Nicholas John Lamb (born 9 November 1985) is an English former cricketer. Lamb is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
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| Full name | Nicholas John Lamb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1985 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tim Lamb (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2015 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Durham UCCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamb made his debut in county cricket for Hertfordshire in the 2003 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Wales Minor Counties.[1] Later, while studying for his degree at Durham University, Lamb made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE against Leicestershire in 2005. He made seven further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Durham in 2007.[2] In his eight first-class matches for the university, he scored 218 runs at an average of 16.76, with a high score of 62.[3] This score, his only first-class fifty, came against Surrey in 2006.[4] With the ball, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 41.31, with best figures of 4/92.[5] While at Durham University, he also played a single first-class match for the British Universities against the touring Sri Lankans.[2] With the ball, he took the wicket of Chamara Kapugedera, while with the bat he was dismissed for a duck in the British Universities first-innings by Malinga Bandara, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Chaminda Vaas for 2 runs.[6]
He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 2015.[7][1] His father, Tim Lamb, played first-class cricket for a number of teams.
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Nick Lamb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Nick Lamb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nick Lamb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Durham UCCE, 2006". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Nick Lamb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "British Universities v Sri Lankans, 2006". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Nick Lamb". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 August 2011.