Min Patel
Full name Minal Mahesh Patel
Born July 7, 1970, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Current age 39 years 3 days
Major teams England, Kent
Nickname Diamond
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education Dartford GS, Manchester Polytechnic
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 22.50 | 112 | 40.17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 208 | 278 | 51 | 3945 | 87 | 17.37 | 0 | 17 | 102 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 85 | 43 | 16 | 269 | 27* | 9.96 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6.00 | 25 | 72.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 4 | 276 | 180 | 1 | 1/101 | 1/148 | 180.00 | 3.91 | 276.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 208 | 44787 | 19309 | 630 | 8/96 | 30.64 | 2.58 | 71.0 | 30 | 9 | |||
| List A | 85 | 3648 | 2701 | 88 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 30.69 | 4.44 | 41.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 9 | 9 | 196 | 257 | 15 | 4/26 | 4/26 | 17.13 | 7.86 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | England v India at Birmingham, Jun 6-9, 1996 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v India at Nottingham, Jul 4-9, 1996 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1989 |
| Last First-class | Sussex v Kent at Hove, Apr 18-21, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1990 |
| Last List A | Kent v Sri Lanka A at Canterbury, Jul 16, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Kent v Essex at Beckenham, Jun 27, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Leicestershire v Kent at Leicester, Jul 24, 2006 scorecard |
A left-arm spinner with a busy action, Patel is more of a teaser than a turner, pressurising batsmen into mistakes with his formidable accuracy. His career for Kent has been steady rather than startling, but he was chosen for England against the country of his birth, India, in 1996, during one of Phil Tufnell's absences from the side. Patel was unlucky: he bowled only 10 overs in the first Test on a greentop at Edgbaston, was dropped for the second and milked with ease on a Trent Bridge featherbed in the third. And he fell even further out of the reckoning when he missed virtually the whole of the 1997 season through injury. Unlike his bowling, his batting is unorthodox: he's strong square of the wicket, and likes to whack the ball over point, but he can knuckle down too - as his brief Test career showed - and relishes the role of nightwatchman. He was appointed Kent's vice-captain in 2006 and has been in fine form in recent seasons before announcing his retirement in February 2008.
Lawrence Booth February 2008
- Min Patel announces retirement (Feb 14, 2008)
- Out of Asia (Jul 10, 2007)
- Shreck and Zaheer cause havoc (Jun 15, 2006)
- Vaughan fails but Yorkshire rally (May 31, 2006)
- Wellington and Central Districts post wins (Mar 14, 2006)
Apr 16, 2007
Min Patel portrait 2007
© Getty Images
Apr 7, 2006
Matthew Sinclair and Min Patel celebrate Central Districts' championship victory at Wellington
© Getty Images
Sep 22, 2005
Min Patel looks on as Matt Prior holes out
© Martin Williamson
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