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What a West Indian cricketer, so humble.
He was on Mason and Guest, for about 30 minutes.

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I've not heard about him ever. Well after cricket..what is he up to these days

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Met him in NY a few years ago think he was doing a coaching stint may have been the WI under 19 back then, very nice approachable guy.

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He lives between T&T and Toronto.
Seem to be in TO, even when he was playing for the WICB.
He told a story about negotiations his own Rebel contract, which could had made him set for life, but he did not sign it.
He said he was the only one that would have had a sin contract, before they left the region.
His contract was negotiated in the States.
He spoke about making a pair against Barbados at the U19 level, he sat with with his coach and discussed goals.
The only goal that was not met, was to captain the team, but he did it, in a friendly game in Australia.
His brother was T&T U19 captain, played in Toronto.
His Brother Tony said, Larry and his other brother, beat two Trinies future Olympian sprinters, when they was at school.
He is from a family of eight children.
He spoke about his best innings, which was the team 11-3 against Australia, with Gordon, Dessie and Viv back in the pavilion, he and Clive settle in, he scoring.
The next was Gordon scoring a double and him 97 not out, with Gordon scoring the winning run, not allowing him to get his ton.
He scored five tons against Australia.

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Steady twos and threes down to long leg, he epitomized the KISS principal, playing within your limitations and discipline. Benefited from all the stroke players around him played the role as the perfect foil to perfection.

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Was his brother Sheldon Gomes ? I recall commentators referring to " three legged Sheldon Gomes" because he was so fast in the outfield.

In reply to Benjie

I played with Sheldon in NY, a tough old guy to out.

In reply to Ninetenjack and Benjie
This is a player who set goals, and was focus.
He said he was an attacking batsman growing up in T&T, he adapted his batting, so he could concentrate and bat for hours.
Can you imagine this board today, if two batsman batting together, one get a double and the other 97, both coming not out.
Larry would had been cussed for days, he would be Painting, crablike, and all sort of explosive thrown his way.
You can listen to him below on the Podcast, Mason and Guest April 28, 2020.
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Wonderful interview. Larry was one of my favorite cricketers.
Lucky to have met him back in the early 90s. I think he was coaching Trinidad and Tobago at the time.

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Gordon should have allowed the guy to get his ton.
Heard an interview with Winston Davis today. When asked to name three of the most difficult batsmen to bowl to he said
Mohinder Armanath
Gordon Greenidge
Larry Gomes

His issue with Gomes was that he was able to get off the strike with a little nudge here or there for a single . When you thought you had him set up for the kill, he would just get off strike.

In reply to Benjie

Clive and Viv considered him to be the glue, that kept innings going.
I am of the opinion that Joe Solomon, Larry Gomes, Gus Logie and Shiv Chanderpaul, played an instrumental part in West Indies cricket.

Gomes could be considered to be the third best batsman to come out of Trinidad. In the local competitions he was torture.

In reply to dayne

Behind Lara and who?

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Charlie Davis

In reply to Wally-1

Good call Wally. Yuh come back now Marlon on a roll?

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Dinanath Ramnarine aka Jumpstart

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Jeffrey Stollmeyer was a pretty good batsman.Well before my time however.

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Lloyd took a while to appreciate Larry. After Larry scored a ton of runs in first class games in 1979 Australia, we went to New Zealand without Viv, Lloyd sat Larry on the bench and we lost the series. Larry could have made a difference in that first test when grafting was needed.
In 1980 Larry was scoring runs for sport. Time for trip to England, they left Larry home and took Faoud. Midway during the series, they sent SOS for Larry, who told them sorry but he had not been practising. After that, they picked him and kept him.

Larry along with Desmond Haynes were two of the best batsmen to express fast bowling I have seen. Larry did not duck, hook, or run and didnt even bother with a helmet.

In reply to Baje

Were you at Kensington Oval that afternoon
in 1978 when Thomson had the WI top order hopping ?
I think Haynes survived. Not sure if he faced any balls
from Thomson though. Tony Cozier said that it was
the fastest and most intimidating spell of pace bowling
he had ever seen.

In reply to Wally-1

Thank you, I was going to give the same answer, Charlie Davis

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Chris called me out to mount a defense, but you know how i feel about helegance and finesse.

In reply to Benjie
Yes I was. I was also at Queens Park for the first test, when Haynes put a flogging pun Thommo that evening when we batted our first innings. If I recall correctly, he hooked Thommo clean out of the park. That was the same year that Dessie took Thommo and co. for 148 in a limited overs match in Antigua. that was also the season where in 4 encouters with Thommo, Larry scored 3 centuries Guy and Jam for Windies and POS for Trinidad.

In reply to Baje

So was the spell as fast and dangerous as Cozier says ? I remember listening via the radio.
Would love to read your ball by ball perspective.