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Full name Adam Sanford
Born July 12, 1975, Dominica
Current age 33 years 146 days
Major teams West Indies,Leeward Islands,Windward Islands
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
17
2
72
18*
4.80
328
21.95
0
0
7
2
4
0
First-class
57
79
18
453
37
7.42
0
0
23
0
List A
4
4
2
18
16*
9.00
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
18
2217
1316
30
4/132
5/157
43.86
3.56
73.9
1
0
0
First-class
57
11089
6123
198
7/40
30.92
3.31
56.0
5
2
List A
4
146
110
4
3/40
3/40
27.50
4.52
36.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v India at Georgetown, Apr 11-15, 2002 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 19-23, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Leeward Islands v Barbados at Salem, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Guyana v Leeward Islands at Albion, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
Profile
In April 2002, after capturing 41 wickets in an impressive season for Leeward Islands, Adam Sanford made history as the first indigenous Carib to play for West Indies. Born in Dominica, but now living and working as a policeman in Antigua, Sanford went on to play in all five Tests against India, and picked up important wickets at regular intervals without quite winning over his critics. Hardly an express bowler, Sanford is nonetheless rated as "awkward" by Ian Bishop, for his ability to make the odd delivery explode from nowhere. But his lack of pace caused him problems, and against England in 2003-04 he was described by Geoff Boycott as being a medium pacer who " couldn't have got me granny out".
Andrew Miller
