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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.
Haynes formed a formidable partnership with Gordon
Greenidge for the West Indies cricket teamin Test cricket during
1980s. Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess
of 200. The pair made 6482 runs while batting together in
partnerships, the highest total for a batting partnership in Test
cricket history.[1] 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 March 3
1978.
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. 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.
Haynes, when facing Australia in the bitter 1991 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 a 1989-90 Test
series.[2]
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.[2]
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'.
Desmond Haynes' career performance graph.
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