Allan Lamb

Cricket Player

Allan Lamb was born in Langebaanweg, Western Cape, South Africa on June 20th, 1954 and is the Cricket Player. At the age of 70, Allan Lamb biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
June 20, 1954
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Langebaanweg, Western Cape, South Africa
Age
70 years old
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Cricketer
Allan Lamb Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 70 years old, Allan Lamb has this physical status:

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Allan Lamb Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Allan Lamb Career

In January 1973, Allan made his first team debut at the age of 18 when he played for the Western Province in the Currie Cup. He batted at number three and made 59 and 36 against the Eastern Province. He then had a two-year absence from the game and joined the National Service in the South African Air Force building airfields before returning to the club. Western Province then experimented with Lamb as an opener, at 5 and 6 but 4 was always his true and regular position in the batting order for Western Province. Lamb then had one year playing for Orange Free State, where he scored his highest first-class score of 294, before moving back to the Western Province for the rest of his South African domestic career.

Lamb came to England along with two young other cricketers, Peter Kirsten and Garth Le Roux, in search of fame and a county contract and it was Northamptonshire who signed Lamb as a relatively unknown overseas player in 1978. Lamb ended the 1980 season with 1,797 runs and first place in the national batting averages with 66.55. He also took the Gold Award for his match-winning 72 in the Benson and Hedges Cup final against Essex. He was also a member of the 1992 NatWest Trophy winning team. In his final season as captain in 1995 he very nearly took Northamptonshire to their first County Championship with 12 wins in their final 17 matches. Lamb spent 18 seasons at the County Ground between 1978 and 1995, and scored more than 30,000 runs in 600 appearances for the club across first-class and limited overs cricket. In 2001, Northamptonshire honoured him by naming a room in the club's Indoor Centre 'The Allan Lamb Room'. In a 2020 poll he was named Northamptonshire's greatest player of all time.

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In a speed boat, David Ribbans used to chase great white sharks away.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 12, 2023
Exclusive INTERVIEW BY CHRIS FOY: David 'Ribeye' Ribbans, who spent his teenage years hunting great white sharks and dealing with issues of life and death by the ocean near Cape Town, should not have any concerns about him. The 27-year-old England lock will crash into the Premiership semi-final against the mighty Lions-packed Saracens, knowing it will be his last game for Northampton before heading to Toulon in the summer. Since moving to the East Midlands from the other side of the equator in 2017, he has been a stalwart of the Saints pack, revolving his career. Before joining Northampton, Ribbans had never been outside South Africa. He had lived in Somerset West, surrounded by his extended family, overlooking False Bay, an upscale neighborhood but not without difficulties.

EXCL: Allan Lamb praises godson and T20 World Cup hero Sam Curran after heroics Down Under

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 14, 2022
'I told the deputy head that I told Sam that he would play for England as a youth.' If you give him a challenge, he rises to it.' He's shown that he can do anything. If Lamb, a member of England's losing a World Cup final against Pakistan 30 years ago, looks proud, it's because he has more than a passing interest in a player whose 13 wickets contributed to Jos Buttler's reign to glory.'

England will'show up' against Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup final on Sunday, according to Chris Lewis

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 11, 2022
Exclusive INTERVIEW BY RICHARD GIBSON: Chris Lewis has urged England to'show up' in Sunday's Twenty20 World Cup final against Pakistan in order to avoid repeating his class's fatal mistake of '92.' Lewis, a gifted all-rounder in England's march to Melbourne 30 years ago, says the team regrets not doing justice. Each of our players came to the fore at some point in the tournament, and we had a great run.' Every country participated in the group stage, and Lewis says we were the best team.'