Top 10 players of colour to have ever played for South Africa

8 Paul Adams

Paul Adams

The former left-arm spinner will probably never be forgotten as long as footage of his bowling action is still in existence, but Paul Adams is much more than his 'frog in a blender' bowling action. He was actually an extremely skilful googly bowler, whose stock delivery moved away from the right-handed batsman and in the late mid-1990s and the early noughties, he was South Africa's main spin bowler.

In the initial years of his career, his action confused most batsmen, and he picked up a lot of wickets. In 45 Test matches, Adams picked up 134 wickets at an average of 32.87 and supported the fast bowlers well, home and abroad. In one-day internationals, however, his tally was less tha impressive and he picked up only 29 wickets in 24 games.