Desmond Haynes

And everyone thought that the intimidation factor was going at and batting against that lineup.

But What about a young, inexperienced bowling line-up going out to bowl against their top four? Gordon Greenwich, Desmond Haynes, Richie Richardson, Viv Richards.

You had Gordon Greenwich and Desmond Haynes opening the batting.

You had no encouragement to take a wicket because Richie Richardson will be coming.

So you're sort of sitting there and the boys are saying, let's get a wicket.

Yes, I did.

He's gone Desmond Haynes.

Simon Hughes was a bit shocked when neither of us went for Desi Haynes.

Well, I mean, to be fair, Simon basically went for the West Indian team in 1984 and we tried to be a bit more

This is the 1984 team that came to Australia and dominated in test cricket.

In rough batting order, Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Richie Richardson, Larry Gomes, Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Jeffrey Dujon, Joel Garda, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh.

12th man, Roger Harper.

It was always the 12th man who would come on the field because he was a great fielder.

Viv Richards won it three times.

Yes.

Kirtley Ambrose won it, Desmond Haynes won it.

But it just shows how much they dominated over that...

Yeah.

And I think that, you know, sort of growing up when the West Indies were kings, you look back on that era with fondness, don't you? You look back at the, you know, the Viv Richards, the Clive Lloyds, the Desmond Haynes, the Gordon Greenidges, the Joel Garners, Michael Holdens, et cetera.

And then behind that you had that era of people who couldn't get into that side, who would walk into any other test side.

You know, Sylvester Clarke, Wayne Daniel, people like that.

Um, but i- it's interest- 'cause you mentioned the three Ws, and this is before we even go further on into West Indian cric- cricket annals.

We can throw in a Desmond Haynes.

We can, we can throw in the Jason Holders and sons.

And Barbados has a Kimar Roach.

Yeah.

Um, Desmond Haynes a little bit ... stood up.

But Gordon Greenidge, they had the bat on the ground, right?

Mm.

But yeah, I think it helps them.

Uh, Wasim Akram, um, and whereas your sort of more Desmond Haynes, Michael Bevan, Jeff Marsh, um, knock-it-around kind of players probably go back a little bit, right? Would be my guess.

Ellie says, "Scott Boland is 37.

He's played 19 tests and averaged 18 with the ball.

... to talk about technique a- and skills.

There was one time, um- Where he was having a net session with Desmond Haynes, and Desmond Haynes said to Malak and, "I can tell you when you're gonna bowl your inswinger and when you're gonna, um, bowl your outswinger." And he said, "You're talking rubbish." Um, and he said, "No, I can." So he went behind the net and Malcolm ran up, and as he got into his delivery or loaded up, you, you could call whether it was outswinger or inswinger.

And he was like, "Desi, how are you doing this?" And he said, "Because when you bowl your inswinger, you just lift your little pinky finger up." So you get your thing up-

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