Paul Adams (cricketer)

Paul Adams

Personal information
Full name	Paul Regan Adams
Born	20 January 1977 (1977-01-20) Cape Town, South Africa
Nickname	Gogga
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm chinaman
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 263)	26 December 1995 v England
Last Test	10 March 2004 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 37)	9 January 1996 v England
Last ODI	10 July 2003 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995–2008	Western Province
2004–2005	Western Province Boland
2005–2008	Cape Cobras
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	45	24	141	76
Runs scored	360	66	1752	180
Batting average	9.00	16.50	17.17	11.25
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/2	0/0
Top score	35	48*	70	33*
Balls bowled	8850	1109	27102	3156
Wickets	134	29	412	84
Bowling average	32.87	28.10	32.66	26.92
5 wickets in innings	4	0	16	0
10 wickets in match	1	–	3	0
Best bowling	7/128	3/26	9/79	3/12
Catches/stumpings	29/–	7/–	73/–	22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 August 2009

Paul Regan Adams (born 20 January 1977 in Cape Town) is a former South African cricketer, a chinaman bowler who played for the national team sporadically since the 1990s. Meanwhile, his first class cricket career registered 412 wickets.

Adams's bowling action was highly unorthodox and Mike Gatting likened it to a "frog in a blender". Though his action initially caught world batsmen by surprise, he was soon exposed for lack of variety by the Australians. As such, he became less effective. December 2006 he was recalled to the Test side for the series against India, only to be dropped from the squad before the first Test. He held the ball with two fingers of his left hand (thumb, and the index finger). He announced his retirement from professional cricket on 2 October 2008, more than four years after his last Test match and five years after his last ODI.

A graph showing Adams' test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.

External links

• Player profile: Paul Adams (cricketer) from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Paul Adams (cricketer) from ESPNcricinfo