| General |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Allan Joseph Lamb | |||
| Born | 20 June 1954 Langebaanweg, Cape Province, Union of South Africa | |||
| Nickname | Legga, Lambie | |||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 494) | 10–15 June 1982 v India | |||
| Last Test | 18–21 June 1992 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut (cap 64) | 2 June 1982 v India | |||
| Last ODI | 24 August 1992 v Pakistan | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1972–1993 | Western Province | |||
| 1978–1995 | Northamptonshire | |||
| 1987–1988 | Orange Free State | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | OD |
| Matches | 79 | 122 | 467 | 484 |
| Runs scored | 4656 | 4010 | 32502 | 15658 |
| Batting average | 36.09 | 39.31 | 48.94 | 39.14 |
| 100s/50s | 14/18 | 4/26 | 89/166 | 19/98 |
| Top score | 142 | 118 | 294 | 132* |
| Balls bowled | 30 | 6 | 305 | 32 |
| Wickets | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Bowling average | 23.00 | – | 24.87 | 14.50 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Best bowling | 1/6 | – | 2/29 | 1/4 |
| Catches/stumpings | 75/0 | / | 371/0 | 135/0 |
| Source: Cricinfo, 30 November 2009 | ||||
Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first-class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire. He joined Northamptonshire so he could enhance his career and eventually play Test cricket for England, as his native country South Africa were to be banned from International cricket due to the apartheid régime. He retired in 1995 at the age of 41 and currently works for Sky Sports and other TV cricketing broadcasts as an analyst.
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| England Test cricket captains |
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| England ODI cricket captains |
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1970/71–1973: Illingworth • 1972: Close • 1973–1975: Denness • 1974/75: Edrich • 1976: Knott • 1976: Greig • 1977–1979/80: Brearley • 1977/78–1978: Boycott • 1978–1983/84: Willis • 1980–1981: Botham • 1981/82: Fletcher • 1983/84–1989: Gower • 1984/85: Gifford • 1986–1988: Gatting • 1986/87–1987: Emburey • 1988–1993: Gooch • 1989/90–1990/91: Lamb • 1991/92–2002/03: Stewart • 1993/94–1997: Atherton • 1996/97–2002/03: Hussain • 1997/98–1998/99: Hollioake • 2000/01: Thorpe • 2001/02–2005: Trescothick • 2003–2007: Vaughan • 2005/06–2006/07: Flintoff • 2005/06–2009: Strauss • 2007–2008: Collingwood • 2008: Pietersen • 2010–2014: Cook • 2011–: Morgan • 2014: Broad • 2015: Taylor • 2016: Buttler • |
| England squad – 1983 Cricket World Cup |
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1. Willis (c) • 2. Allott • 3. Botham • 4. Cowans • 5. Dilley • 6. Fowler • 7. Gatting • 8. Gould (wk) • 9. Gower • 10. Jesty • 11. Lamb • 12. Marks • 13. Randall • 14. Tavaré |
| England squad – 1987 Cricket World Cup |
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1. Gatting (c) • 2. Athey • 3. Broad • 4. DeFreitas • 5. Downton (wk) • 6. Emburey • 7. Foster • 8. Gooch • 9. Hemmings • 10. Lamb • 11. Pringle • 12. Robinson • 13. Small |
| England squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup |
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1 Gooch (c) • 2 Botham • 3 DeFreitas • 4 Fairbrother • 5 Hick • 6 Illingworth • 7 Lamb • 8 Lewis • 9 Pringle • 10 Reeve • 11 Small • 12 Smith • 13 Stewart (wk) • 14 Tufnell • Coach: Fletcher |