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Desmond Haynes

Desmond Haynes
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Desmond Haynes (left), 2007
Personal information
Full name Desmond Leo Haynes
Born (1956-02-15) 15 February 1956 (age 61)
Saint James, Barbados
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg break / medium pace
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 163) 3 March 1978 v Australia
Last Test 13 April 1994 v England
ODI debut (cap 25) 22 February 1978 v Australia
Last ODI 5 March 1994 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1976–1995 Barbados
1989–1994 Middlesex
1994–1997 Western Province
1983 Scotland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 116 238 376 419
Runs scored 7,487 8,648 26,030 15,651
Batting average 42.29 41.27 45.90 42.07
100s/50s 18/39 17/57 61/138 28/110
Top score 184 152* 255* 152*
Balls bowled 18 30 536 780
Wickets 1 0 8 9
Bowling average 8.00 34.87 65.77
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/2 1/2 1/9
Catches/stumpings 65/– 59/– 202/1 117/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2010

Desmond Leo Haynes (born 15 February 1956) is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991. Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon Greenidge for the West Indies cricket team in Test cricket during the 1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess of 200. The pair made 6482 runs while batting together in partnerships, the third highest total for a batting partnership in Test cricket history. Haynes favoured a more measured approach to batting. He compiled 7487 runs in 116 Test matches at an average of 42.29, his highest Test innings coming against England in 1984 with 184 off 395 balls. He is one of the few Test batsman to have been dismissed handled the ball, falling in this fashion against India on 24 November 1983. He is also one of the few players to have scored a century on an ODI debut.

He first made his name on the international scene with 148 against Australia at Antigua in a One-Day International against Australia and until recently Haynes held a number of ODI records, including most runs and most centuries. His 148 against Australia came on his debut match in One Day International which still remains the highest run ever made by a batsman on debut in ODI as well as the fastest century scored by an ODI debutant. He played in the World Cup of 1979, won by the West Indies, and returned to the competition in 1983, 1987 and 1992. In the 25 World Cup matches, Haynes scored 854 runs at 37.13 with three fifties and one century. As of 10 December 2013 Haynes remains one of the only two players in the history of ODI cricket to have scored century on both debut and last match played, the only other being English batsman Dennis Amiss.

Haynes, when facing Australia in the bitter 1990–91 series, clashed verbally with Ian Healy, Merv Hughes, Craig McDermott and David Boon, who christened him 'Dessie'. He is also noted for using delaying tactics against England during the 1989–90 Test series.


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