# Tim Lamb

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{{Short description|English sports administrator and cricketer}}
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| name               = Tim Lamb
| honorific_prefix   = The Honourable
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| full_name          = Timothy Michael Lamb
| birth_date         = 24 March 1953
| birth_place        = [Hartford, Cheshire](/source/Hartford%2C_Cheshire), England
| nickname           = Tiger
| height             = 6 ft
| batting            = Right-handed
| bowling            = Right arm medium
| role               = Bowler
| family             = [Nick Lamb](/source/Nick_Lamb_(cricketer)) (son)

| club1              = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club)
| year1              = 1973–1974
| club2              = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
| year2              = 1974–1977
| club3              = [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year3             = 1978–1983

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| column1            = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1           = 160
| runs1              = 1,274
| bat avg1           = 12.49
| 100s/50s1          = 0/1
| top score1         = 77
| deliveries1        = 23,208
| wickets1           = 361
| bowl avg1          = 28.97
| fivefor1           = 10
| tenfor1            = 0
| best bowling1      = 7/56
| catches/stumpings1 = 40/0

| column2            = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
| matches2           = 166
| runs2              = 432
| bat avg2           = 10.53
| 100s/50s2          = 0/0
| top score2         = 27
| deliveries2        = 7587
| wickets2           = 190
| bowl avg2          = 25.70
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| best bowling2      = 5/13
| catches/stumpings2 = 34/0

| source             = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10598/10598.html CricketArchive {{subscription required}}
| date               = 28 April
| year               = 2021
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'''Timothy Michael Lamb''' (born 24 March 1953) is an English sports administrator and former [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played for a decade in [County cricket](/source/County_cricket) for [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) and [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) as a bowler. After retiring from playing, he became an administrator, serving the Middlesex County Cricket Club, the [Test and County Cricket Board](/source/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board) (TCCB) and the [England and Wales Cricket Board](/source/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board) (ECB). His most notable cricket administrative roles were as chief executive of the TCCB and its successor ECB from 1996 to 2004. He later became the chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance (formerly the CCPR) from 2005 until 2014. He left the Sport and Recreation Alliance and set up [https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/tml-sports-connections TML Sports Connections], a sports consultancy. He is also a member of the Cabinet Office Sport [Honours Committee](/source/Honours_Committee) and a Trustee of the Hornsby Professional Cricketers' Fund.<ref>{{cite web | title=THE HORNSBY PROFESSIONAL CRICKETERS FUND - Charity 235561 | url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/235561/trustees }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Lamb was born in [Hartford, Cheshire](/source/Hartford%2C_Cheshire) in 1953, the second son of Foster Lamb, later to be the second [Baron Rochester](/source/Baron_Rochester). His older brother, David Lamb, became the third Baron Rochester in 2017.

Lamb was educated at [Shrewsbury School](/source/Shrewsbury_School), a boarding and day [independent school](/source/independent_school) for boys (now coeducational), in the [market town](/source/market_town) of [Shrewsbury](/source/Shrewsbury) in [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire), followed by [The Queen's College](/source/The_Queen's_College%2C_Oxford) at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) (at which he got [blues](/source/University_Sporting_Blue) in 1973 and 1974).<ref name=guardian>{{Cite news |last=Henderson |first=Jon |date=16 February 2003 |title=Travails of Timothy |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/feb/16/cricketworldcup2003.cricketworldcup6 <!-- online version of article doesn't carry byline -->|access-date=28 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon. Tim Lamb |url=https://www.middlesexccc.com/squads/hall-of-fame/hon-tim-lamb |access-date=2021-04-28 |publisher=Middlesex Cricket}}</ref>

==Cricket career==
Lamb played professional cricket for [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) (1974–1977) and [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) (1978–1983). A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played 160 First Class matches between 1973 and 1983, taking 361 wickets (average 28.97) and scoring 1274 runs (average 12.49), with a top score of 77 against Nottinghamshire at Lord's.<ref name=ca-profile>{{Cite web |title=Tim Lamb |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10598/10598.html |access-date=2021-04-28 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Middlesex v Nottinghamshire in 1976 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/36/36392.html |access-date=2021-04-28 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}</ref> But he was perhaps better known for his record in the limited overs form of the game, where in all competitions he took a total of 190 wickets at an average of 25.70 at a highly respectable economy rate of 3.86. He also played in four Lord's Cup Finals.

