Albert Costayne Hayden Walsh (4 March 1963 – 9 January 2010) was an Antiguan cricketer who represented the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic competitions. He was a left-handed top-order batsman. Walsh made his senior debut for

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two ...

in 1984. His first-class debut for the Leeward Islands did not come until February 1988, when he played against

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

in the 1987–88 Red Stripe Cup.First-class matches played by Hayden Walsh
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015. Walsh established himself in the team the following season, also making his

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

debut.List A matches played by Hayden Walsh
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015. However, he did not score a first-class half-century until the 1991–92 season, when he made 77 as an

opening batsman In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batters play through their team's innings, there always being two batters taking part at any one time. All eleven players in a team are required to bat if the innings is completed (i.e., if ...

against Jamaica. The 1992–93 season was Walsh's last for the Leeward Islands, and also his most successful. He scored 408 runs from five matches, placing him fifth in the competition for runs and behind only

Ridley Jacobs Ridley Detamore Jacobs (born 26 November 1967) is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was the first opening batsman to carry his bat ...

for the Leewards. Against

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, Walsh made twin half-centuries, including a career-best 92 in the first innings. He finished with a first-class career batting average of 28.36 from 18 matches. Aged 35, and after a gap of several years without a high-level appearance, Walsh was selected in Antigua and Barbuda's squad for the 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament, where matches held List A status. Opening the batting against

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, he scored 51, his only List A half-century. After the conclusion of his playing career, Walsh established a cricket academy for young players. He was also involved in the administration of the game in Antigua. Walsh died in January 2010, having suffered an apparent heart attack while swimming in a hotel pool. His brother,

Vaughn Walsh Vaughn Anthony Walsh (born 2 December 1964) is a former Antiguan cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket from 1992 to 1997. Vaughn Walsh was considered one of the fastest bowlers in the West Indies in the early 1990s. While livin ...

, and son,

Hayden Walsh Jr. Hayden Rashidi Walsh (born 23 April 1992) is an Antiguan- American cricketer who has represented both the United States and the West Indies cricket teams in international cricket. He was born in the United States Virgin Islands to an Antiguan fa ...

, have both also played for the Leewards.Vaughn Walsh
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

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