{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Keith McAdam | image = | country = Scotland | international = | fullname = Keith Paul William James McAdam | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|8|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm (unknown style) | role = | family = | club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club | year1 = 1967 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Buckinghamshire | year2 = 1966–1969 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Cambridge University | year3 = 1965–1966 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 21 | runs1 = 815 | bat avg1 = 20.89 | 100s/50s1 = –/3 | top score1 = 63 | deliveries1 = 12 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 1 | bat avg2 = 1.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 1 | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 7 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17461.html Cricinfo }}
'''Keith Paul William James McAdam''' DL (born 13 August 1945) is a former Scottish cricketer and a specialist in tropical diseases.
==Cricket career== McAdam was a left-handed batsman. He was born in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keith McAdam |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/keith-mcadam-17461 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>
McAdam made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey in 1964. He played 19 further first-class matches for the university, the last coming against Oxford University in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref> In his 20 first-class matches for the university, he scored 752 runs at a batting average of 19.78, with two half centuries and a highest score of 59.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref> In 1967, he played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, making his highest first-class score in the MCC first innings, scoring 63 before being dismissed by Stephen Russell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28806.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University, 1967|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref>
McAdam made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played seven Minor Counties Championship matches for Buckinghamshire between 1966 and 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref> He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the 1969 Gillette Cup, scoring one run before being dismissed by John Price.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30004.html|title=Middlesex v Buckinghamshire, 1969 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}</ref>
==Education and medical career== McAdam grew up in Uganda, where his father, Sir Ian McAdam, was Professor of Surgery at Makerere University.<ref name ="Acc">{{cite web|title=Keith McAdam|url=http://www.accordiafoundation.org/portal/keith-mcadam|website=Accordia|accessdate=17 October 2016|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205747/http://www.accordiafoundation.org/portal/keith-mcadam|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended Prince of Wales School in Nairobi, Millfield School in England, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine.<ref>''Wisden'' 1967, p. 338.</ref>
He became an eminent physician, specialising in tropical diseases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amref.org/who-we-are/keith-mcadam/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407064517/http://www.amref.org/who-we-are/keith-mcadam/ |url-status=dead |archive-date= 7 April 2011 |title=Keith McAdam |publisher=AMREF |accessdate=28 August 2012 }}</ref> He is the founding director of the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, the associate international director at the Royal College of Physicians in London, and is on the International Board of the African Medical and Research Foundation.<ref name ="Acc"/>
He is the founder of the charity "Music for my Mind", which uses music to help dementia patients<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Keith McAdam|url=http://musicformymind.com/portfolio/professor-keith-mcadam/|website=Music for my Mind|accessdate=19 October 2016}}</ref> and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.<ref>[https://lord-lieutenant-herts.org.uk/about-us/deputy-lieutenants/ Deputy Lieutenants]</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17461.html Keith McAdam] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/31348.html Keith McAdam] at CricketArchive *[http://standard.gm/site/2014/09/26/professor-keith-mcadam/ An interview with Professor Keith McAdam in 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220633/http://standard.gm/site/2014/09/26/professor-keith-mcadam/ |date=18 October 2016 }}
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