Anish Kirtesh Patel (born 26 May 1990) is an English former first-class cricketer.[1]

Anish Patel
Personal information
Full name
Anish Kirtesh Patel
Born (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 34)
Manchester, Lancashire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2015Loughborough MCCU
2013–2016Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 218
Batting average 24.22
100s/50s –/1
Top score 83
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 February 2019

Patel was born at Manchester and attended Loughborough University. While at Loughborough he made his debut in first-class cricket for Loughborough MCCU against Sussex at Hove in 2013.[2] He played first-class cricket for Loughborough until 2015, having made six appearances.[2] Across his six first-class matches, he scored 218 runs at an average of 24.22, with a high score of 83.[3]

Patel played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire, debuting against Norfolk in the 2013 Minor Counties Championship.[4] He played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire until 2016, making a total of seven appearances in the Minor Counties Championship,[4] six in the minor counties one-day competition,[5] as well as one match in the minor counties 20-over competition.[6]

He captained England at the 2017 Indoor Cricket World Cup; his sister captained the women's team at the same competition.[7] He runs a sports centre for indoor cricket in Birmingham.[7] He is a distant cousin of the former New Zealand spin bowler Dipak Patel.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "The Spin | Cannonball Cricket: the indoor revolution that failed to take off". The Guardian. 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Anish Patel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Anish Patel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Anish Patel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Anish Patel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Twenty20 Matches played by Anish Patel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "All in the family for England's Indoor Cricket World Cup captains - literally". The National. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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