Larry Gomes

Infobox Cricketer


nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Larry Gomes
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Left-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm off-break
Right-arm medium pace
balls = true
tests = 60
test runs = 3171
test bat avg = 39.63
test 100s/50s = 9/13
test top score = 143
test overs = 2401
test wickets = 15
test bowl avg = 62.00
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 2/20
test catches/stumpings = 18/-
ODIs = 83
ODI runs = 1415
ODI bat avg = 28.87
ODI 100s/50s = 1/6
ODI top score = 101
ODI overs = 1345
ODI wickets = 41
ODI bowl avg = 25.48
ODI 5s = -
ODI 10s = -
ODI best bowling = 4/31
ODI catches/stumpings = 14/-
date = 25 January
year = 2006
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51891.html

Hilary Angelo Gomes (born July 13, 1953 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former West Indian cricketer.

He toured England with the West Indian Schoolboys team in 1967 and he made his first-class debut as a left-handed batsman for Trinidad and Tobogo versus the New Zealanders in 1971/72. He joined Middlesex in 1972 and played between 1973 and 1976. He won a Benson & Hedges Cup Gold Award.

He became a successful number three batsman for Trinidad and West Indies. He was also part of the team which reached the 1983 Cricket World Cup finals in England. Larry's flamboyant Fuzzball Afro was not matched by flamboyant strokeplay, he regularly kept bat and pad close together. In an Indian summer to his career, some 20 years after touring England as a schoolboy cricketer, he was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985 and the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima, is named after him.

References

External links

* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51891.html Larry Gomes' Profile]
* [http://www.middlesexccc.com/hof-profile.asp?HOFPlayerID=44 Hall of Fame]