Hilary Angelo Gomes (born 13 July 1953) is a

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and West Indian former cricketer.

Cricket career

Gomes toured England with the West Indian youth team in 1970 and made his first-class debut as a left-handed batsman for Trinidad and Tobago against New Zealand in 1971-72. He played county cricket for

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

between 1973 and 1976. Gomes was a successful batsman for the West Indies, usually playing at number 3. He was part of the West Indies team which beat England 5-0 in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, the only time a touring side has won in England by such a margin. Gomes was named man of the match in both the First and Third Tests, in which he scored 143 and 104 respectively. Gomes scored six centuries against

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, most notably one on a bouncy

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strip in 1984 that set up an innings victory. However, he is also remembered in Australia as the batsman whose wicket

Dennis Lillee Dennis Keith Lillee, (born 18 July 1949) is Australian retired cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation".

took during the

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in 1981 to break Lance Gibbs's world record for most Test wickets.

Coaching career

At the

1997 ICC Trophy The Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh national ...

in Malaysia, Gomes served as the head coach of the Canadian team.Canada ICC Trophy 1997 Squad
– ESPN Cricinfo; Retrieved 3 April 2016

Honours

Gomes was named

Wisden Cricketer of the Year The ''Wisden'' Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season". The award began in 1889 with the naming ...

in 1985. The Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar,

Arima Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south central foothills of th ...

is named after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomes, Larry 1953 births Living people Middlesex cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers East Trinidad cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Trinidad and Tobago cricket coaches Coaches of the Canada national cricket team People from Arima