Jacob Duffy Shatters Richard Hadlee's Record for Most NZ Wickets in a Year!

• Jacob Duffy broke Richard Hadlee's 40-year-old record for most wickets by a New Zealander in a calendar year.
• Duffy claimed 81 wickets in 36 matches across all formats in 2025, surpassing Hadlee's 79 wickets from 1985.
• His 2025 performance includes 25 Test wickets (with 3 five-wicket hauls), 21 ODI wickets, and 35 T20I wickets.
• Duffy was named Player Of The Series against West Indies in Tests, taking a five-wicket haul in each of the three matches.
• He is currently the leading wicket-taker globally in 2025, though Muttiah Muralitharan holds the all-time world record (136 wickets in 2001).

Why It Matters: Jacob Duffy made history by becoming New Zealand's highest calendar year wicket-taker with 81 scalps in 2025.