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Clayton Benjamin Lambert (born 10 February 1962) is a former
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er, who later played for
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as well.


Career

Lambert made his debut for Guyana at the Regional Under 19 level in 1979, and captained the Berbice team in 1980. Lambert first appeared in the West Indies team for a One Day International against England in Georgetown, against whom he also made an unsuccessful Test match debut at
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in 1991. Although he played in four ODIs in
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in 1991/92, he did not return to the Test match side until 1997–98, where he made centuries in both the fifth ODI and the sixth Test against England before struggling in the series against South Africa and being dropped from the Test side. According to Statistician Charwayne Walker in 2014, Lambert's 151 against Barbados 1997 at Bourda is still the highest score by a Guyanese batsman at the Regional one day level. Lambert returned to international cricket aged 42, playing for the United States in the
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. Lambert also played first-class cricket for
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and played for
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in 1993. Lambert now played for Lawrenceville in the
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Cricket Conference from 2012 to 2014. He coaches cricket in the US.


See also

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List of cricketers who have played for more than one international team As of April 2024, 17 male players have played Test cricket for two nations, 16 have played One Day International (ODI) cricket for two teams, and 19 have played Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for two teams, and five have played for two tea ...


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