Jimmy Adams – Grateful

JIMMY ADAMS WEST INDIES 26 June 1995 – Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Join us for the latest edition of the Cricket Library Podcast as Matt Ellis sits down with former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams.

Jimmy shares about his love of the game growing up in rural Jamaica, what wearing the maroon West Indies cap meant to him, the keys to his success with the bat on the sub-continent, scoring a test match double ton against New Zealand, his match-winning marathon 48 not out against Pakistan, the memorable 1999 series against Australia and of course we find out who he would invite to his dream cricket net session.

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JC Adams Career Statistics

CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches54127202228
Runs scored3,0122,20411,2345,319
Batting average41.2628.6239.6934.53
100s/50s6/140/1425/541/34
Top score208*82208*112
Balls bowled2,8531,8569,7893,532
Wickets274310383
Bowling avg.49.4834.8640.3932.89
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Best bowling5/175/375/175/37
Catches/stump.48/068/5177/0117/7

Paul Harris – The Journey of a Proteas Spinner The Cricket Library

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