West Indies batting legend Desmond Haynes has joined the Barbados Pride senior men’s team as a specialist performance consultant ahead of the start of the regional Super50 tournament in Trinidad, which will be played from November 19 to 29.
The 69-year-old is one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of cricket and World Cup hero from 1979. He is the most capped Bajan in Test history, having played 116 matches between 1978 and 1994.
The Barbados Cricket Association confirmed the appointment on Monday morning.
He will be working alongside head coach Vasbert Drakes and assistant coach Ryan Hinds as Barbados bid to win the marquee regional 50 over competition.
The Bajans arrived in Port-of-Spain yesterday. They will have training sessions on Monday afternoon at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy and Tuesday morning at the Frank Worrell Memorial ground at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI SPEC).
Barbados Pride will be playing under the captaincy of allrounder Kyle Mayers, who is expected to bat at the top of the order. Their first match will be on Wednesday at 9am against hosts Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the UWI SPEC.
FULL SQUADS
Barbados Pride: Kyle Mayers (captain), Leniko Boucher, Kraigg Brathwaite, Zachary McCaskie, Jonathan Drakes, Dominic Drakes, Kevin Wickham, Demetrius Richards, Nyeem Young, Kemar Smith, Joshua Bishop, Matthew Jones, Javed Leacock, Akeem Jordan
FULL MATCH SCHEDULE
Wednesday, November 19: vs Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at UWI SPEC
Friday, November 21: vs Leewards Hurricanes at Queens Park Oval
Sunday, November 23: vs Windwards Volcanoes at Queens Park Oval
Tuesday, November 25: vs Jamaica Scorpions vs Barbados Pride at Brian Lara Cricket Academy
Thursday, November 27: vs Guyana Harpy Eagles vs Barbados Pride at UWI SPEC
Saturday, November 29: Grand Final at Brian Lara Cricket Academy
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