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Born at Holder's Hill, Barbados in 1956, Desmond 'Dessie' Haynes was an attractive right-handed opening batsman and right-arm medium and leg break bowler. Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess of 200.

In contrariety to Greenidge’s belligerence with the bat, Haynes favored a more measured approach to batting.

He compiled a redoubt- able 7,487 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.

Named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991, Haynes is one of the few Test batsmen 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 and until recently the prolific Haynes held a number of ODI records including most runs and most centuries.

His main relaxation is golf.

Desmond Haynes – Stats, Records, Biography, Age & ICC Ranking

Desmond Haynes plays cricket for the West Indies cricket team in International cricket. He had a successful career in English county cricket, playing 95 first class games for Middlesex, scoring 7,071 runs at 49.1 with a best of 255 not out against Sussex.

versus Lancashire at Old Trafford, Manchester in the 1990 NatWest Trophy tie. In 25 World Cup matches, Haynes scored 854 runs at 37.13 with three fifties and one century.

Haynes was the archetypal West Indian cricketer - a carefree, happy-go-lucky soul always with a smile on his face. DL Haynes has smashed 0 fours and 0 big sixes in the ODI format. He represented his native Barbados between 1976/77 and 1991/92, acting as captain in 1990/91.

He was awarded his Middlesex cap in 1989 and played at Lords until 1994.

After his retirement from the game in 1997, Haynes served as Chairman of Selectors of the Barbados Cricket Association, President of Carlton Cricket Club, Secretary of the West Indies Players’ Association and as a Director of the West Indies Cricket Board. He is 69 as a Right Hand Bat.

If we talk about Desmond Haynes’s Test career, he has played 116 Test matches and scored 7,487 runs, with an average of 42.29.

Desmond Haynes was born on February 15, 1956. His best season was 1990 when he recorded 2,346 runs for the county. Since retiring he has concentrated on coaching and has served Sussex and Hampshire.