| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas John Lamb | |||
| Born | 9 November 1985 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Relations | Tim Lamb (father) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2005–2007 | Durham UCCE | |||
| 2003–present | Hertfordshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 9 | |||
| Runs scored | 220 | |||
| Batting average | 14.66 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/1 | |||
| Top score | 62 | |||
| Balls bowled | 1,221 | |||
| Wickets | 17 | |||
| Bowling average | 41.64 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 4/92 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 20 August 2011 | ||||
Nicholas John Lamb (born 9 November 1985) is an English cricketer. Lamb is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
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 continues to play Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire, having made to date 27 Minor Counties Championship[7] and 20 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.[1] His father, Tim Lamb, played first-class cricket for a number of teams.