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Full name Christopher John Adams
Born May 6, 1970, Whitwell, Derbyshire
Current age 38 years 154 days
Major teams England, Australian Capital Territory, Derbyshire, Sussex
Nickname Grizzly, Grizwold
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Chesterfield Boys Grammar School; Repton School

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

104

13.00

285

36.49

ODIs

17.75

144

49.30

First-class

336

546

19535

239

38.68

404

List A

367

347

11481

163

39.72

165

Twenty20

880

29.33

737

119.40

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

120

1/42

59.00

2.95

120.0

ODIs

First-class

336

3288

1935

4/28

47.19

3.53

80.1

List A

367

1391

1217

5/16

38.03

5.24

43.4

Twenty20

Career statistics

Test debut

South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Nov 25-28, 1999 scorecard

Last Test

South Africa v England at Centurion, Jan 14-18, 2000 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

England v South Africa at The Oval, May 21, 1998 scorecard

Last ODI

England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Jan 28, 2000 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1988

Last First-class

Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1989

Last List A

Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Essex v Sussex at Chelmsford, Jun 24, 2008 scorecard

A front-foot bruiser, Adams veers from the ferocious to the fallible. He's one of the most explosive batsmen in the county game and loves to hit the ball in the air. But in his only spell in Test cricket - in South Africa in 1999-00 - his aggressive instincts got him into trouble, especially when he drove loosely and without moving his feet. Adams is a combative cricketer and team-mates had to step in when he and Wasim Akram squared up during the interval at the 1993 B&H final. He spent ten increasingly unhappy years at Derbyshire, cricket's nest of vipers, and joined Sussex as a highly-paid captain in 1998, where he and Michael Bevan spent two summers rescuing the middle order. His hard work paid dividends in 2003 when he led Sussex to their first title and in April 2004 he was named one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. In 2006 he led Sussex to double success, winning the C&G Trophy and the Championship. At the end of the season a few eyebrows were raised when he announced he was moving to Yorkshire ... less than a fortnight later even more were raised when he made a U-turn and decided to stay at Hove and he won back-to-back Championships in 2006 and 2007. After Sussex clinched the Pro40 title in 2008, Adams announced it was standing down as captain after 11 years.
Lawrence Booth September 2008

Sep 14, 2008

Not a bad day's work: Chris Adams with the Pro40 trophy and champagne © Getty Images

Sep 14, 2008

Chris Adams celebrates with the Pro40 trophy © Getty Images

Jun 11, 2008

Chris Adams cracks a boundary on his way to 57 © Getty Images

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