Adams lacked Yorkshire passion

12 April 2012

Chris Adams has revealed he walked out on Yorkshire because he lacked the passion required for the player-coach role.

The 36-year-old announced on Tuesday that he would return to Sussex for next season, days after accepting a lucrative offer from Yorkshire where he had agreed to captain and manage the club. He even introduced himself to the Yorkshire players.

"I stood in front of them and realised that I could never be as passionate about playing for Yorkshire as they obviously were," Adams told the Yorkshire Post. "I was going to be playing for another county and pulling on a different shirt and I just did not feel as inspired about that as I should have done."

He added: "The offer from Yorkshire was fantastic and so many people I spoke to said it was a great opportunity to enhance my career and I would regret it if I didn't take it.

"In hindsight, I didn't realise just how big a job it was - batting, captaining the side and managing them as well."

Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan said: "As a club we've wasted two months courting the player and negotiating terms and, as far as we're concerned, we gave him everything he asked for."

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