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guardian.co.uk, Tuesday December 9 2008 01.56 GMT
Chris Adams, the former England batsman, has resigned as Sussex captain to take on the role of cricket manager at Surrey.
The 38-year-old, who has retired as a player with immediate effect, has signed a three-year-contract with his new employers, replacing Alan Butcher who was sacked in September following the club's relegation.
Adams was the only shortlisted candidate interviewed by Surrey after the withdrawal of the former Warwickshire batsman Andy Moles, who was appointed coach of New Zealand two weeks ago.
Adams' success with Sussex in 10 years as captain, joining from Derbyshire in 1998 and winning the county's first three Championship titles between 2003 and 2007, will have offered some comfort given his failure at international level.
A forceful middle order batsman and an aggressive, he scored nearly 19,535 runs at first class level, but could muster only 104 runs in five Tests for England between 1999 and 2000.
This is his second move into coaching, having accepted an offer to coach and captain Yorkshire at the end of the 2006 season, only to abort his move in favour of staying with Sussex.
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday December 9 2008 01.56 GMT
Chris Adams, the former England batsman, has resigned as Sussex captain to take on the role of cricket manager at Surrey.
The 38-year-old, who has retired as a player with immediate effect, has signed a three-year-contract with his new employers, replacing Alan Butcher who was sacked in September following the club's relegation.
Adams was the only shortlisted candidate interviewed by Surrey after the withdrawal of the former Warwickshire batsman Andy Moles, who was appointed coach of New Zealand two weeks ago.
Adams' success with Sussex in 10 years as captain, joining from Derbyshire in 1998 and winning the county's first three Championship titles between 2003 and 2007, will have offered some comfort given his failure at international level.
A forceful middle order batsman and an aggressive, he scored nearly 19,535 runs at first class level, but could muster only 104 runs in five Tests for England between 1999 and 2000.
This is his second move into coaching, having accepted an offer to coach and captain Yorkshire at the end of the 2006 season, only to abort his move in favour of staying with Sussex.
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