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| Full name | Emma Louise Lamb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (age 27) Preston,Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Battingall-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Danny Lamb (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 165) | 27 June 2022 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 June 2023 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 137) | 8 February 2022 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 September 2024 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20I (cap 51) | 1 September 2021 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emma Louise Lamb (born 16 December 1997) is an Englishcricketer who plays forLancashire Women,North West Thunder andManchester Originals, and has previously played forLancashire Thunder. Lamb is a battingall-rounder, and bowlsoff spin. She made her international debut for theEngland women's cricket team in September 2021.
Lamb is fromPreston, Lancashire, England.[1] She studied atEdge Hill University,[2] graduating in 2019.[3] Her brotherDanny plays for theSussex men's team,[2] and she played alongside him when she became the first female cricketer to take part in the Cheshire County Premier League.[1]
Lamb played at youth level forLancashire Women, and was their player of the year on two occasions.[1] Sheaveraged over 100 in under-17 level cricket.[4] In 2015, Lamb became the first woman to play in the Cheshire County Cricket League, when she played forBramhall againstNeston. She scored 30 runs in the match.[1][5] Her brother Danny also played in the match.[5] Lamb has also played for the Lancashire men's academy. she was the second woman to have done so (the first beingKate Cross).[6]
Lamb made herWomen's County Championship debut in 2012, playing for Lancashire Women againstWarwickshire Women.[1][4] In 2013, she made her firstcentury in a match againstDurham Women.[1][4] Aged 18, Lamb opened the batting forLancashire Thunder in the2016 Women's Cricket Super League. She made the most runs of any English woman in the tournament, and was the only English woman in the top 10 run scorers.[7] Lamb was part of the Lancashire Women team that won two trophies:[4][6] the2017 Women's County Championship,[8] and the2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[9] In 2018, Lamb took 4/17 in aSuper League match againstSouthern Vipers. It was the best bowling figures by a Thunder bowler in the Super League.[10] Between 2016 and 2019, Lamb made 30 appearances for Thunder in the Super League, scoring 329 runs and taking 21 wickets.[3] In 2020, Lamb played forNorth West Thunder in theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[11] In December 2020, Lamb was one of 41 women's cricketers given a full-time domestic cricket contract.[12] Lamb was selected to play forManchester Originals inThe Hundred;[3] the 2020 season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and Lamb was retained by the Originals for the2021 season.[13] She was the second leading run scorer of Manchester Originals with 135 runs in the tournament.[14]
In 2021, Lamb became the first batter to score a century in theCharlotte Edwards Cup, scoring 111* off 61 balls againstSunrisers.[15][16] She ended the tournament as the second highest run-scorer across all teams.[17] She was also North West Thunder's leading run-scorer in theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 237 runs including herList A high score of 121.[18]
In April 2022, she was bought by theManchester Originals for the2022 season ofThe Hundred.[19]
In 2016, Lamb was called up to theEngland women's cricket team for their tour ofSri Lanka.[20] She played for the England women's academy in matches againstSri Lanka A andAustralia Shooting Stars.[1] In 2017, Lamb played for England in a pre-season tour match againstIreland. The match was a warm up match prior to the2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.[1][2]
In February 2020, Lamb attended aProfessional Cricketers' Associationrookie training camp.[3] In April 2020, Lamb was awarded an England rookie contract.[3] In June 2020, Lamb was one of 25 women given a retainer contract. The retainer was in addition to her rookie contract.[21] In the same month, she was one of 24 England women given permission to start training ahead of possible international matches. It was the first time that woman cricketers had been allowed to train since English cricket was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] Lamb was one of three uncapped players in the training squad; the others wereLauren Bell andIssy Wong.[23]
In August 2021, Lamb was added to England'sWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their seriesagainst New Zealand, afterMaia Bouchier andCharlie Dean were both ruled out of the first match after being identified as possibleCOVID-19 contacts.[24] She made her WT20I England debut in the first match of the series.[25]
In December 2021, Lamb was named in England's A squad for theirtour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside theWomen's Ashes.[26] Lamb was added to England's Ashes squad for the finalWomen's One Day International (WODI) match of the tour, where she made her WODI debut.[27] In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[28] In June 2022, Lamb was named in England'sWomen's Test squad for their one-off matchagainst South Africa.[29] She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for England againstSouth Africa.[30] The following month, also in the series against South Africa, Lamb scored herfirst century in WODI cricket, with 102 runs.[31] In November 2022, Lamb was awarded with her first England central contract.[32]
