Jimmy Adams Awarded Benefit Year in 2015

Sep 19 2014

Jimmy Adams was awarded his Hampshire cap in 2006

Hampshire Cricket are delighted to reward Club Captain Jimmy Adams with a benefit year in 2015.

Adams made his debut for the Club in 2002 and the 33-year old has since made over 380 appearances for Hampshire. In that time, the left-handed batsman has racked up over 16,000 runs with an impressive 22 hundreds and 82 fifties to his name.

Jimmy Adams said: “A benefit it is something that every county cricketer hopes that they play long and well enough to achieve. It’s a huge privilege and I’m very thankful for everyone at the Club who has helped me along the way.

“It’s a huge honour. There have been plenty of ups and downs in my career but it’s going to be a brilliant year and I’m very happy.” 

Adams was awarded his Hampshire cap in 2006 when he recorded his highest first-class score, 262* at Trent Bridge.

The left-handed batsman was an influential member of Hampshire’s trophy winning sides in 2009 and 2010, winning the Players' Player of the Year in both seasons.

It was in 2010 that Adams enjoyed his most impressive season to date, scoring 1,351 First-Class runs alongside 668 in the Twenty20 and 496 in List A matches.

Adams took over the Hampshire captaincy from Dominic Cork at the end of the 2011 season before finishing the 2012 season as LV= County Championship Division Two's leading run-scorer.

This season, Adams reached 10,000 First-Class runs for the Club before scoring his fifth double century for Hampshire in Championship matches - a match-winning 231 against Leicestershire at the Ageas Bowl.