Allan Lamb 76 OF 58 BALLS vs Srilanka WC 1987 (PESHAWAR)

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Step back into the golden era of cricket 🌟 and relive Allan Lamb’s explosive innings in the 10th Match of the 1987 Cricket World Cup at Peshawar. Facing Sri Lanka, Lamb unleashed a brilliant display of strokeplay, smashing 76 runs from just 58 deliveries with 3 elegant fours and 2 towering sixes.  His strike rate of 131.03 was considered exceptional for the time, making this innings a rare and electrifying spectacle in the 80s. Lamb’s fearless batting powered England to a commanding total of 296 runs, eventually setting the stage for a massive 108-run victory.  This innings not only earned Allan Lamb the Player of the Match award 🏆, but also secured a place in cricketing history as one of the finest World Cup knocks of that era.  📺 For fans of vintage cricket, this knock is a timeless treasure—power, elegance, and aggression all rolled into one. Sit back, enjoy, and relive the glory days of 1987 World Cup cricket!  🔖 Hashtags:  #AllanLamb #WorldCup1987 #VintageCricket #EnglandCricket #SriLankaCricket #CricketClassics #CricketHighlights #AllanLambKnock #CricketHistory #PeshawarMatch

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00:00In the 10th match of the 1987 Cricket World Cup at Peshawar, Allen Lamb delivered one

00:05of those innings that continued to sparkle in cricket's rich archive of memories.

00:11Walking in with England looking to assert dominance, Allen Lamb rose to the occasion

00:16with a knock brimming with authority and flair. He compiled a dazzling 76 runs from just 58 balls,

00:24a display that combined elegance with sheer aggression.

00:28His innings featured three exquisite timely boundaries and two mighty sixes that soared

00:33into the stands, leaving the spectators in baffle. What made this performance so striking was not

00:39merely the runs but the manner in which they were scored. In an era when one-day cricket

00:44often leaned towards caution, Allen Lamb's strike rate of 131.03 stood out as a rare spectacle of

00:53fearless batting. He seemed intent on rewriting the tempo of the innings, seizing control from

00:59the ballers and injecting England's innings with urgency and purpose. It was only fitting that

01:05Allen Lamb was awarded the player of the match. Let's enjoy Allen Lamb innings.

01:10Allen Lamb is driven through the covers, should get two, Guru Singha the fielder, two more to land.

01:21These five, England are 1-4-9, lost two wickets.

01:25Allen Lamb was trying to guide that down towards third man and there should be some overthrows here.

01:36One for the overthrow, not the most convincing of strokes from Lamb. They got an inside edge.

01:51I think all the way.

01:54I see.

01:56Heard it by, uh, Curran Lamb. Six run.

02:01There's not much bat lift in the shot. But he timed it really well.

02:07Over covers lead for six.

02:10They go to that second and not the most agile of effort there from Ravi Ratnaike.

02:28There was some slight hesitation by the two bassmen above the second run.

02:34Very smartly fielded, good bit of work by Mahanama.

02:43Can't prevent the single but the fielding.

02:50What a beautiful shot.

02:55Through the covers.

02:58Guru single the fielder, two more to Lamb.

03:00197 foot two.

03:07Lovely off drive.

03:09There could be trouble here and could have been a run out had the throw come in straight to the bowler.

03:16Madhugale's throw rather wild.

03:21Really hit that hard.

03:26Madhugale's fielding at long off.

03:30Some turn.

03:33A view of part of the stadium, the city outside the stadium.

03:40Outside the stadium.

03:49Hold up.

03:50Scooter single.

03:52Hold up.

03:53Hold up.

03:54Hold up.

03:55And that's a 50 that was also a little bit.

04:10Good that.

04:11Happy Service.

04:13affected high.

04:14You haveu.

04:15You haveure.

04:16.

04:21.

04:26.

04:33.

04:38.

04:42.

04:44And a...

04:52Left for it.

04:55And lifts three more.

04:57Every game for the third.

05:06The batsmen out. Broad for 60.

05:09Gooch for a... No, Broad for 28, rather.

05:15Over the bowler, down to the side screen, forearms.

05:19Beautiful stroke, a flat batted, straight drive.

05:23Went like a rocket.

05:24Ravi Ratnake had no chance of catching it.

05:30This one's up in the air, he's going to be outcorked, yes he is.

05:34De Silva taking a fairly comfortable catch.

05:37Lamb miscewing that shot.

05:39It has been...

05:41Delight to watch.

05:43Comes back to a very nice ovation.

05:49Lamb out.

05:51Court De Silva.

05:52There's the reply.

05:54There it is going.

05:55Too wide.

05:56That's Adolf's thumb.

05:57Lamb in the end just managed to get the bottom or the toe end of the bat to it.

06:04Here we see it again.

06:06Too wide.

06:08At that stage of the game, it really didn't matter.

06:11His knock was not just about runs on the board, but about setting a thorn, commanding vibrant

06:18and thoroughly entertaining.

06:19Thanks to his enterprising effort, England's totard swelled to an imposing target of 296

06:25runs.

06:26A score that on those pitches and in that period was more than a mountain to claim.

06:33Sri Lanka's reply never quite gathered the same momentum, and the chase faltered under

06:38the weight of the task.

06:39In the end, England secured a resounding 108-run victory, with Alan Lamb innings proving to be

06:46the defining passage of the play.

06:48This inning remains etched as a classic example of Alan Lamb's ability to rise the occasion

06:54and dictate terms with the bat.

06:56For those who revel in the charm of vintage cricket, his 76 runs at Peshawar is more than

07:02a scorecard entry.

07:03It is a triad piece of cricketing artistry, a glimpse into an era when stroke-making carried

07:09its own unique grace and power.

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07:14Thank you very much.

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