Top 5 all-rounders from West Indies in Tests

#4 Gerry Gomez

Gomez made his debut in the 1939 tour of England

Gerry Gomez was an efficient cricketer with both bat and bowl. His first telling contribution for West Indies was a 161 not out for Trinidad against Jamaica when he was still a teenager and immediately was selected for the 1939 tour of England.

Unfortunately, his achievements later could not match up to the promise he made initially. He hit 101 against India at Delhi in the 1948-49 series, and in the 1951-52, he scored 324 runs against Australia at an average of 36 in a series where he also took 18 wickets. He took seven for 55 at Sydney in that series.

He played 29 Tests for the West Indies between 1939 and 1954, scoring 1243 runs and taking 58 wickets, and also captained in one match for the West Indies against England in 1947/48.

In the 29 Tests he played, he scored 1243 runs at an average of 30.31 with a century and 8 fifties. He took a total of 58 wickets at an average of 27.41. At the domestic level, he had a batting average of nearly 45 in the 126 matches he played. Adding to that, he also took 200 wickets at an average just above 25 with his medium pace.