Chris Adams (cricketer)

Chris Adams

Personal information

Full name

Christopher John Adams

Born

6 May 1970 (age 46)
Whitwell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Nickname

Grizzly, Grizwold

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Batting style

Right-hand batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm offbreak

Role

Middle-order batsman

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 598)

25 November 1999 v South Africa

Last Test

18 January 2000 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 149)

21 May 1998 v South Africa

Last ODI

28 January 2000 v Zimbabwe

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1988–1997

Derbyshire

1998–2008

Sussex (squad no. 1)

1998–1999

Australian Capital Territory

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	5	5	336	367
Runs scored	104	71	19535	11481
Batting average	13.00	17.75	38.68	39.72
100s/50s	–/–	–/–	48/93	21/69
Top score	31	42	239	163
Balls bowled	120	–	3288	1217
Wickets	1	–	41	32
Bowling average	59.00	–	47.19	38.03
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	1
10 wickets in match	–	–	–	–
Best bowling	1/42	–	4/28	5/16
Catches/stumpings	6/–	3/–	404/–	165/–

Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2009

Christopher John Adams (born 6 May 1970) is a former English first-class cricketer who briefly represented his nation at Test and One Day International level. He is the current interim head coach of the Dutch national team.

An aggressive right-handed batsman, occasional right-arm off spin bowler and specialist slip fielder, Adams enjoyed a successful first-class career for Derbyshire and Sussex.

Adams made his first-class debut as an eighteen-year-old for Derbyshire in one match the 1988 season and stayed there until the 1997 season, when he left to join Sussex as captain. He is the longest serving county captain in Sussex's history. He captained Sussex to the 2003, 2006 and 2007 County Championship titles, and was one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2004 for his efforts in the previous calendar year.

He had a brief career at international level for England, playing five Tests and five One-day Internationals between May 1998 and January 2000. He made his Test debut in 1999 against South Africa at Johannesburg, and came to the crease for his maiden Test innings to face Allan Donald on a hat-trick, with England in the perilous position of four wickets down for two runs; he successfully negotiated the hat-trick, but was caught behind off Donald in both innings, for 16 and 1. Failing to reproduce his domestic form, Adams averaged just 13 in Tests and 17.75 in ODIs.

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