Kristian Adams (born 26 November 1976) is a former English professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club and Lincolnshire County Cricket Club as a bowler between 1997 and 2004. He was born at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire in 1976.Kristian Adams, CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2024. Kristian Adams, CricInfo. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
Cricket career Adams first played for Lincolnshire County Cricket Club age-group teams during the 1994 season and made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the team in 1997. He appeared for Leicestershire's Second XI once during the 1996 season and between 1997 and 1999 was a member of the MCC Young Cricketers team.Kent CCC Members Meeting, CricInfo, 29 October 1999. Retrieved 13 February 2024. He played for the Second XI's of Sussex and Hampshire during 1998 and was signed by Kent ahead of the 1999 season after "impressing" in a trial match before the start of the season; he played for the county's Second XI during the season.
A left-arm swing bowler who moved the ball in towards the batsman,Weaver, Paul (2000). Kent cry foul as Dravid leads Indian exodus, The Guardian, 24 May 2000. Retrieved 13 February 2024. and bowled "with a degree of all-round menace", Adams signed a new contract with Kent in October 1999.Kent sign four new players, CricInfo, 20 October 1999. Retrieved 13 February 2024. He made his debut for the Kent First XI in May 2000, taking four wickets against Leicestershire, including three in his first 11 balls in top-level cricket, a performance which saw him "steal the show" according to The Times.Petropoulos, Thrasy (2000). Adams is quick to seize his chance, The Times, 22 May 2000, p. 32. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.) A few days late, Adams took two first-class wickets in his only County Championship match, including that of England Test batsman Graham Thorpe,Thorpe fails again, BBC Sport, 23 May 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2016. in a display of "youthful hostility" that Jack Bailey, writing in The Times, felt "augur[ed] well for the future".Bailey, Jack (2000). Ward's progress halted by rain, The Times, 24 May 2000, p. 38. ( Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.)
Although this was his only first-class match, Adams played in eight List A matches during the season, taking 14 wickets, including best figures of six wickets for 24 runs against Cumberland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy.Warwicks edge uncomfortable win, BBC Sport, 21 June 2000. Retrieved 13 February 2024. The performance earned him the player of the match award.Kent have Adams to thank, The Times, 22 June 2000, p. 36. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.) Despite the optimism of Ivo Tennant, who felt that in Adams Kent may have "found a left-arm seamer of note",Tennant, Ivo (2000). Gladiators living on frayed nerves, The Times, 5 June 2000, p. 32. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 29 February 2024.) and some "thrilling" one-day bowling spells during his debut season,Four released as Kent ring changes, Kent Online, 28 September 2001. Retrieved 13 February 2024. he did not play for the First XI during the 2001 season and was released by Kent at the end of the season.English news round-up, CricInfo, 24 September 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
After leaving Kent Adams played once for Leicestershire's Second XI during the 2002 season whilst playing club cricket for Bracebridge Heath Cricket Club in the Nottinghamshire Premier League. He played Minor Counties cricket for Lincolnshire in both 2003 and 2004 after having moved to play club cricket for Grimsby Town CC in the Lincolnshire Premier League, taking a new league record 67 wickets during his first season with the club.Collomosse, Andrew (2003). League Cricket: Clark maintains Poynton record, The Daily Telegraph, 21 May 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2024.Fahad Masood and David Gillett set new league records, BBC Sport, 6 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2024. Described as a "prolific wicket taker" in club cricket,Evans, David (2020). Camplin and Co – Players who helped keep Town CC on the map, Grimsby Telegraph, 30 March 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2024. he later moved to play for Cleethorpes Cricket Club in the Yorkshire Premier League and Yorkshire Southern Premier League until 2016.
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