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Paul Adams
South Africa
Player profile
Full name Paul Regan Adams
Born January 20, 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 214 days
Major teams South Africa, Cape Cobras, Western Province
Nickname Gogga
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
45 |
55 |
15 |
360 |
35 |
9.00 |
1012 |
35.57 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
4 |
29 |
0 |
| ODIs |
24 |
9 |
5 |
66 |
33* |
16.50 |
124 |
53.22 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
| First-class |
141 |
156 |
54 |
1752 |
70 |
17.17 |
|
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
73 |
0 |
| List A |
76 |
26 |
10 |
180 |
33* |
11.25 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
22 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
12 |
5 |
2 |
53 |
17* |
17.66 |
34 |
155.88 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
45 |
76 |
8850 |
4405 |
134 |
7/128 |
10/106 |
32.87 |
2.98 |
66.0 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| ODIs |
24 |
23 |
1109 |
815 |
29 |
3/26 |
3/26 |
28.10 |
4.40 |
38.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
141 |
|
27102 |
13456 |
412 |
9/79 |
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32.66 |
2.97 |
65.7 |
|
16 |
3 |
| List A |
76 |
|
3156 |
2262 |
84 |
3/12 |
3/12 |
26.92 |
4.30 |
37.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
12 |
10 |
207 |
239 |
9 |
3/19 |
3/19 |
26.55 |
6.92 |
23.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 26-30, 1995 scorecard |
| Last Test |
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, Mar 10-14, 2004 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 9, 1996 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
South Africa v Zimbabwe at Southampton, Jul 10, 2003 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1995/96 |
| Last First-class |
Griqualand West v Western Province at Kimberley, Mar 13-15, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1995/96 |
| Last List A |
Cape Cobras v Eagles at Paarl, Feb 24, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Titans v Western Province Boland at Centurion, Apr 18, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Eagles v Cape Cobras at Bloemfontein, Feb 19, 2006 scorecard |
Paul Adams broke onto the scene as an 18-year-old with his "frog in a blender" action that so tormented England when they visited South Africa in 1995-96. The action itself contributed to his burgeoning wicket-haul for at least a year as batsmen were hopelessly caught in the blurry glare of the impossible contortion. But as soon as the element of surprise wore off, Adams often suffered for a lack of variety and his appearances for South Africa grew fewer. When first discovered by former South Africa great Eddie Barlow, Adams knew nothing of googlies and chinamen, calling his deliveries simply "inspinners" and "outspinners". His head points skyward at the moment of delivery, yet he appears to be able to change his trajectory if the batsman uses his feet. Although photographic evidence suggests otherwise, Adams says he can see enough of the batsman to know what he is doing. His career has been hampered by injury at crucial times, and he lost his No. 1 slow-bowler spot to Nicky Boje, but no left-arm spinner has taken more Test wickets for South Africa. Known as Gogga, meaning insect, or simply Goges to his friends, Adams is a bundle of energy, with a taste in music some of his team-mates find hard to understand.
Neil Manthorp
Western Province debut same season
Education: Plumstead High School
Junior Representative Cricket: WPB Nuff 1994
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