Making his mark Although it wasn't until the 1991/92 season that he was called into the West Indies
Test squad for the first time, making his debut against
South Africa at the
Kensington Oval in
Bridgetown, Barbados. He went on to pick up 4/43 in South Africa's first innings and score a vital 79 not out in the Caribbean side's second innings to help the Windies win this one off encounter. During the first test against New Zealand of the 1995/96 season, Adams claimed 5 for 17, his only five wicket haul in test match cricket at
Barbados' Kensington Oval. Within the subsequent and final test of that series he scored a career best 208 not out in a drawn encounter at the
Antigua Recreation Ground in
St John's, Antigua. West Indies won the series by a 1–0 margin.
Captaincy Adams was appointed as West Indies captain in 2000, in replacing
Brian Lara. He started off with test series victories against
Zimbabwe and
Pakistan in the Caribbean. Though Windies went on to falter in an away test series against
England. After a 5–0 test series loss on the 2000/01 tour of
Australia, Adams thereafter lost both the captaincy (to
Carl Hooper) and his place in the regional side. With an average of 41.26 from 54 tests, Adams' Test career thus came to a close. He later joined up as the new skipper of South African club side
Free State. ==Coaching career==