Desmond Haynes

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Desmond Haynes
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Personal information
Full name
Desmond Leo Haynes
Born (1956-02-15) 15 February 1956 (age 68)
Saint James, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
Right-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  163)3 March 1978 v  Australia
Last Test13 April 1994 v  England
ODI debut(cap  25)22 February 1978 v  Australia
Last ODI5 March 1994 v  England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's Cricket
Representing WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1979 England
Runner-up 1983 England and Wales
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2010

Desmond Leo Haynes (born 15 February 1956) is a former Barbadian cricketer and cricket coach who played for the West Indies cricket team between 1978 and 1994. He was a member of the squads which won the 1979 Cricket World Cup as well as finishing as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

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Haynes favoured a more measured approach to batting and scored 7,487 runs in 116 Test matches at an average of 42.29, his highest Test innings of 184 coming against England in 1980. 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 was rated by Trinidad and Tobago Guardian as "one of the greatest of all time", [1] while the BBC described him as "one of the greatest opening partnerships in history with fellow Barbadian Gordon Greenidge." [2] The cricket almanac Wisden noted his "combination of timing and barely evident power", and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1991. [3] In June 2021, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the special inductees to mark the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship final. [4] [5]

International career

He first made his name on the international scene with 148 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. [6] 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'.[ citation needed ] He is also noted for using delaying tactics against England during the 1989–90 Test series. [7]

Like most West Indian openers, Haynes was strong against pace and, after struggling against spin early in his career, developed into a strong player of slow bowling, exemplified by his knocks of 75 and 143 against Australia on an SCG dustbowl in 1989. [7] Haynes had a successful career in English county cricket, playing 95 first-class games for Middlesex, scoring 7071 runs at 49.1 with a best of 255* against Sussex. He was awarded his Middlesex cap in 1989 and played at Lords till 1994. He played 63 first-class matches for Barbados from 1976/77 to 1994/95, scoring 4843 at 49.92 with a top score of 246 and 21 games for Western Province from 1994/95 to 1996/97, making 1340 runs at 40.6 with a best of 202*. In all first class cricket, he made 26030 runs at 45.90 and 15651 more in 419 one day games at 42.07 with a top score of 152*. He scored 61 first-class hundreds in all and won 55-man of the match awards in all forms of the game.

Haynes was only the third West Indian to carry his bat in a Test innings. [8] He is one of only two players in international Test Cricket to achieve this feat three times, the other being Dean Elgar. Haynes announced his retirement in March 1997 after playing a first-class game for Western Province against Natal in Cape Town. He made 83 in the first innings and was dismissed for a third-ball duck in the second and his last. [9]

Centuries

Haynes scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 18 and 17 occasions respectively during his international career. [10] [11]

His first Test century came in February 1980 against New Zealand at the Carisbrook, Dunedin, a match the West Indies lost by one wicket. [12] His highest score of 184 runs came the same year against England at the Lord's Cricket Ground, London. [13] [14] Five of his Test centuries came against Australia. [10] Haynes scored Test centuries at twelve cricket grounds, against five different opponents, including eight at venues outside the West Indies. [15] [16] As of August 2013, he is seventh in the list of Test century-makers for the West Indies. [17]

He scored a century on his ODI debut in February 1978 against Australia at the Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's. [18] His score of 148 runs in the match earned him a man of the match award, resulting in the West Indies' win. [19] His highest score in ODIs remained 152 runs, against India at the Bourda, Georgetown in March 1989. [11] Due to his man-of-the-match performance, the West Indies won the match by 101 runs, and the series 5–0. [20] He was most successful against Australia making six ODI centuries against them. [11] As of August 2013, Haynes is the third in the list of ODI century-makers for the West Indies, [21] and sixteenth overall among all-time combined century-makers. [22]

Post retirement

After retirement as player, Haynes has served as Chairman of Selectors of the Barbados Cricket Association, President of Carlton Cricket Club, Secretary of the West Indies Players Association and is currently a Director of the West Indies Cricket Board. He is a former Government Senator and was Chairman of the National Sports Council. His main relaxation is golf. A biography Lion of Barbados was published about him, punning on his middle name 'Leo'.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Haynes enters India coaching race". BBC Sport. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2005.
  3. ↑ "Wisden – Cricketer of the year 1991 – Desmond Haynes". Wisden . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "ICC Hall of Fame special inductions announced to mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Andy Flower and Kumar Sangakkara among 10 players inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Hundred on debut | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo.
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  8. ↑ "Test Batting Records – Carrying bat through a completed innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Desmond Haynes calls it a day". The Indian Express. Reuters. 11 March 1997. Archived from the original on 20 April 1997. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Desmond Haynes Test centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 "Desmond Haynes One Day International centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "West Indies tour of New Zealand, 1979/80: Test series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "West Indies tour of England, 1980: The Wisden Trophy – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Desmond Haynes / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Desmond Haynes – Centuries at home venues". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Desmond Haynes – Centuries at venues outside the West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "West Indies / Records / Test matches / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  18. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  19. ↑ "Australia tour of West Indies, 1977/78: ODI Series – 1st ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  20. ↑ "India tour of West Indies, 1988/89 – 5th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  21. ↑ "Records / West Indies / One-Day Internationals / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  22. ↑ "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
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