The England captain was ruled out after undergoing a fourth operation on his right knee.
Nomination of candidates by Oct 18, still no unanimity on voting process.
The incoming player, who will be allowed to bat and bowl, must be deemed a "like for like" replacement approved by the match referee.
Lamb, who had been in the job since the ECB's inception in 1997, resigned in May but stepped down last month.
The England captain was hit on the right elbow by fast bowler Chris Tremlett during net practice.
England pace bowler Simon Jones will miss the series against Sri Lanka due to a knee injury
The former Pakistan captain criticised his country's cricket authorities for allowing England to play just one tour match in Karachi.
England's tour of Pakistan from October 25 has been finalised with one match in Karachi, on December 15.
England have rejected a proposal by Pakistan to play an additional one-day international in Karchi
England paceman James Anderson has been named in the 14-man squad for the final Ashes Test against Australia at the Oval, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Sunday.
Lord MacLaurin, chairman of Vodafone, has said the mobile phone company's sponsorship of the England team would be jeopardised if the squad toured Zimbabwe next year.
Hampshire captain Warne and Somerset player Peter Bowler were both handed three penalty points under the board's disciplinary code.
West Indies captain Jason Holder says coming to England for a Test series in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic is neither dictated by money nor a sense of adventurism but the move is a genuine effort to bring back normalcy. West Indies players arrived in the UK on Tuesday for a three-match Test series, starting July 8 at Southampton in a 'bio-secure' environment. It will be cricket's first international engagement since mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic halted all sporting action.
The ECB expressed reservations about playing a Test match in Karachi, which has been the target of several bomb attacks.
A specialist has advised Vaughan to rest completely for two weeks before beginning his rehabilitation.
Gareth Batty will provide cover for Ashley Giles who is struggling with a hip injury for the first Test against Bangladesh.
England spinner Ashley Giles will miss the start of England's tour of India because of a hip injury.
English counties will be rewarded for producing Test players under a development plan announced by the ECB.
Elworthy believes the need for a COVID-replacement will not arise since players will be thoroughly tested before getting into the bio-secure environment.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes was named on Wednesday in a 16-man squad for the Ashes tour to Australia despite being arrested earlier in the week for an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub.
BCCI had expressed concern about security during the World Cup in a letter to the ICC after last month's attack in the disputed region that killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops.
Alastair Cook has said he is desperate to stay on as England captain after hinting he may quit earlier in the week.
ECB's chief executive said changes to ICC regulations was taken at the last minute before an ICC board meeting in New Zealand in March.
The England spinner will return home for surgery on a long standing hip cartilage problem after the third Test in Lahore.
He will lead for the home series against Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has lambasted at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for calling back all-rounder Ben Stokes from the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
The venues were decided as per its rotational policy and nothing more should be made out of it, it said.
The fast bowler has been included in the squad for the four-Test series against the West Indies in March.
The ICC applauded ECB for defering action on its tour of Zim until the issue was discussed with other member countries.
England opener Jason Roy will miss at least two World Cup games due to a hamstring injury but captain Eoin Morgan is bullish about overcoming a back spasm and playing against Afghanistan.
'But I wouldn't, hand on heart suggest we'll have full crowds from the start. We'll just have to see how that goes'
England's five-match cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after a ban on 13 British journalists was rescinded.
Pakistan's banned leg spinner Danish Kaneria has slammed the Pakistani and English cricket authorities after it was announced on Thursday that fast bowler Mervyn Westfield has been allowed to play lower-level cricket with one year of his spot-fixing ban remaining. "If anything, the permission by the England and Wales Cricket Board to allow special treatment to Westfield, confirms their bias and discrimination towards me throughout this case," Kaneria told PTI in Karachi. The ECB anti-corruption tribunal had banned Kaneria for life in 2012 and Westfield was jailed the same year and banned from professional cricket for five years and club cricket for three years on spot fixing charges. Both were banned after they played together for Essex in the English county championship. Westfield claimed in his testimony that he accepted a 6000 pounds to under-perform in a 40-over pro match between Essex and Durham in September 2009. The paceman claimed Kaneria had groomed him to indulge in spot fixing.
The report said the use of debit cards would allow the ICC Anti-Corruption sleuths to keep trackof all financial transactions during the tournament by players, team and match officials.
Joe Root was named on Monday as England's cricketer of the year for 2014-15, the England and Wales Cricket Board said.
The ECB said it would send a team to check safety before the tour, which consists of five ODIs from November 26 to December 5.
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