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Full name Clayton Benjamin Lambert
Born February 10, 1962, Islington, West Bank, Berbice, British Guiana
Current age 46 years 246 days
Major teams United States of America,West Indies,Berbice,Guyana,Northern Transvaal
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
9
0
284
104
31.55
706
40.22
1
1
34
2
8
0
ODIs
12
12
0
407
119
33.91
540
75.37
1
2
45
7
0
0
First-class
120
213
17
8405
263*
42.88
22
37
158
0
List A
91
90
8
2624
151
32.00
4
14
39
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
2
10
5
1
1/4
1/4
5.00
3.00
10.0
0
0
0
ODIs
12
2
72
74
0
-
-
-
6.16
-
0
0
0
First-class
120
475
235
7
2/33
33.57
2.96
67.8
0
0
List A
91
426
357
7
2/30
2/30
51.00
5.02
60.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 8-12, 1991 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, Dec 10-12, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v England at Georgetown, Mar 15, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v United States of America at The Oval, Sep 10, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1983/84 - 2004
List A span
1984/85 - 2005
Profile
An old-fashioned chunky biffer, Clayton Lambert's five-Test career came in two distinct parts. First he made his debut in the middle order at The Oval in 1991, and it was his preposterous heave off Phil Tufnell's first ball of the third day that kick-started a dramatic West Indian collapse. He was then recalled at the age of 36, again against England, in 1997-98, when he and Philo Wallace clouted Andy Caddick into David Lloyd's bad books. Lambert even made a hundred. But you don't pinch-hit South Africa in Tests, and the following winter Messrs Pollock and Donald found him out, even though Lambert had plenty of experience of playing in South Africa with Northern Transvaal. This time it was terminal. But he wasn't finished with international cricket, and in 2004 he reappeared, aged 42, in the middle-order for the USA but looked his age. He made another surprise comeback in 2008 when appointed coach to the national team.
Martin Williamson
