List of international cricket centuries by Desmond Haynes

A portrait Desmond Haynes
Former West Indies opener, Desmond Haynes

Desmond Haynes is a retired West Indian cricketer and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He played 116 Test 238 One Day International (ODI) matches, and scored 7,487 and 8,648 runs respectively.[1] He scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 18 and 17 occasions respectively during his international career.[2][3] He was rated by Trinidad and Tobago Guardian as "one of the greatest of all time",[4] while the BBC described him as "one of the greatest opening partnerships in history with fellow Barbadian Gordon Greenidge."[5] 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.[6]

Haynes made his Test debut against Australia at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, in March 1978.[7] His first Test century came in February 1980 against New Zealand at the Carisbrook, Dunedin, a match the West Indies lost by one wicket.[8] His highest score of 184 runs came the same year against England at the Lord's Cricket Ground, London.[9][10] Five of his Test centuries came against Australia.[2] Haynes scored Test centuries at twelve cricket grounds, against five different opponents, including eight at venues outside the West Indies.[11][12] As of October 2023, he is seventh in the list of Test century-makers for the West Indies.[13]

Haynes scored a century on his ODI debut in February 1978 against Australia at the Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's.[14] His score of 148 runs in the match earned him a man of the match award, resulting in the West Indies' win.[15] His highest score in ODIs remained 152 runs, against India at the Bourda, Georgetown in March 1989.[3] Due to his man-of-the-match performance, the West Indies won the match by 101 runs, and the series 5–0.[16] He was most successful against Australia making six ODI centuries against them.[3] Haynes' 17 ODI centuries was previously a record, until Sachin Tendulkar surpassed it in 1998.[1][17] As of October 2023, Haynes is the third in the list of ODI century-makers for the West Indies.[18]

  1. ^ a b "Desmond Haynes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Desmond Haynes Test centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Desmond Haynes One Day International centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. ^ "WI top six please Desmond Haynes". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Haynes enters India coaching race". BBC Sport. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2005.
  6. ^ "Wisden – Cricketer of the year 1991 – Desmond Haynes". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Australia tour of West Indies, 1977/78: The Frank Worrell Trophy – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. ^ "West Indies tour of New Zealand, 1979/80: Test series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  9. ^ "West Indies tour of England, 1980: The Wisden Trophy – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Desmond Haynes / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Desmond Haynes – Centuries at home venues". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Desmond Haynes – Centuries at venues outside the West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  13. ^ "West Indies / Records / Test matches / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Australia tour of West Indies, 1977/78: ODI Series – 1st ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  16. ^ "India tour of West Indies, 1988/89 – 5th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  17. ^ Ezekiel, Gulu (2012). Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman. Penguin Books. p. 230. ISBN 9788184756425. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Records / West Indies / One-Day Internationals / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2012.