Adams to lead West Indies

BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS), MARCH 4. Jimmy Adams was named to lead the West Indies cricket team for the forthcoming home series against Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

Adams, 32, who led Jamaica to the Busta Cup championship on Friday, replaced Brian Lara who said on Thursday he was taking a break from international cricket after resigning as captain last week.

Lara quit after the disastrous New Zealand tour in which West Indies lost both Tests and all five one-day internationals. Adams was vice-captain in New Zealand, the 1999 home series against Australia and last year's World Cup in England before his promotion by the West Indies Board of Control.

Apart from his prowess as a left-handed batsman, Adams is a useful left-arm orthodox spin bowler and capable wicket- keeper.

He made his Test debut in the one-off Test against South Africa in Barbados in 1992.

Before that, he initially appeared in the first-class game as a 17-year-old against Barbados in 1985. He represented the West Indies youth team in the 1988 youth World Cup in Australia.

Adams, who has played 48 Tests and 104 one-day internationals, led the West Indies in the last three matches of the seven-match limited-overs series against Australia in the Caribbean last year when Lara was sidelined with a wrist injury.

The opening Test between West Indies and Zimbabwe starts in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on March 16.

- Reuters

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