By Richard Edwards
ALLAN LAMB could have been forgiven for opening a bottle of something a little bit special and raising a glass to the sky on Tuesday night following Tom Curran’s Ashes call-up.
The Surrey bowler was whistled out to Australia – ahead of both Mark Wood and Liam Plunkett – after Steve Finn was forced to fly home with a knee injury. For Lamb, a member of England’s victorious Ashes winning side of 1986/87, it was a special moment, having known Tom, 22, and his two brothers, Sam and Ben, since they were old enough to pick up a bat and practise under the ...