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.

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

External links

• Nick Lamb at ESPNcricinfo