Full Name | Hayden Rashidi Walsh |
Born | April 23, 1992 |
Age | 31 Years, 5 Months, 7 Days |
National Side | West Indies |
Sport | Cricket |
Hayden Walsh is an Antiguan-American cricketer, who is a leg spinner, born in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. He represented USA early in his career before becoming a part of the West Indian team. Both his father and uncle have played first-class matches for the Leeward Islands.
Walsh made his first-class debut for the Leeward Islands during the 2011-12 Regional Four Day Competition. In just his third match, he took a four-wicket haul against Trinidad & Tobago. Walsh was named in the United States squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. He made his ODI debut against Papua New Guinea in the tournament's third-place playoff and played his first T20I game for the United States as well, against the United Arab Emirates.
In 2019, Walsh was named in the West Indies ODI and T20I squads for their series against Afghanistan in India and made his debut in both the formats. In July 2021, in the opening match of the series against Australia, Walsh took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs and he was also named the Player of the Series in the 5-match T20I series against Australia for picking 12 wickets.