Andre Adams was born on 17 July 1975 in Auckland, New Zealand, to a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines father and a Guyanese mother with partial Corsican ancestry.

[2] Adams debuted at the highest level for New Zealand in March 2002, but a bout of back injuries on the West Indies tour of 2002 allowed Jacob Oram to move ahead of him in the pecking order, limiting him to one Test.

He played in the 2003 World Cup, but soon lost his place again and was resigned to a life in the wilderness until he received a very late call-up to New Zealand's one-day squad in England towards the end of the 2004 NatWest Series.

He was overlooked again the following season, despite impressive performances in the State Championship, and the frustration prompted him to sign a two-year contract with the now defunct Indian Cricket League.

He was a part of the Auckland side that won the New Zealand's domestic one-day cup and Twenty20 tournament in 2010–11, and traveled with the team in September to India for the 2011 Champions League T20.