List of international cricket centuries by 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]

Key

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries by Desmond Haynes

No.	Score	Balls	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	105	323	New Zealand	2	3	32.50	Carisbrook, Dunedin	Away	8 February 1980	Lost	[8]
2	122	199	New Zealand	2	3	61.30	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	Away	22 February 1980	Won	[19]
3	184	395	England	2	2	46.58	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	Away	19 June 1980	Drawn	[9]
4	136	—	India	2	2	—	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	Home	28 April 1983	Won	[20]
5	103*	184	Australia	2	4	55.97	Bourda, Georgetown	Home	2 March 1984	drawn	[21]
6	145	222	Australia	2	2	65.31	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	30 April 1984	Won	[22]
7	125†	329	England	2	3	37.99	Kennington Oval, London	Away	9 August 1984	Won	[23]
8	131	283	England	2	1	46.88	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	Home	11 April 1986	Won	[24]
9	121	269	New Zealand	2	2	56.79	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Away	20 February 1987	Draw	[25]
10	100	194	Australia	2	3	51.54	WACA Ground, Perth	Away	2 December 1988	Won	[26]
11	143	272	Australia	2	3	52.57	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	26 January 1989	Lost	[27]
12	112*	128	India	2	4	87.50	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	1 April 1989	Won	[28]
13	109	177	England	2	3	61.58	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	5 April 1990	Won	[29]
14	167 †	317	England	2	2	52.68	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	Home	12 April 1990	Won	[30]
15	117‡	248	Pakistan	2	1	48.54	National Stadium, Karachi	Away	15 November 1990	Lost	[31]
16	111	223	Australia	2	2	49.77	Bourda, Georgetown	Home	23 March 1991	Won	[32]
17	143*†	288	Pakistan	1	3	49.65	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	16 April 1993	Won	[33]
18	125 †	206	Pakistan	1	1	60.67	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	23 April 1993	Won	[34]

ODI centuries

List of ODI centuries by Desmond Haynes

No.	Score	Balls	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	148 †	136	Australia	2	1	108.82	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	Home	22 February 1978	Won	[15]
2	108* †	130	Australia	1	1	83.07	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	17 January 1984	Won	[35]
3	133* †	147	Australia	2	2	90.47	Albion Sports Complex, Albion	Home	29 February 1984	Won	[36]
4	102* †	142	Australia	2	2	71.83	Mindoo Philip Park, Castries	Home	19 April 1984	Won	[37]
5	104* †	102	Australia	2	2	101.96	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	26 April 1984	Won	[38]
6	123* †	130	Australia	2	2	94.61	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Home	6 January 1985	Won	[39]
7	145* †	157	New Zealand	1	1	92.35	Albion Sports Complex, Albion	Home	14 April 1985	Won	[40]
8	116 †	138	New Zealand	1	1	84.05	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	23 April 1985	Won	[41]
9	105	124	Sri Lanka	1	1	84.67	National Stadium, Karachi	Neutral	13 October 1987	Won	[42]
10	142* †	132	Pakistan	1	1	107.57	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	18 March 1988	Won	[43]
11	111 †	107	Pakistan	2	1	103.73	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Neutral	10 December 1988	Won	[44]
12	101 †	112	Pakistan	1	1	90.17	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	Neutral	17 December 1988	Won	[45]
13	117* †	132	India	2	1	88.63	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	7 March 1989	Won	[46]
14	152* †	125	India	2	1	120.63	Bourda, Georgetown	Home	19 March 1989	Won	[16]
15	138* †	164	England	1	1	84.14	Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior	Neutral	27 October 1989	Won	[47]
16	107*	137	Pakistan	1	1	78.10	Eden Gardens, Calcutta[note 1]	Neutral	1 November 1989	Lost	[48]
17	115 †	112	England	2	2	102.67	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	5 March 1994	Won	[49]

Notes

References

External links

• "Player profile: Desmond Haynes". CricketArchive.
• "Player profile: Desmond Haynes". Yahoo! Cricket.