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Hillary Angelo Gomes- Happy Birthday
Emir
2017-07-13 07:26:56
An unsung hero in the mighty WI team of the 80's:
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An unsung hero is born. Of the big shots in West Indies' heavyweight 1980s side, Hilary Angelo Gomes (you can see why he was called "Larry") was the one most likely to escape the autograph hunters. But he added a crucial element of sobriety to the batting line-up, and was a watertight presence at No. 3 or 4. Packer gave him the chance to break into the Test team, and he took it with two centuries against Australia in 1977-78. Indeed six of Gomes' nine Test hundreds came against the Aussies - in Australia he averaged 70 - none better than a diligent 127 on a Perth flyer in 1984-85. That was the third of four centuries in eight Tests in 1984, two of them in England. His average hovered tantalisingly above 40 until his last Test appearance, against New Zealand in Christchurch in 1986-87, when scores of 8 and 33 dropped it just below. This all looked very unlikely during an early three-year spell at Middlesex, when Gomes failed to make a century.
Note: His batting average of almost 40, is like a 50 in today's world- batter friendly inventions and rules have pushed up averages.
Tryangle
2017-07-13 08:55:21
In reply to Emir
Probably easy to overlook his contributions when surrounded by Greenidge and Haynes on one end, and Richie and Viv on the other... but no doubt he was a quality batsman.
sgtdjones
2017-07-13 09:26:09
Oilah
2017-07-13 09:31:05
Always want a bat like that in the middle
openning
2017-07-13 12:04:12
Viv and Clive's teams understood Larry was the rock, others that played that role were Joe Solom0n, Gus Logie and Shiv Chanderpaul.
Shiv was the only one, that did not had enough batting support
Khaga
2017-07-13 12:16:32
In reply to sgtdjones
Warne said they were glad to see him heading back to the pavilion.
They?
sgtdjones
2017-07-13 12:32:26
In reply to Khaga
They
The Ozzie team in 1984-85.
Runs
2017-07-13 13:40:54
Great guy, happy birthday Larry
jelfew
2017-07-13 15:46:34
Happy Birthday Larry!!! You are certainly one of the heroes of West Indies Cricket. Your batting average does not appropriately reflect the contribution you have made. You have facilitated great innings to be played around batting as Greenridge, Richards and LLoyd can attest to. Enjoy your day.
Toney
2017-07-14 20:15:19
In reply to openning
Did nothad enough batting support!
Toney
2017-07-14 20:15:58
In reply to openning
Did not had enough batting support!
WestDem
2017-07-15 00:06:01