Desmond
Haynes was born in Holders Hill a small village
in Barbados that has a rich cricket history, producing numerous players
who have gone on to represent both Barbados and the West Indies. Haynes
made his Test debut on March 3, 1978, against Australia at
Port-of-Spain. This West Indies team of 1974 was the nucleus of the
world-beating team of the 1980s and Haynes, though a couple of years
later than the bunch, of stroke-playing super stars was quick to
establish himself.
For thirteen years Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge formed
what was the most successful opening partnership the West Indies have
had. One could argue that they were the best Test openers in history
but that would be a subjective judgement; suffice it to say that the
pair scored a total of 6,522 runs together in the middle, with an
average of 44.07. This average is bettered only by the
Australian pair of Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden who have an average
of 51.07 but scored 1,211 less.
Haynes was a professional to the core. He knew that every innings could
count and he wanted to be on the winning side; the professionalism came
through in the fact that he never played nasty to ensure this. His
batting was solid in defence but Haynes could also match Greenidge
stroke for stroke
Desmond Haynes along with Gordon
Greenidge formed what was an enduring and prolific opening partnership
for Barbados and the West Indies, with 16 century stands at the Test
level, four of them in excess of 200.
Desmond Haynes Test Cricket
Statistics
Full Name
Desmond Leo Haynes
Number
of Test
116
Number of ODIs
238
Test Run Aggregate
7,487
ODI Run Aggregate
8,648
Test
Batting Average
42.29
ODI
Batting Average
41.37
Total Test Wickets
1
Total ODI Wickets
0
Test Bowling Average
8.00
ODI Bowling Average
-
Test
Centuries
18
ODI
Centuries
17
Date of Birth
15th
Feb, 1956 Holders Hill St. James, Barbados
Test Debut
West
Indies v Australia at Port of Spain - Mar 3-5, 1978
Last Test Match
West
Indies v England at Bridgetown - Apr 8-13, 1994
ODI Debut
West Indies
v Australia at St John's - Feb 22, 1978
Last ODI Match
West Indies
v England at Port of Spain - Mar 5, 1994
Batting
Style
Right hand bat
Bowling
Style
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Cricket
Legends These players are the 50 greatest cricketers of
the century, as voted by a blue-ribbon panel of judges assembled by
ESPN. The panelists were asked to list in order, their top 50 players.
Cricketing legends from Australia, England, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies all made it to the final 50.
Among them are some famous West Indies fast bowlers, great Aussie
legends, and modern heros of the game. Disc 5 features the great George
Headley.
