(1956-02-15) 15 February 1956 (age 68) Saint James, Barbados
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right arm leg break Right-arm medium
International information
National side
West Indies
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
1983
Scotland
1989–1994
Middlesex
1994–1997
Western Province
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
0
10 wickets in match
0
–
0
0
Best bowling
1/2
–
1/2
1/9
Catches/stumpings
65/–
59/–
202/1
117/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing 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.
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]
^"WI top six please Desmond Haynes". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
^"Haynes enters India coaching race". BBC Sport. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2005.
^"Wisden – Cricketer of the year 1991 – Desmond Haynes". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^"ICC Hall of Fame special inductions announced to mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^"Andy Flower and Kumar Sangakkara among 10 players inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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the ball away from the stumps with his hand, resulting in the wicket. DesmondHaynes was the fourth man to be dismissed for handling the ball in Test cricket...
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