00:00Former West Indies left handed batsman Hilary Angelo Gomes, more popularly known as Larry
00:05Gomes has plenty to cheer about.
00:07That's because prolific author Nasser Khan has written his authorised biography entitled
00:12Larry Gomes, Mr Dependable, My Life in Cricket.
00:15The pre-launch and photo op function took place on August 27th at the Consulate General
00:20of Trinidad and Tobago in Toronto, Canada, a country where Gomes and his family now reside.
00:24After 10 years of being encouraged by my brother Randy, and after by the author Nasser
00:31Khan, and seeing the amount of work and research material necessary to produce the book, I
00:39can't help but say it was worth the effort, having viewed most of the finished material.
00:45This is Khan's 32nd publication.
00:47For him, it's a special feeling to have worked with a former West Indies cricketer.
00:51Yeah, it's a great honour and a joy to bring this book to fruition, you know, such a great
00:56body of works of one of our unsung heroes, almost folkloric in the annals of Trinidad
01:03and West Indies cricket, this unsung hero.
01:05So it's great, it's a great joy to write, research, publish this and we're at this stage
01:12now.
01:13And how can one get a copy?
01:15That area will soon be covered as the official launch will take place at the Ministry of
01:19Education and TNT in time to come.
01:22The book is expected to be launched by the Ministry of Education sometime in late
01:28October, entirely at the discretion of the ministry, and will be part of an education
01:35initiative where all schools, libraries and other education institutions will initially
01:43receive copies, courtesy of the Quicksilver Group of Companies.
01:49Book sales and sign-ins will be done after the launch at venues to be announced where
01:56it will be made available to the public.
01:59Gooms, now 71, scored nine centuries and 13 fifties from six to Test matches.
02:06So does he still follow West Indies cricket?
02:09Yes, but not as much as before, as it's sometimes difficult to swallow some of the
02:15defeats, especially in Test cricket.
02:18It's encouraging, however, to see them perform so much better in the T20 format.
02:25If ever asked to serve West Indies cricket, Gooms says he's ready in a heartbeat to
02:30do the necessary.
02:32Vinod Nawani, T6 Sport.
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