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Full name Paul Regan Adams
Born January 20, 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 266 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
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
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
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
Profile
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 pointed skyward at the moment of delivery, yet he appeared to be able to change his trajectory if the batsman used his feet. Although photographic evidence suggested otherwise, Adams said he could see enough of the batsman to know what he was doing. His career was 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. However, his last Test appearance came in 2004 and then South Africa looked elsewhere on a permanent basis. He even drifted out of first-class cricket before announcing his retirement in October 2008. Known as Gogga, meaning insect, or simply Goges to his friends, Adams was a bundle of energy, with a taste in music some of his team-mates found hard to understand. Neil Manthorp
Notes
Western Province debut same season Education: Plumstead High School Junior Representative Cricket: WPB Nuff 1994
