Tim Lamb

Who is Tim Lamb?

Timothy Michael Lamb was an English County Cricketer and Cricket Administrator, the first Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board and is now Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance since 2005.

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and The Queen's College, Oxford University and played professional cricket for Middlesex and Northamptonshire. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played 160 First Class matches between 1973 and 1983, taking 361 wickets and scoring 1274 runs, with a top score of 77 against Nottinghamshire at Lord's. But he was perhaps better known for his record in the limited overs form of the game, where in all competitions he took a total of 190 wickets at an average of 25.70 at a highly respectable economy rate of 3.86. He also played in four Lord's Cup Finals.

He entered sports administration as Secretary and General Manager of Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1984, and became Cricket Secretary of the Test and County Cricket Board in 1988 and Chief Executive in 1996. Under his leadership the sport of cricket witnessed a period of unprecedented reform and modernisation, which saw the introduction of Twenty20 Cricket, a two-division County Championship with promotion and relegation, central contracts for England players, the establishment of a National Academy and a resurgence of interest and participation in cricket among children, as well as a significant growth in the women's game. The ECB's annual commercial income more than doubled during his period of office. He was subsequently elected an Honorary Life Member of the MCC, Middlesex CCC and also Durham CCC in recognition of his services to cricket.