John Patrick Roy Lamsam (born 15 May 1980) is a Hong Kong

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er who has played 8

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s and four

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matches between 1997 and 2008. He is a specialist batsman who has batted between five and eight in the batting order for

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, scoring 15 ICC Trophy runs and 24 One Day International runs. In his debut match in the ICC Trophy, he was the seventh-choice bowler for Hong Kong, bowling the final over against

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. However, he first bowled two wides (one of which was run for three), and then was injured. Because of the runs off wides counting against the bowler, but the wide not counting as a ball bowled, Lamsam ended with no balls bowled - and four runs conceded. As that was his only bowling in the ICC Trophy, this is still his career record. Lamsam was selected to play for Hong Kong in the

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, scoring eight runs and taking zero wickets against Bangladesh. He played a second ODI against India at the

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, scoring 16 before being run out by

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* 1980 births Roy Lamsam Living people Hong Kong cricketers Hong Kong One Day International cricketers 21st-century Hong Kong sportsmen Hong Kong people of Thai descent Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong {{HongKong-cricket-bio-stub