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Place of Birth: Saint James, Barbados
About Desmond Haynes
- Desmond Leo Haynes (born 15 February 1956) 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 team in Test cricket during the 1980s.
- Between them they managed 16 century stands, four in excess of 200.
- The pair made 6482 runs while batting together in partnerships, the third highest total for a batting partnership in Test cricket history.
- 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 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.
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