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Full name Grant Michael Lambert
Born August 5, 1977, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 31 years 105 days
Major teams New South Wales
Nickname Lambos
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.94 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
31
45
5
1090
86
27.25
2367
46.04
0
6
9
0
List A
12
10
4
173
48*
28.83
220
78.63
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
31
3968
2413
74
5/74
32.60
3.64
53.6
3
2
0
List A
12
546
507
13
2/33
2/33
39.00
5.57
42.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
New South Wales v New Zealanders at Sydney, Nov 13-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Nov 2, 2008 scorecard
Profile
After he led the New South Wales Pura Cup wicket-tally in 2005-06, Grant Lambert continued to be a solid contributor in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Two seasons ago he took 15 wickets at 39.6, including a career-best 4 for 77, and made 352 runs at 39.11. There were four half-centuries for Lambert, a Fairfield-Liverpool club opener who usually bats in the middle and lower orders for his state, and a top of 61 in the final loss to Tasmania. Backing up with six first-class appearances last summer, he peaked with 86 against Queensland in a haul of 163 runs and captured nine wickets. His performances impressed South Australia, but they couldn't lure him away from Sydney.
Lambert's breakthrough came in 2005-06 when he ended four seasons of bit-part contributions with 25 dismissals at 22.32 and a near-permanent place in the side. His only first-class outing the previous year was in the one-wicket victory in the final against Queensland, where he made a valuable 23 and removed the dangerous Martin Love and Shane Watson. One of the most consistent allrounders in Sydney grade cricket for the past ten years - he has twice won the Bill O'Reilly Medal as the competition's best and fairest - Lambert broke a 63-year-old record for most runs in a grade season in 2006-07. Cricinfo staff September 2008
