Adam Sanford (born 12 July 1975) is a former professional

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er who played eleven

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matches for the

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between 2002 and 2004. He later qualified for the U.S. national team, playing three

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fixtures for them in 2013. With the exception of a single first-class match for the

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in 1997, Sanford's West Indian domestic cricket was played for the Leeward Islands: despite being born in Dominica - a member of the

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-, he lived ten years and served as a policeman in Antigua and Barbuda, which also he represented once. Sanford played 11

matches for the

, taking 15 wickets in five Tests in the 2001–02 home series against

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, when he became the first indigenous Carib to play for the West Indies. He also went on a tour of

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in June 2002, but after taking five wickets in two Tests including a bowling analysis of one for 101 in the final match, he was dropped for the tour of India the following season. Sanford returned to the side a year and a half later, playing two Tests against

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and taking seven wickets, before rounding off his career so far with two home Tests against

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. His bowling on that series was criticised by TV commentator and former Test player

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, who claimed that Sanford "couldn't have got is granny out". Sanford was dropped again after the second Test against England.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanford, Adam 1975 births Living people Leeward Islands cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Windward Islands cricketers Antigua and Barbuda cricketers Dominica cricketers Dominica emigrants to Antigua and Barbuda Dominica emigrants to the United States Dominica people of Carib descent American cricketers