Paul Adams (cricketer)

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Paul Adams
South Africa
Personal information
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left arm chinaman
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	45	24
Runs scored	360	66
Batting average	9.00	16.50
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	35	33*
Balls bowled	8850	1109
Wickets	134	29
Bowling average	32.87	28.10
5 wickets in innings	4	0
10 wickets in match	1	n/a
Best bowling	7/128	3/26
Catches/stumpings	29/-	7/-
As of 25 January 2006 Source: Cricinfo

Paul Regan Adams (born 20 January 1977 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, a chinaman bowler who has played for the national team sporadically since the 1990s.

Adams's bowling action is highly unorthodox and Mike Gatting famously likened it to a "frog in a blender". Though his action initially caught world batsmen by surprise, he was soon exposed for lack of variety by the Australians. As such, he became less effective. However in December 2006 he was recalled to the Test side for the series against India, only to be dropped from the squad before the first Test.

A graph showing Adams' test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.

v • d • e South Africa squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup 1 Cronje (c) • 2 Adams • 3 Cullinan • 4 de Villiers • 5 Donald • 6 Hudson • 7 Kallis • 8 Kirsten • 9 Matthews • 10 McMillan • 11 Palframan (wk) • 12 Pollock • 13 Rhodes • 14 Symcox

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