Desmond Haynes

Desmond Haynes

Desmond Haynes (left), 2007
Player information
Surname	Desmond Leo Haynes
Born	February 15, 1956 (age 64) Saint James , Barbados
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg break / medium pace
Player role	Batsman
International games
National team	West Indies
Test debut (cap 163)	March 3, 1978 v  Australia
Last test	April 13, 1994 v  England
ODI debut (cap 25)	22nd February 1978 v  Australia
Last ODI	5 March 1994 v  England
National teams
Years	team
1976-1995	Barbados
1983	Scotland
1989-1994	Middlesex
1994-1997	Western Province
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	LA
Games	116	238	376	419
Runs (total)	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
Highscore	184	152 *	255 *	152 *
Balls	18th	30th	536	780
Wickets	1	0	8th	9
Bowling Average	8.00	-	34.87	65.77
5 wickets in innings	-	-	-	-
10 wickets in play	-	-	-	-
Best bowling performance	1/2	-	1/2	1/9
Catches / stumpings	65 / -	59 / -	202/1	117 / -
Source: Cricinfo , November 7, 2013

Desmond Leo Haynes (born February 15, 1956 in Saint James , Barbados ) is a former cricketer from Barbados who played for the West Indies cricket team and then worked as a cricket coach. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991 . Haynes and Gordon Greenidge formed one of the most dominant test partnerships on the West Indies cricket team in the 1980s . Together they reached 16 century partnerships and four times they even exceeded the 200 mark. Together they made a total of 6,482 runs in test partnerships, the second highest value for a batting partnership in the history of test cricket . Haynes preferred a more calculated approach to batting. In 116 tests he achieved a total of 7487 runs with an average of 42.29. His best test innings were 184 runs (from 395 balls) against England in 1984. He is one of the very few test batsman who was eliminated due to the rarely used rule of handled the ball . This happened in the match against India on November 24, 1983.

In his first ODI in Antigua , he scored a Century against Australia with a score of 148 . Haynes held a number of ODI records such as "Most Runs" and "Most Centuries". He was part of the West Indian team that won the 1979 Cricket World Cup . He was also part of the team at the World Cups in 1983, 1987 and 1992. In his 25 World Cup matches, Haynes scored 854 runs (including three Fifties and one Century).

After the end of his active career in 1997, Haynes served as Chairman of Selectors of the Barbados Cricket Association, President of the Carlton Cricket Club and Secretary of the West Indies Players Association. He is currently the director of the West Indies Cricket Board.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ESPNCricinfo Partnership records ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
2. ↑ 4th Test: India v West Indies at Mumbai, Nov 24-29, 1983 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 7, 2013.