Desmond Haynes

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Desmond Haynes
West Indies
Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	leg break googly (LBG)
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	116	238
Runs scored	7487	8648
Batting average	42.29	41.37
100s/50s	18/39	17/57
Top score	184	152*
Overs	3	10
Wickets	1	0
Bowling average	8.00	–
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/2	-
Catches/stumpings	65/0	59/0
As of 7 November 2005 Source: [1]

Desmond Leo Haynes (born February 15, 1956 in Barbados) is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991.

One of the greatest batsman to ever play for the West Indies, the muscular Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon Greenidge in Test cricket which was integral to the success of the West Indies cricket team of the 1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, 4 in excess of 200. Haynes, in contrariety to Greenidge's belligerence with the bat, favoured a more measured approach to batting. He compiled a redoubtable 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 March 3 1978.

He first made his name on the international scene with a blazing 148 against Australia at Antigua in a one-Day International against Australia and until recently the prolific Haynes held a number of ODI records including most runs and most centuries. 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 3 fifties and one century.

Unlike the brooding, introverted Greenidge, Haynes was the archetypal West Indian cricketer - a carefree, happy-go-lucky soul always with a smile on his face. He wore his heart on his sleeve when representing his nation, occasionally letting his emotions get the better of him, notably against Australia in the bitter 1991 series, when he clashed verbally (and almost physically at times) with Ian Healy, Merv Hughes, Craig McDermott and David Boon.

Like most West Indian openers, Haynes was brilliant against pace and, after struggling against spin early in his career, developed into a deadly player of slow bowling, his double of 75 and 143 against Australia on an SCG dustbowl in 1989 was of rare quality.

Like most West Indian test players of his generation 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.

After his retirement from the game in 1997 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'.

Preceded by Gordon Greenidge

West Indies Test cricket captains 1989/90 - 1990/1

Succeeded by Richie Richardson

v • d • e West Indies squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup (2nd title) 1 Lloyd (c) • 2 Croft • 3 Garner • 4 Greenidge • 5 Haynes • 6 Holding • 7 Kallicharran • 8 King • 9 Murray (wk) • 10 Richards • 11 Roberts

v • d • e West Indies squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup (runners-up) 1 Lloyd (c) • 2 Bacchus • 3 Daniel • 4 Davis • 5 Dujon (wk) • 6 Garner • 7 Gomes • 8 Greenidge • 9 Haynes • 10 Holding • 11 Logie • 12 Marshall • 13 Richards • 14 Roberts

v • d • e West Indies squad - 1987 Cricket World Cup 1 Richards (c) • 2 Baptiste • 3 Benjamin • 4 Best • 5 Dujon (wk) • 6 Harper • 7 Haynes • 8 Hooper • 9 Logie • 10 Patterson • 11 Richardson • 12 Simmons • 13 Walsh

v • d • e West Indies squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 Richardson (c) • 2 Ambrose • 3 Arthurton • 4 Benjamin • 5 Cummins • 6 Harper • 7 Haynes • 8 Hooper • 9 Lara • 10 Logie • 11 Marshall • 12 Patterson • 13 Simmons • 14 Williams (wk)