Larry Gomes
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Larry Gomes West Indies (WI) |
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Batting style | Left-hand bat | |
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Bowling type | Right-arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace | |
Tests | ODIs | |
Matches | 60 | 83 |
Runs scored | 3171 | 1415 |
Batting average | 39.63 | 28.87 |
100s/50s | 9/13 | 1/6 |
Top score | 143 | 101 |
Balls bowled | 2401 | 1345 |
Wickets | 15 | 41 |
Bowling average | 62.00 | 25.48 |
5 wickets in innings | - | - |
10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
Best bowling | 2/20 | 4/31 |
Catches/stumpings | 18/- | 14/- |
As of 25 January 2006 |
Hilary Angelo Gomes (born July 13, 1953 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago) was 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.
He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985 and the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima, is named after him.