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Full name Desmond Leo Haynes
Born February 15, 1956, Holders Hill, St James, Barbados
Current age 52 years 240 days
Major teams Scotland,West Indies,Barbados,Middlesex,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
116
202
25
7487
184
42.29
18
39
24
65
0
ODIs
238
237
28
8648
152*
41.37
13707
63.09
17
57
59
0
First-class
376
639
72
26030
255*
45.90
61
138
202
1
List A
419
416
44
15651
152*
42.07
28
110
117
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
116
3
18
8
1
1/2
1/2
8.00
2.66
18.0
0
0
0
ODIs
238
1
30
24
0
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-
4.80
-
0
0
0
First-class
376
536
279
8
1/2
34.87
3.12
67.0
0
0
List A
419
780
592
9
1/9
1/9
65.77
4.55
86.6
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Mar 3-5, 1978 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Apr 8-13, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Australia at St John's, Feb 22, 1978 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 5, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1976/77 - 1996/97
List A span
1977/78 - 1996/97
Profile
Think of him and you see Kensington Oval, sundrenched, and a broad smile as he beat out another century. Happiness pervaded his cricket but it was joy underpinned by a ruthless streak best illustrated by the cynical way in which, on his captaincy debut, he used delaying tactics to deny England a win in Trinidad in 1989-90. You did not become as good as he was by being a softie. His batting possessed a solid muscularity and allround nature to it, and while he was capable of destructive innings, he tended, in opening partnerships anyway, towards acting as counterpoint to Gordon Greenidge's belligerent strokeplay. At his best against pace, like most West Indians, he nonetheless showed the technique and diligence to score 75 and 143 in a rare West Indies defeat on a dustbowl at Sydney in 1988-89. Mike Selvey
