Full name Christopher John Adams
Born May 6, 1970, Whitwell, Derbyshire
Current age 47 years 350 days
Major teams England, Australian Capital Territory, Derbyshire, Sussex
Nickname Grizzly, Grizwold
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Coach
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Chesterfield Boys Grammar School; Repton School
Relation Daughter - GL Adams
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
5 | 8 | 0 | 104 | 31 | 13.00 | 285 | 36.49 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 42 | 17.75 | 144 | 49.30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
First-class | 336 | 546 | 41 | 19535 | 239 | 38.68 | 48 | 93 | 404 | 0 | ||||
List A | 367 | 347 | 58 | 11481 | 163 | 39.72 | 21 | 69 | 165 | 0 | ||||
T20s ![]() |
42 | 38 | 8 | 880 | 63 | 29.33 | 737 | 119.40 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
5 | 2 | 120 | 59 | 1 | 1/42 | 1/42 | 59.00 | 2.95 | 120.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 336 | 3288 | 1935 | 41 | 4/28 | 47.19 | 3.53 | 80.1 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 367 | 1391 | 1217 | 32 | 5/16 | 5/16 | 38.03 | 5.24 | 43.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
T20s ![]() |
42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Nov 25-28, 1999 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v England at Centurion, Jan 14-18, 2000 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v South Africa at The Oval, May 21, 1998 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, Jan 28, 2000 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1988 |
Last First-class | Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard |
List A debut | 1989 |
Last List A | Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard |
T20s debut | Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
Last T20s | Essex v Sussex at Chelmsford, Jun 24, 2008 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0, 35 | Sussex | v Yorkshire | Hove | 24 Sep 2008 | FC |
30, 0/13 | Sussex | v Durham | Chester-le-Street | 17 Sep 2008 | FC |
24 | Sussex | v Notts | Nottingham | 14 Sep 2008 | LA |
6 | Sussex | v Middlesex | Hove | 11 Sep 2008 | LA |
2 | Sussex | v Yorkshire | Scarborough | 3 Sep 2008 | FC |
23, 7* | Sussex | v Notts | Hove | 27 Aug 2008 | FC |
1 | Sussex | v Lancashire | Hove | 25 Aug 2008 | LA |
21 | Sussex | v Hampshire | Southampton | 13 Aug 2008 | LA |
18 | Sussex | v Lancashire | Manchester | 6 Aug 2008 | FC |
6* | Sussex | v Worcs | Horsham | 3 Aug 2008 | LA |
A front-foot bruiser, Adams veered from the ferocious to the fallible. He enjoyed a prosperous career at first Derbyshire, his home county for whom his scored over 8,000 first-class runs, and then with Sussex where his masterminded a transformation of the county from sleepy club by the sea to the most successful county in the first decade of the 21st century.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2004