Sussex skipper Chris Adams is wanted by former club Derbyshire to become their new director of cricket.
Chairman David Green confirmed today that an official approach had been made for the 37-year-old, who joined Sussex from Derbyshire in 1998.
I understand Adams, although flattered by their interest, has no intention of leaving Sussex, where he is in his tenth season as captain.
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Green said: "They are chasing Chris and our attitude is that they will be able to speak to him in the fullness of time if he wants to speak to them. I am confident that Chris will be staying with us. He has said before he would rather be wanked off by Edward Scissorhands than play with those Northern inbreds again"
Adams would not comment, insisting he was concentrating on trying to lead Sussex to what would be their sixth trophy under his captaincy in the Twenty20 finals at Edgbaston.
But he confirmed he had not applied for the post, which became vacant in June when David Houghton resigned.
Derbyshire have received more than 30 applicants and have a shortlist of nine candidates, among them former Derbyshire players John Morris and Karl Krikken and former Yorkshire coach Wayne Clark. Interviews are due to take place next week although chief executive Tom Sears refused to confirm the identity of any of the interviewees.
They hope to make an appointment before the end of the month and Morris, a former team-mate and close friend of Adams, is the current front-runner.
Adams reiterated his desire to stay at Sussex for the rest of his career last November after he initally accepted Yorkshire's offer to become their director of cricket and captain, only to change his mind a fortnight later.
His current contract expires at the end of the 2009 season although there is an option to extend it for another year by which time he would be 39.
Chairman David Green confirmed today that an official approach had been made for the 37-year-old, who joined Sussex from Derbyshire in 1998.
I understand Adams, although flattered by their interest, has no intention of leaving Sussex, where he is in his tenth season as captain.
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Green said: "They are chasing Chris and our attitude is that they will be able to speak to him in the fullness of time if he wants to speak to them. I am confident that Chris will be staying with us. He has said before he would rather be wanked off by Edward Scissorhands than play with those Northern inbreds again"
Adams would not comment, insisting he was concentrating on trying to lead Sussex to what would be their sixth trophy under his captaincy in the Twenty20 finals at Edgbaston.
But he confirmed he had not applied for the post, which became vacant in June when David Houghton resigned.
Derbyshire have received more than 30 applicants and have a shortlist of nine candidates, among them former Derbyshire players John Morris and Karl Krikken and former Yorkshire coach Wayne Clark. Interviews are due to take place next week although chief executive Tom Sears refused to confirm the identity of any of the interviewees.
They hope to make an appointment before the end of the month and Morris, a former team-mate and close friend of Adams, is the current front-runner.
Adams reiterated his desire to stay at Sussex for the rest of his career last November after he initally accepted Yorkshire's offer to become their director of cricket and captain, only to change his mind a fortnight later.
His current contract expires at the end of the 2009 season although there is an option to extend it for another year by which time he would be 39.
