Emma Lamb


Emma Louise Lamb is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire Women and has played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League. Lamb is a batting all-rounder, and bowls off spin.

Personal life

Lamb is from Preston, Lancashire, England. She studied at Edge Hill University, graduating in 2019. Her brother Danny plays for the Lancashire men's team, and has played amateur cricket in the Cheshire County Cricket League.

Career

Club career

Lamb played at youth level for Lancashire Women, and was their player of the year on two occasions. She averaged over 100 in under-17 level cricket. In 2015, Lamb became the first woman to play in the Cheshire County Cricket League, when she played for Bramhall against Neston. She scored 30 runs in the match. Her brother Danny also played in the match. Lamb has also played for the Lancashire men's academy, making her one of only two women to have done so.
Lamb made her Women's County Championship debut in 2012, playing for Lancashire Women against Warwickshire Women. In 2013, she made her first century in a match against Durham Women. Aged 18, Lamb opened the batting for Lancashire Thunder in the 2016 Women's Cricket Super League. She made the most runs of any English woman in the tournament, and was the only English women in the top 10 run scorers. Lamb was part of the Lancashire Women team that won two trophies: the 2017 Women's County Championship, and the Counties Twenty20 competition. In 2018, Lamb took 4/17 in a Super League match against Southern Vipers. It was the best bowling figures by a Thunder bowler in the Super League. Between 2016 and 2019, Lamb made 30 appearances for Thunder in the Super League, scoring 329 runs and taking 21 wickets. Lamb has been selected to play for Manchester Originals in The Hundred.

International career

In 2016, Lamb was called up to the England women's cricket team for their tour of Sri Lanka. She played for the England women's academy in matches against Sri Lanka A and Australia Shooting Stars. In 2017, Lamb played for England in a pre-season tour match against Ireland. The match was a warm up match prior to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.
In February 2020, Lamb attended a Professional Cricketers' Association rookie training camp. In April 2020, Lamb was awarded an England rookie contract. In June 2020, Lamb was one of 25 women given a retainer contract. The retainer was in addition to her rookie contract. In the same month, she was one of 24 England women given permission to start training ahead of possible international matches. It was the first time that woman cricketers had been allowed to train since English cricket was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.