==Sports administration==
He entered sports administration as secretary and general manager of [Middlesex County Cricket Club](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in 1984, and became cricket secretary of the [Test and County Cricket Board](/source/England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board) in 1988 and chief executive (prior to the establishment of the ECB) in 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 June 1996 |title=TCCB hands reins to in-house Lamb |language=English |department=Sports News|page=9|work=The Guardian |url=https://archive.org/details/TheGuardian1996UKEnglish/Jun%2001%201996%2C%20The%20Guardian%2C%20%2346568%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n7/mode/2up?q=lamb |access-date=2021-04-28|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Struthers |first=Greg |date=15 June 2003 |title=Caught in time |newspaper=The Times|page=26}}</ref> Under his leadership the sport of cricket witnessed a period of unprecedented reform and modernisation, which saw the introduction of Twenty20 Cricket, a two-division County Championship with promotion and relegation, central contracts for England players, the establishment of a National Academy and a resurgence of interest and participation in cricket among children (boys and girls), as well as a significant growth in the women's game. The ECB's annual commercial income more than doubled during his period of office. He was subsequently elected an Honorary Life Member of the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) (MCC),<ref>{{Cite web |title=MCC Honorary Life Members |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-club/mcc-honorary-life-members |access-date=2021-04-28 |publisher=Marylebone Cricket Club}}</ref> Middlesex County Cricket Club and also Durham County Cricket Club in recognition of his services to cricket.

Lamb left the ECB in 2004<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brenkley |first=Stephen |date=30 May 2004 |title=The Interview Tim Lamb: Retiring hurt: the man from Lord's hunted by the shires |language=en |work=The Independent on Sunday |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/retiring-hurt-tim-lamb-62774.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/retiring-hurt-tim-lamb-62774.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live<!-- the online article has the wrong date and has a slightly different title to the print version --> |access-date=2021-04-28|page=12}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and the following year became chief executive of the [CCPR](/source/The_Central_Council_of_Physical_Recreation_(UK)) (renamed the Sport and Recreation Alliance in December 2010), the independent umbrella body and trade association for the national governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Freddie |title=Tim Lamb profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/tim-lamb-16392 |access-date=2021-04-28 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> Lamb retired from this position in February 2014.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=14 February 2014 |title=Alliance appoints new Interim Chief Executive |url=https://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/news/industry/alliance-appoints-new-interim-chief-executive |access-date=2021-04-29 |publisher=Sport and Recreation Alliance}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married to Denise and has two children. His son [Nick](/source/Nick_Lamb_(cricketer)), played nine [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) matches for the [Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence](/source/Durham_MCC_University) and the [British Universities cricket team](/source/British_Universities_cricket_team).<ref name=guardian/><ref name=ca-profile/><ref>{{Cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Nick Lamb |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60763/First-Class_Matches.html |access-date=2021-04-28 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cricinfo.com Cricinfo]
*[https://cricketarchive.com Cricket Archive]
*[http://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk Sport and Recreation Alliance]

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{{succession box|
|before=[Alan Wright](/source/Alan_Wright_(cricket_administrator))
|title=[Middlesex County Cricket Club Secretary/General Manager](/source/%3ACategory%3ASecretaries_of_Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
|years=1984&ndash;1988
|after=[Peter Packham](/source/Peter_Packham)
}}
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|before=[Alan Smith](/source/Alan_Smith_(cricketer))
|title=[England and Wales Cricket Board Chief Executive](/source/%3ACategory%3AChief_Executives_of_the_England_and_Wales_Cricket_Board)|Middlesex County Cricket Club Secretary
|years=1996&ndash;2004
|after=[David Collier](/source/David_Collier_(sports_administrator))
}}
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|before=[Margaret Talbot](/source/Margaret_Talbot(sports_administrator))
|title=[Sport and Recreation Alliance (formerly CCPR) Chief Executive](/source/Sport_and_Recreation_Alliance)|Middlesex County Cricket Club Secretary
|years=2005&ndash;2014
|after=[Emma Boggis](/source/Emma_Boggis)
}}
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Category:Cricketers from Cheshire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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