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Full name
  
James Clive Adams

Team
  
Kent County Cricket Club

National side
  
West Indies

Batting style
  
Left-handed

Name
  
Jimmy Adams

Role
  
Cricketer


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Born
  
9 January 1968 (age 56) (
1968-01-09
)
Port Maria, Saint Mary, Jamaica

Test debut (cap 199)
  
18 April 1992 v South Africa

Last Test
  
6 January 2001 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 64)
  
17 December 1992 v Pakistan

Last ODI
  
9 February 2001 v Australia

Similar People
  
Adam Wheater, Courtney Walsh, Michael Carberry, Curtly Ambrose, Carl Hooper

Bowling style
  
Left-arm orthodox spin

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James Clive Adams (born 9 January 1968) is a former Jamaican cricketer, who represented the West Indies as player and captain during his career. He was a steady left-handed batsman, useful left-arm orthodox spin bowler and good fielder, especially in the gully position. He was also an occasional wicketkeeper when required. He was the head coach of Kent County Cricket Club for five seasons between 2012 and October 2016.

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He retired from all cricket in 2004 after a twenty-year career, ending with a Test batting average of 41.26 with a highest score of 208 not out against New Zealand at St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda in 1995.

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Domestic career

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Adams was called into the Jamaican squad for the 1984/85 season as a teenager and enjoyed a good if unspectacular start to his first-class career. He continued his cricket career for a couple of years after the year 2000, captaining South African provincial team Free State and making guest appearances for Lashings World XI in England.

Making mark

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Although it wasn't until the 1991/92 season that he was called into the West Indies Test squad for the first time, making his debut against South Africa at Bridgetown, Barbados. In his opening twelve matches Adams scored 1,132 runs at a batting average of near 87, a record bettered only in the history of Test cricket by Australian Sir Donald Bradman. In the first half of his Test career, Adams averaged 61.34 compared to 25.58 in the second half, this differential is the largest in Test history. In the mid-1990s he began to struggle at international level. In a tour match against Somerset, he was hit by a bouncer by bowler Andre van Troost, shattering his cheekbone. In 2005 and 2006 he played for Dunstall CC in the Derbyshire League.

Captaincy

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Adams was appointed as West Indies captain in 2000, replacing Brian Lara. He would not last long, leading the team to a 5–0 series loss on the 2000/01 tour of Australia; after the tour he lost both the captaincy (to Carl Hooper) and his place in the national team. News of his impending termination was broken to Adams by friend and national TV reporter, Peter Furst. The ever-cool Jamaican simply responded, ¨Have you heard something I haven't?¨ He then reflected on his career, saying that whatever happened it had all been a blessing – both the good and bad. Adams´ grace in the face of what would crush many a lesser person reflects the nature of the man; a cricketer whose best attributes can never be recorded on the score sheets.

  • His Test captaincy record was: 15 matches, 4 wins, 8 losses, 3 draws
  • His ODI captaincy record was: 26 matches, 10 wins, 14 losses, 2 no result
  • Coaching career

    He was head coach at Kent County Cricket Club for five seasons between 2012 and 2016.

    References

    Jimmy Adams Wikipedia