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Full name Paul Regan Adams
Born January 20, 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 118 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	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	45	55	15	360	35	9.00	1012	35.57	0	32	4	29
ODIs	24	9	5	66	33*	16.50	124	53.22	0	5	0	7
First-class	141	156	54	1752	70	17.17			2			73
List A	76	26	10	180	33*	11.25			0			22
Twenty20	12	5	2	53	17*	17.66	34	155.88	0	4	2	1

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 points skyward at the moment of delivery, yet he appears to be able to change his trajectory if the batsman uses his feet. Although photographic evidence suggests otherwise, Adams says he can see enough of the batsman to know what he is doing. His career has been 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. Known as Gogga, meaning insect, or simply Goges to his friends, Adams is a bundle of energy, with a taste in music some of his team-mates find hard to understand.
Neil Manthorp

Mar 11, 2004

Paul Adams clean bowled
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Mar 9, 2004

Paul Adams in the nets
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Sep 19, 2003

Paul Adams
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