Hilary Angelo Gomes (born 13 July 1953) is a

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and

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former cricketer of Portuguese descent. He was a member of the squad which won the 1979 Cricket World Cup and finished as runners-up at the

1983 Cricket World Cup The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the third edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India India, officially the Republic o ...

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, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

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 Southeas ...

, 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 took during the Boxing Day Test in

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

Coaching career

At the 1997 ICC Trophy 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 for 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 the ...

is named after him.

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* 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 Coaches of the Canada national cricket team Cricketers at the 1979 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Sportspeople from Arima Trinidad and Tobago cricket coaches Trinidad and Tobago people of Portuguese descent {{WestIndies-cricket-bio-stub