Interview
at the time as: “a fantastic opportunity at
an exciting time for the club”.
Now, he says, his focus is to work hard
enough to earn himself a place in the
first team - which means that life is pretty
hectic for him these days.
In fact he was back in England for just a
week in early March, between his winter
season in Adelaide and taking off again for
Barbados for the two-week North versus
South series – which he admits is a chance
to impress the England team selectors.
“My goal is the same as any cricketer so
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to play for
the national team at some point” he says,
“but I don’t want to get ahead of myself, so
at the moment my aim is just to do well for
Warwickshire and help them win trophies”.
Having just moved into his first own
home in Solihull with partner Ellie, there
was plenty to do on his week between
clocking up air miles – but he did manage
a couple of days back on the Island to
catch up with family and friends and says
he loves to get back onto Island soil every
few months to re-connect.
Back in the Midlands Adam is now in
intensive training at Edgbaston for the
summer season beginning this month. It
involves demanding daily routines of gym
work, leadership and planning meetings,
practice in the nets … but it’s a routine he
clearly thrives on.
Like many sports professionals, Adam is
also doing the sensible thing by studying
for an alternative career – which in his
case is a mortgage advisory course.
But you get the distinct impression that
he won’t be calling upon that profession
for quite some time to come.
Adam’s Bears debut in 2017
Adam playing for MCC YC in 2013.
Picture by Rebecca Naden
www.visitilife.com
53