In this episode of the Silver Stumps podcast former England and Northamptonshire superstar Allan Lamb joins hosts Grant Timms and Trevor Lee to talk about his career, his thoughts on current cricket and his battle with prostate cancer and his participation in Cycle Slam 2024 which is a 1200 km bike ride from Rome to Nice - April 13th to 25th.
Allan made his test debut aged 28 and went on the play for England 79 times scoring 4656 runs including 14 centuries. A 2020 poll named him as Northamptonshire’s greatest player of all time.
During the episode we briefly discuss a couple of matches he played in - the 1984 2nd Test England v West Indies at Lords and the 1987 ODI v Australia when he scored 18 off the last over to win the match.
Allan also mentioned the Notts v Northants county championship match in 1995, the season he came closest to winning the county championship, when Notts rattled up 527 having been 362/1 to which Northants replied with 781/7 dec at 4.8 per over (their highest ever score) and then bowled Notts out for 157 to win by an innings and 97 runs.
Allan talks about his battle with prostate cancer and his support of Ron’s walks.
Allan now organises wine tours of South Africa as well as cricket and rugby tours.
You can find out more about Ron’s walks via this link to the national 060s/70s website
And use this link to go to the Bob Willis fund website the news page of the Bob Willis Fund website covers Ron's walks
Walks coming up in April 2024:
Friday 5th April 2024 Kent Seniors Walk. The Spitfire Ground, Old Dover Road, Canterbury CT1 3NZ.
Rob Key will be joining the walk and SKY T.V Cricket will be filming the walk.
Tuesday 9th April 2024 Gloucestershire Seniors Walk.
Meet near the Old Lodge Public House and Minchinhampton Old Course Golf Club at 10am for a 10.30am walk.
Friday 12th April 2024 Edgbaston Cricket Ground
All walkers will be invited to watch the days play during the County Championships match against Durham CCC.
Saturday 20th April Devon Seniors Walk
Walking from South Devon CC to Bovey Tracey CC
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Silver Stumps is the podcast aimed at Over 60 Cricketers. Hosted by Grant Timms and Trevor Lee it aims to be entertaining, informative and topical as Grant and Trevor combine a mix of guests with their own take on what's happening in the thriving world of over 60s cricket.
