Paul Adams (cricketer)

Paul Adams

Personal information

Full name

Paul Regan Adams

Born

20 January 1977 (age 40)
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.

He is currently (2015–16) the coach of the Cape Cobras cricket team.

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