Clayton Benjamin Lambert (born 10 February 1962) is a former Guyanese-American cricketer, who later played for United States as well.

Clayton Lambert
Personal information
Full name
Clayton Benjamin Lambert
Born10 February 1962 (1962-02-10) (age 62)
Berbice, British Guiana
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm off-break
International information
National sides
Test debut (cap 198)8 August 1991 
West Indies v England
Last Test10 December 1998 
West Indies v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 58/6)15 March 1990 
West Indies v England
Last ODI10 September 2004 
United States v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 5 12
Runs scored 284 407
Batting average 31.55 33.91
100s/50s 1/1 1/2
Top score 104 119
Balls bowled 10 12
Wickets 1 0
Bowling average 5.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/4
Catches/stumpings 8/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 September 2004

Career edit

Lambert made his debut for Guyana at the Regional Under 19 level in 1979, and captained the Berbice team in 1980.[1]

Lambert first appeared in the West Indies team for a One Day International against England in Georgetown, against whom he also made an unsuccessful Test match debut at The Oval in 1991. Although he played in four ODIs in Sharjah in 1991/92, he did not return to the Test match side until 1997–98, where he made centuries in both the fifth ODI and the sixth Test against England before struggling in the series against South Africa and being dropped from the Test side. According to Statistician Charwayne Walker in 2014, Lambert's 151 against Barbados 1997 at Bourda is still the highest score by a Guyanese batsman at the Regional one day level.[2]

Lambert returned to international cricket aged 42, playing for the United States in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.

Lambert also played first-class cricket for Guyana and played for Northern Transvaal in 1993.[3] Lambert now played for Lawrenceville in the Atlanta Georgia Cricket Conference from 2012 to 2014.[4]

He coaches cricket in the US.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "BCB/Clayton Lambert project geared towards continued development of youth cricket". Guyana Chronicle. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Clayton Lambert's 151 is still the highest by a Guyanese at the regional one day level". Kaieteur News. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Guyanese single test centurions - (Part VI)". Stabroek News. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Clayton Lambert - Atlanta GA Cricket Conference". cricclubs.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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