Nicholas John Lamb (born 9 November 1985) is an English former

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er. Lamb is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in

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. Lamb made his debut in

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for

in the 2003 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Wales Minor Counties. Later, while studying for his degree at

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, Lamb made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 2005. He made seven further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Durham in 2007. In his eight first-class matches for the university, he scored 218 runs at an

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of 16.76, with a high score of 62. This score, his only first-class fifty, came against

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in 2006. With the ball, he took 16 wickets at a

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of 41.31, with best figures of 4/92. While at Durham University, he also played a single first-class match for the

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against the touring

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. With the ball, he took the wicket of

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, while with the bat he was dismissed for a

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in the British Universities first-innings by Malinga Bandara, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by

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for 2 runs. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 2015. His father, Tim Lamb, played first-class cricket for a number of teams.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Nick 1985 births Living people British Universities cricketers Cricketers from St Albans Durham MCCU cricketers English cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham