Hadlee cited the example of the Australia tour when India after being shot out for 36 came back strong to win the series.
The 38-year-old Anderson is the first pacer in the history of Test cricket to scalp 600 wickets and is also the fourth-highest wicket-taker.
For Kapil, Botham was a true allrounder who had the capability to win matches on his own.
Hadlee recalled the first six months after diagnosis which were like living hell for the legend, who played 86 Tests for New Zealand.
Hadlee had taken 44 Tests to reach the 200-wickets milestone, while Wagner reached the the feat in his 46th Test (86th innings), putting him in the top 20 fastest worldwide.
Boult got to the milestone in his 64th Test, 11 matches more than Richard Hadlee needed.
England survived a scare from New Zealand to win the match by nine runs at Old Trafford and reach the final of the 1979 World Cup.
New Zealand pacer Trent Boult put India on the mat in the fourth ODI in Hamilton with a brutal spell that left the world's no. 2 team tottering.
Ewen Chatfield made his Test debut for New Zealand in 1975 and subsequently played in 43 Tests and 114 ODIs.
Broad eclipsed Hadlee’s record to reach fifth in the all-time list of leading Test wicket-takers with 433 scalps.