Northamptonshire honoured him by naming a room in the club's Indoor Centre 'The Allan Lamb Room'. In a 2020 poll he was named Northamptonshire's greatest player of all time. Test Cricket In 1970, South Africa were banned from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid. The South-African born Lamb emigrated to England. Named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1981, Lamb made his test debut against India in 1982, and after having made his ODI debut a few days earlier. England vs India 1982 England hosted India for a 3 Test series. Lamb made his debut for the first Test at Lords. England won the match by 7 wickets and Lamb was not out when the winning runs were scored. He retained his place for the next two Tests, scoring his maiden Test century in the 3rd Test. England vs Pakistan 1982 Lamb played all three Tests of the series against Pakistan. England won the series 2-1 and would be their last series win against Pakistan for 18 years. Lamb scored 48 in 6 innings, beginning a low run of scores against them. Australia vs England 1982/83 Lamb's first overseas International tour was the 1982/83 Ashes. He played all 5 Tests scoring 414 at 41. England vs New Zealand 1983 Lamb scored 392 in the 4 Tests, the second most in the series with an unbeaten century in the first and last Tests. New Zealand vs England 1983/84 In the return 3-match series, Lamb could only manage 82 runs in 4 innings. Pakistan vs England 1983/84 Lamb’s poor run of form continued as he scored 78 runs in 5 innings. England vs West Indies 1984 Lamb’s first encounter with the West Indies and he began his streak of good form against them. While England lost 5-0 the first and only time England had suffered a home defeat like this, he was their leading scorer with 386 runs including a series-high three centuries. England vs Sri Lanka 1984 Sri Lanka’s first Test match in England and Lamb scored a century in a drawn match. India vs England 1984/85 A Five Test tour of India that England won 2-1 after losing the first Test. Lamb scored 241 at 40 with a highest score of 67. Lamb bowled one over and captured his only Test wicket when he had Manoj Prabhakar lbw in the Third Test. England vs Australia