CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Paul Adams
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
PA
69Internationals
426Career runs
0Centuries
163Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 45
- Innings
- 55
- Runs
- 360
- Average
- 9.00
- Strike rate
- 35.57
- Highest score
- 35
- Not outs
- 15
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 8
- 4s
- 32
- 6s
- 4
- Balls faced
- 1,012
Bowling
- Matches
- 45
- Innings
- 76
- Balls
- 8,850
- Maidens
- 339
- Runs conceded
- 4,405
- Wickets
- 134
- Average
- 32.87
- Economy
- 2.98
- Strike rate
- 66.04
- Best innings
- 7/128
- Best match
- 10/106
- 4 wickets
- 5
- 5 wickets
- 4
- 10 wickets
- 1
Fielding
- Matches
- 45
- Innings
- 85
- Catches
- 29
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 29
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 29
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.341
- Best innings
- 3 (3ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 24
- Innings
- 9
- Runs
- 66
- Average
- 16.50
- Strike rate
- 53.22
- Highest score
- 33*
- Not outs
- 5
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 2
- 4s
- 5
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 124
Bowling
- Matches
- 24
- Innings
- 23
- Balls
- 1,109
- Maidens
- 7
- Runs conceded
- 815
- Wickets
- 29
- Average
- 28.10
- Economy
- 4.40
- Strike rate
- 38.24
- Best innings
- 3/26
- Best match
- 3/26
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 24
- Innings
- 24
- Catches
- 7
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 7
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 7
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.291
- Best innings
- 2 (2ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
69 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-03-10 | New Zealand v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 2004-01-02 | South Africa v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 2003-10-24 | South Africa v Pakistan | Test | Match drawn |
| 2003-10-17 | South Africa v Pakistan | Test | Pakistan won by 8 wickets |
| 2003-09-04 | South Africa v England | Test | England won by 9 wickets |
| 2003-08-14 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 70 runs |
| 2003-07-31 | England v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by inns & 92 runs |
| 2003-07-10 | Zimbabwe v South Africa | ODI | South Africa won by 7 wickets |
| 2003-07-08 | England v South Africa | ODI | England won by 4 wickets |
| 2003-07-05 | South Africa v Zimbabwe | ODI | South Africa won by 9 wickets |
| 2003-05-01 | Bangladesh v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by inns & 18 runs |
| 2003-04-24 | Bangladesh v South Africa | Test | South Africa won by inns & 60 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3.50 | 36.84 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 146.50 | 3.29 | 267.00 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 | 92 | 18 | 15.33 | 44.87 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 205 | 13 | 26 | 29.19 | 3.42 | 51.19 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 35 | 32.00 | 40.25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 159 | 4 | 10 | 29.00 | 4.59 | 37.90 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 43.75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48.50 | 2.95 | 98.50 |
| 2000 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 15 | 10.20 | 20.81 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6 | 8 | 50.75 | 3.42 | 88.87 |
| 1999 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 13.00 | 30.23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 15 | 27 | 26.88 | 2.71 | 59.44 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 12 | 4.28 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 13 | 22 | 33.81 | 2.39 | 84.59 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 15 | 4.50 | 32.92 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 10 | 15 | 38.33 | 3.08 | 74.53 |
| 1996 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 7.16 | 59.72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 7 | 18 | 21.61 | 3.22 | 40.22 |
| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 31.50 | 1.93 | 97.50 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 33 | N/A | 46.47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 6 | 37.50 | 4.16 | 54.00 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.00 | N/A |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24.00 | 4.00 | 36.00 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | N/A | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17.66 | 3.08 | 34.33 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14.33 | 4.96 | 17.33 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | N/A | 125.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 46.00 | 6.57 | 42.00 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 98.00 | 4.66 | 126.00 |
| 1996 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3.33 | 37.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 19.41 | 4.23 | 27.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Gqeberha
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v India · Kanpur
- Highest recorded innings · 35 runs
Test v Australia · Cape Town
- Best recorded bowling · 7/128
Test v Pakistan · Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Hamilton