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Full name Andre Ryan Adams
Born July 17, 1975, Auckland
Current age 33 years 141 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Essex, Herefordshire, Kolkata Tigers
Nickname Dre
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 5 ft 11 in
Education West Lake Boys, Auckland

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

9.00

90.00

ODIs

419

17.45

417

100.47

T20Is

13.00

108.33

First-class

120

2618

124

23.80

List A

136

100

1343

90*

18.14

Twenty20

257

54*

14.27

203

126.60

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

190

105

3/44

6/105

17.50

3.31

31.6

ODIs

1885

1643

5/22

31.00

5.22

35.5

T20Is

105

2/20

35.00

8.18

25.6

First-class

17603

8354

352

6/25

23.73

2.84

50.0

List A

136

6329

4983

173

5/7

28.80

4.72

36.5

Twenty20

648

851

3/35

22.39

7.87

17.0

Career statistics

Only Test

New Zealand v England at Auckland, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2002 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 10, 2001 scorecard

Last ODI

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Jan 6, 2007 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut

New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard

Last T20I

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

1997/98

Last First-class

Nottinghamshire v Hampshire at Nottingham, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1997/98

Last List A

Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Sep 14, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, Jul 19, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

A bowling allrounder, Andre Adams adds a touch of dash to New Zealand's batting armoury with hard-hitting skills. However, he has struggled to make a consistent impact with his bowling and is not yet in the category of an assured selection in the one-day side. He has definite abilities in Test cricket as well, and can bowl the odd faster ball. However a bout of back injuries on the West Indies tour of 2002 allowed Jacob Oram to move ahead of him in the pecking order, and question marks were then raised about his attitude. He played in the 2003 World Cup, but soon lost his place again and was resigned to the life in the wilderness until he received a very late call-up to New Zealand's one-day squad in England towards the end of the 2004 NatWest Series. He didn't end up playing, but later signed with Essex for the remainder of the summer, where he stayed for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He had a productive 2006-07 domestic season, claiming 32 wickets at 18.78 in the State Championship and scoring 318 runs at 39.75. However, this was overshadowed by his one-month suspension for grabbing and shaking the helmet of Central Districts batsman Bevan Griggs. Along the way, Adams was recalled for three ODIs against Sri Lanka in December but was overlooked for the World Cup and lost his national contract in May 2007. He was overlooked again the following season, despite impressive performances in the State Championship, and the frustration prompted him to sign a two-year contract with the unofficial Indian Cricket League.
Lynn McConnell February 2008

Nov 23, 2008

Andre Adams sends down a delivery © ICL

Sep 26, 2008

Andre Adams wonders where it's all gone wrong © Getty Images

Sep 26, 2008

Andre Adams successfully appeals for leg-before against Michael Lumb © PA Photos

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