The England and Northants legend on switching allegiances and taking on the Windies Interview by Jo Harman

A loyal servant: Lamb spent 18 seasons with Northants
PICTURES: Alamy

AN EYE ON THE SHIRES
Growing up in South Africa, I always followed English cricket. I followed the South African players who went over and played for the counties, like [Barry] Richards, [Norman] Featherstone, [Clive] Rice. I think it was then that the love came in. Also, my first coach at school was a guy called Don Bates, who played for Sussex, and then we had David Steele, and then when I was leaving sc...