In 1986, the legendary New Zealand fast bowler Richard Hadlee had to offer his teammates a one-week holiday at his expense to keep the car he had received as a prize. Hadley won the 'Best International Cricketer of the Year' award for his outstanding performance in the 1985–86 Test series in Australia and won the 'Alpha Romeo Saloon' car.
New Zealand won the first Test series in Australia. But there was a small problem in taking it home that New Zealand used to put all the cash prize in the team fund. That is why he had to spend as much as the cost of this car to his fellow players to spend the holidays. Remembering the incident, Hadley told Ian Smith on the 'Sky Sports' podcast, "There was a prize distribution ceremony at the Sydney Cricket Ground and I was given the keys to the car and they were about to send the car to New Zealand, so I thought it was good." ''
He said, "But there was some problem in this. It was an item. When we boarded the flight to go home, the management told me, "Richard, you have to sell your car and put this amount in the team fund." Hadley said he wanted to keep the car. So I said, "If I want to keep this car?" So I was told that you have to give this amount in the team fund with you, whatever the cost of the car is. I think it was close to 30 to 35,000 New Zealand dollars. Hadley said that he later offered his teammates a week's holiday at his 'Lake Topo Resort' so that he could keep a car.
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