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Full name Grant Michael Lambert
Born August 5, 1977, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 31 years 34 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
27
39
4
894
86
25.54
1821
49.09
0
6
8
0
List A
8
7
2
96
41
19.20
142
67.60
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
27
3227
1975
58
4/77
34.05
3.67
55.6
3
0
0
List A
8
318
297
9
2/33
2/33
33.00
5.60
35.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Mar 7-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, Nov 7, 2007 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. His fast-medium efforts were less effective - he took 15 wickets at 39.6 - but he was still a valuable change bowler and his career-best 4 for 77 came in a draw against Queensland. Although he opens the batting for his club, Fairfield-Liverpool, Lambert's state appearances were mostly at No. 7, where he regularly frustrated opponents seeking a pathway to the tail. He made 352 runs at 39.11, including four half-centuries, and his best was 61 in the final loss to Tasmania. His 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 June 2007
