in the World Cup scored 656 runs at 50.46 - the 5th highest World Cup batting average for an English player. Lamb was a member of two successful Ashes campaigns (in 1985 and 1986–87), but did not score a century in either series. His sole Ashes century came at Headingley in 1989 in a match England lost in disappointing fashion. In 20 Ashes matches he scored 1138 runs at an average of over 34. He captained England in 3 Tests and lost them all, but he did score a century on debut as captain. He also captained England in four one-day internationals, of which they won one. Malcolm Marshall dismissed him the most on 13 occasions and Geoff Lawson was next most with 8 Lord’s was Lamb’s most prolific ground scoring 959 at 43.59 with 4 centuries. At the Lord's test in 1984 against the West Indies, Lamb became the fourth man to bat on all five days of a Test match. Post-retirement Since retiring from all forms of cricket in 1995, Lamb has published his autobiography called Silence of the Lamb, which he released in 1996. In 1996 Lamb was involved in an unsuccessful libel action with Ian Botham against the former Pakistan cricketer Imran Khan relating to articles written about ball-tampering in cricket. Lamb has also been involved television work including working on the British TV channels Sky Sports and Channel 5 as an analyst. Alongside Botham, Lamb has teamed up with English Beef and Lamb Executive to create an advertising campaign for Quality Standard Beef and Lamb in which they use their names, 'Beefy' and 'Lamby' and cartoon characteristics as a selling point. He also starred in the instant classic 'What Rats Won't Do' a film which also starred Samantha Bond, Charles Dance and Harry Enfield. He was also a contestant on a special Cricketers Edition of The Weakest Link, where he was voted off in the second round. He created a sporting events and global travel company called Lamb Associates. References External links England One Day International cricketers English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 England Test cricket captains Free State cricketers Northamptonshire cricket captains Northamptonshire cricketers Western Province cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year 1954 births Living people South African people of English descent South African people of British descent Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at