves and for the extended Hadlee family,” Dianne Hadlee further added in the statement.

Richard Hadlee is undoubtedly New Zealand’s greatest ever cricketer as he scaled heights during his illustrious career which spanned over almost two decades. He scalped a massive 431 wickets in 86 Test matches while amassing over 3,000 runs two centuries and 15 half-centuries to his name. He was a sensation in his short 115-match ODI career as well and went on take 158 wickets while also scoring 1751 runs with the bat. He hung his boots in 1990 and took a wicket off the last delivery of his career in the farewell Test match.

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