Kristian Adams (born 26 November 1976) is a former English professional

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er who played for

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and Lincolnshire County Cricket Club as a bowler between 1997 and 2004. He was born at

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in Lincolnshire in 1976.Kristian Adams
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2024-02-13. Kristian Adams

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Cricket career

Adams first played for Lincolnshire County Cricket Club age-group sides during the 1994 season and made his

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debut for the side 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 side.Kent CCC Members Meeting

, 29 October 1999. Retrieved 2024-02-13. He played for the Second XI's of

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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;Ellis C, Pennell M (2010) ''Trophies and Tribulations: Forty Years of Kent Cricket'', p. 215. London: Greenwich Publishing. 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 P (2000
Kent cry foul as Dravid leads Indian exodus
'' The Guardian'', 24 May 2000. Retrieved 2024-02-13. and bowled "with a degree of all-round menace", Adams signed a new contract with Kent in October 1999. He made his debut for the Kent First XI in May 2000, taking four wickets against

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, including three in his first 11 balls in top-level cricket, a performance which saw him "steal the show" according to '' The Times''. 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 2016-05-07. in a display of "youthful hostility" that Jack Bailey, writing in ''The Times'', felt "augur dwell for the future". Although this was his only first-class match, Adams played in eight

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matches during the season, taking 14 wickets, including best figures of six wickets for 24 runs against

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in the

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.Warwicks edge uncomfortable win
BBC Sport, 21 June 2000. Retrieved 2024-02-13. The performance earned him the player of the match award. Despite the optimism of Ivo Tennant, who felt that in Adams Kent may have "found a left-arm seamer of note", and some "thrilling" one-day bowling spells during his debut season,Four released as Kent ring changes
Kent Online, 28 September 2001. Retrieved 2024-02-13. 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

, 24 September 2001. Retrieved 2016-05-07. After leaving Kent Adams played once for Leicestershire's Second XI during the 2002 season whilst playing club cricket for

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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

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, taking a new league record 67 wickets during his first season with the club. Described as a "prolific wicket taker" in club cricket,Evans R (2020
Camplin and Co – Players who helped keep Town CC on the map
'' Grimsby Telegraph'', 30 March 2020. Retrieved 2024-02-13. 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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