Players / Paul Adams

South Africa news

Healthy competition, strength in depth

Feb 10, 2013: Future stars, experienced campaigners and fresh coaches made for a hard-fought Sunfoil Series. Apart from a lack of spinners, the signs are good for South Africa

South Africa news

Young franchise coaches make their mark

Feb 6, 2013: In another coup for rookie coaches, the two teams battling it out for the first-class title in the final week of fixtures are both managed by men in their first season in charge

Lions v Cape Cobras, Momentum One-Day Cup final, Jo'burg

Old rivalries renewed for final

Dec 13, 2012: South Africa's domestic one-day final brings together two coaches who enjoyed plenty of battles when they were players

Sunfoil Series 2012/13

Season begins with one eye on T20

Sep 19, 2012: South Africa's first-class competition will start on Thursday with two of the franchises opening their campaigns with the Champions League T20 not far from their minds

South Africa domestic news

Paul Adams named Cobras coach

Jun 26, 2012: Paul Adams, the former South Africa spinner, has been unveiled as the new coach of the Cape Cobras

Life after the blender

Jan 3, 2011: By 28, Paul Adams had gone from school kid to superstar to struggling bowler to has-been. Now, he's a commentator and spin coach

South Africa news

Kumble to help SA's young spinners

Aug 13, 2010: Anil Kumble, the former Indian legspinner, will be travelling to South Africa next week to take part in a coaching clinic with some of South Africa's up-and-coming spin bowlers in Johannesburg on Thursday

Paul Adams

'Devon tried to knock my head off'

Jan 6, 2010: He'd played two first-class when he made his Test debut and his action was extraordinary. Paul Adams certainly made an impression

Goodbye Gogga

Oct 3, 2008: Paul Adams didn't last as long as he should have, but he usually burned bright when he played

South Africa news

Paul Adams announces retirement

Oct 2, 2008: Paul Adams, who burst onto the international scene after only five first-class matches for Western Province in 1995-96, has announced his retirement from professional cricket

South Africa cricket

Paul Adams decides against selection role

Aug 9, 2008: Paul Adams, the former South Africa chinaman bowler, has decided against becoming a national selector

The chinaman

Leggie in the mirror

Sep 13, 2007: Ellis Achong invented it; we've got the lowdown on it

Cricinfo XI

Long live the tail

Jan 16, 2007: Here we look at 11 occasions when the lower-order adopted the long-handle approach

Rest of SA v Pakistanis, Kimberley, 1st day

Hafeez and Farhat lead run-feast

Jan 6, 2007: Mohammad Hafeez and Imran Farhat started in the best possible style as their centuries led a day of Pakistani batting dominance against Rest of South Africa in the mining town of Kimberley

India in South Africa, 2006-07

South Africa recall Paul Adams for Tests

Dec 7, 2006: Paul Adams, the left-arm spinner, has been recalled to the South African squad for the three-Test series against India, starting at Johannesburg on December 15

Cricinfo XI

Three-card trick

Oct 17, 2006: Andrew Miller and Martin Williamson on players who have taken one-day hat-tricks

Cricinfo XI

Dabbling with drugs

Oct 17, 2006: Andrew Miller and Martin Williamson on players how have fallen foul of less-than-legal substances

Cricinfo XI

Comedy of errors

Aug 8, 2006: Andrew Miller on some of the more comical dismissals in cricket's history

Quality spinners in South Africa left in the lurch

Donald laments drought of spinners

May 31, 2006: Allan Donald, the former South Africa fast bowler, expressed concern at the lack of quality spin bowlers in the country to compete at the international level

22-man squad for 2006-07

South Africa name strong High Performance squad

Apr 1, 2006: Cricket South Africa has named a 22-man squad for the High Performance Programme