Adrian Rollins

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Adrian Rollins (born February 8, 1972) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Derbyshire and Northamptonshire in a nine-year first-class career.

An imposing presence, measuring 6'5" and weighing around sixteen stone, Rollins made his debut for Derbyshire as an emergency wicket-keeper in the absence of team-mates Bernie Maher and Karl Krikken, making him possibly the tallest wicket-keeper in first-class cricket history. Rollins became the 500th first-class cricketer for the Derbyshire team, as well as the 100th to make a first-class century, following his milestone innings with a hugely impressive innings of 200 in nine hours, the single longest innings in Derbyshire's history.

After the threat of resignation from captain Dominic Cork, it was thought that Rollins was to be made the captain by the board, though this was not to come to fruition, and he was to move to Northamptonshire at the end of 1999.

Though he did not have the greatest of starts to his Northamptonshire career, he was still picking up good scores from time to time. After spending the 2001 season in Division One, they were to find themselves back down and out again a year later, and, in 2002, with his contract over, coupled with the inability to help avoid relegation, Northamptonshire did not offer Rollins new terms and he was to find himself out of a career.

Rollins has two brothers who have both played cricket, Gary and Robert.