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CHRIS ADAMS, at 36 the senior county captain, has taken a part-time job at Brighton College and will hand over the captaincy at the end of next season at the latest.
He wants to play on in 2008 and beyond, concentrating on the aggressive natural batting that earned him five Test caps in South Africa in 1999-2000, but said before leading the PCA Masters team against the Sri Lankans in the Twenty20 match in Arundel last night that it would soon be time for a change of command.
“Brighton College have made me a fantastic offer that will involve me in coaching clinics and a public relations role for the school’s sporting activities, especially in the winter months,” he said. “Things are going well for Sussex at the moment both in the championship and in one-day cricket, but I feel ten years are enough for any county captain and I will have done that by the end of next season.
“We have a new chief executive coming later this year and he might have other ideas. I don’t rule out a change sooner. I’m still enjoying it, but I don’t want to go on too long.”
Adams is taking a Level Four ECB coaching course and will work at Brighton with Clare Connor, the recently retired England women’s captain, now director of public relations at the school. They have close links with the county through John Spencer, the former Sussex swing bowler and master in charge of cricket.
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What is happening with the planned developments for the County ground and who is the new chief exec?
He wants to play on in 2008 and beyond, concentrating on the aggressive natural batting that earned him five Test caps in South Africa in 1999-2000, but said before leading the PCA Masters team against the Sri Lankans in the Twenty20 match in Arundel last night that it would soon be time for a change of command.
“Brighton College have made me a fantastic offer that will involve me in coaching clinics and a public relations role for the school’s sporting activities, especially in the winter months,” he said. “Things are going well for Sussex at the moment both in the championship and in one-day cricket, but I feel ten years are enough for any county captain and I will have done that by the end of next season.
“We have a new chief executive coming later this year and he might have other ideas. I don’t rule out a change sooner. I’m still enjoying it, but I don’t want to go on too long.”
Adams is taking a Level Four ECB coaching course and will work at Brighton with Clare Connor, the recently retired England women’s captain, now director of public relations at the school. They have close links with the county through John Spencer, the former Sussex swing bowler and master in charge of cricket.
Legend
What is happening with the planned developments for the County ground and who is the new chief exec?
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