| The West Indies cricket team had few quality | | | | Ahmedabad Rockets of the Indian Cricket League. |
| top-order batsmen between 1995 and 2005. When | | | | Hinds played 45 Test matches between 2000 and |
| Wavell Hinds made his debut against Zimbabwe in | | | | 2005. He scored a total of 2,608 runs at an average |
| 2000, he started as a middle-order batsman but later | | | | of 33.01. Hinds' batting style was typically aggressive |
| converted to a makeshift opener. West Indian | | | | and he favoured strokes on the offside. Those 2,608 |
| selectors were hoping that Hinds would fill the void | | | | runs included five centuries against strong Test |
| left by the departure of Gordon Greenidge and | | | | opposition like India, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri |
| Desmond Haynes in the early 90s. | | | | Lanka. Hinds' Test best was a brilliant 213 against |
| Born in Jamaica on September 7th, 1976, Wavell | | | | South Africa at Georgetown in 2005. His best batting |
| hands developed into a left-handed middle order | | | | efforts came in the West Indies and Asia. However, |
| batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He | | | | he tended to have problems batting in Africa, England |
| made his First class debut for Jamaica in the 1995/96 | | | | and Oceania. |
| West Indian domestic season. Throughout his career | | | | Hinds' bowling was not very significant but he was |
| for Jamaica, he played as a middle-order batsman, | | | | certainly a good partnership breaker. As a genuine |
| although he opened for the West Indies. | | | | part-time bowler, he took only 16 Test wickets. His |
| Hinds only played for the West Indies between 2000 | | | | best returns came against South Africa- as he took |
| and 2005. The brevity of his international career had | | | | ten wickets against that opposition. He scalped some |
| little to do with his talent, however. Hinds, motivated | | | | valued wickets like Graeme Smith, Marvan Atapattu |
| (or de-motivated) by his non-selection to the West | | | | and Jacques Kallis (three times). |
| Indies team, opted to join Derbyshire and the | | | | |