Players / Paul Adams

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

Standard Bank Pro20 Series, 2004-05

Willoughby blows Dolphins away

Apr 16, 2005: Charl Willoughby bowled Western Province Boland back into the PRO20Series at Kingsmead in Durban with the best bowling analysis of thetournament, while Lions qualified for the semi-finals after beating Titans

SuperSport Series 2004-05, Round seven, 3rd day

Puttick and Duminy among the runs

Jan 16, 2005: Andrew Puttick and JP Duminy led the way for Western Province Boland, as they closed the day on 279 for 3 against Dolphins, an overall lead of 187

Zimbabwe A v South Africa A, Bulawayo, 3rd day

South Africa A close in on victory

Aug 14, 2004: South Africa A were on the verge of a convincing win against Zimbabwe A at Bulawayo

Zimbabwe A v South Africa A, Bulawayo, 2nd day

Zimbabwe A fightback leaves game evenly poised

Aug 13, 2004: After two days of keenly contested cricket, Zimbabwe A mustered up some batting courage to go five runs ahead in their second innings with all ten wickets intact

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd Test, Durban, 1st day

West Indies recover from dreadful start

Dec 26, 2003: Brian Lara and Ridley Jacobs added 98 for the sixth wicket to help West Indies recover from a shambolic start, but by tea South Africa were firmly in command of the second Test at Durban

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd Test, Durban

Lara and the three cops

Dec 25, 2003: West Indies have a tough task ahead of them in the second Tests against South Africa, and their batsmen will look to Brian Lara for inspiration

West Indies in South Africa, 2003-04

Kirsten and Adams back for South Africa

Dec 22, 2003: South Africa today announced a 13-man squad for the second and third Test matches against West Indies, with recalls for Gary Kirsten and Paul Adams

South Africa v West Indies, 1st Test, Johannesburg

Dippenaar dropped and Klusener remains in the wilderness

Dec 6, 2003: Lance Klusener's hopes of being recalled to the South African side were dashed when he was not included squad for the first Test against West Indies

Pakistan v South Africa 2003-04 - Series Verdict

A thriller in two parts

Nov 3, 2003: Who said a two-Test series was unsatisfying

Adams spins South Africa to victory with 9 for 79

Aug 9, 2003: Not that they need it, but Paul Adams gave South Africa, and himself, a massive confidence boost ahead of the third npower Test match at Trent Bridge next week

More questions than answers

Jul 23, 2003: Will Nasser Hussain still be leading England in the winter

Smith and Rudolph set up South Africa's victory

Jul 9, 2003: South Africa warmed up for Saturday's NatWest Series final at Lord's with a confidence-restoring win over Zimbabwe in the first international match at Southampton's new Rose Bowl

A first for the Rose Bowl

Jul 9, 2003: The last of the round-robin matches in the NatWest Series, between South Africa and Zimbabwe, could well have been one of those dreadful dead-rubber events when one team has qualified for the final and the other is out of the tournament

South African Cricketers of the Year named

Oct 7, 2002: Five first-time Cricketers of the Year were named at the launch of the Mutual & Federal South African Cricket Annual in Sandton tonight (Monday, October, 7)

Transco averages has South Africans riding high

Jul 11, 2002: If the latest release of the Lancashire Transco League averages is anything to go by then the South Africans are having a bumper year in the minor leagues and the Northern Titans players preparing well for the coming domestic season

SA World Cup training squad named

May 23, 2002: The South African selection panel has named 31 players* in a preliminary training squad in the run-up to the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa

Gilchrist towers above Newlands Test

Mar 9, 2002: With South Africa as competitive as at any stage this summer, the second day of the second Test match at Newlands contained just about everything: aggressive Australian batting, a collapse and a 100th wicket for South Africa's Paul Adams

South Africa recall Cullinan and Adams for second Test

Mar 4, 2002: South Africa have recalled Daryll Cullinan and Paul Adams and will give 24-year-old Free State fast bowler Dewald Pretorius his first cap in the second Castle Lager/MTN Test match against Australia starting at Newlands on Friday