32 Facts About Jeetan Patel

Jeetan Patel is currently the spin bowling coach for the England cricket team.

From 2005 to 2013, Patel played for New Zealand in all three formats, but in 2014 he made himself unavailable for international cricket, choosing to focus on county cricket instead.

Jeetan Patel has twice been named the most valuable player by England's Professional Cricketers' Association, and in 2015 Wisden named him one of its five cricketers of the year.

Jeetan Patel was unexpectedly brought back into the national team in 2016, replacing the injured Mark Craig during the tour to India, where he exhibited a far better batting technique.

Jeetan Patel announced his retirement from international cricket on 21 June 2017.

Jeetan Patel was brought up in Wellington and has roots in Navsari, Gujarat.

Jeetan Patel was earmarked as a promising player early in his career.

Jeetan Patel played age group cricket in Wellington at under 15, under 17, and under 19 levels.

Jeetan Patel played for the New Zealand Cricket Academy in a one-day match against England A in 1999, and debuted for Wellington early the next year with a five wicket bag in a loss to Auckland.

Jeetan Patel became the first player in twenty years to take 50 league wickets during his spell at the Bourton Road club and first player ever to go on to play international cricket.

Jeetan Patel was a member of the 2005 New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, making his debut as a supersub for New Zealand in the fourth ODI.

Under the experimental rules at the time, that meant Jeetan Patel was a full member of the team despite not batting in the XI that scored 238 in the first innings.

Jeetan Patel returned to the New Zealand squad for the short-form leg of its 2005 tour of South Africa.

Jeetan Patel was a regular member of the ODI and Twenty20 sides, though, and 2007 was his busiest year of international cricket, with 20 appearances.

Jeetan Patel never played for his country as regularly again.

Jeetan Patel holds the joint record for taking the most catches by a substitute fielder in a T20I innings.

Jeetan Patel was the first substitute fielder to take 2 catches in a single T20I in 2007.

Jeetan Patel was selected ahead of second spinner Tarun Nethula for both test losses, taking seven wickets in the series.

Jeetan Patel remained a member of the team for two tests in Sri Lanka in November, and two in South Africa in January 2013.

Jeetan Patel, who according to captain Kane Williamson "wasn't initially" considered by the selectors for the tour, was named as Craig's replacement.

Jeetan Patel's recall coincided with Williamson's omission from the playing side due to being stricken with fever.

Jeetan Patel played his last ODI in October 2009, against Australia.

In 2010 Jeetan Patel played three tests against different opponents, averaging 72 and 12.

Jeetan Patel returned to Warwickshire briefly and successfully in 2011.

In 2012 Jeetan Patel's extended run of county cricket contributed significantly to Warwickshire's 2012 County Championship with both ball and, at times, bat.

Jeetan Patel continued to build on his success with Warwickshire through 2013 and 2014, and he remained a regular player for Wellington as well.

Jeetan Patel declined a recall to the New Zealand team for its tour of the West Indies in April 2014, prioritising his county contract with Warwickshire.

Jeetan Patel topped the bowling averages in both the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast.

Jeetan Patel ended 2014 with a total of 185 first class wickets for Warwickshire, at an average of 27.12.

In 2015 Jeetan Patel was named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2014.

In September 2015 Jeetan Patel again took topped 50 wickets in the County Championship season, for the fourth successive year.

Jeetan Patel finished seventh on the competition's list of wicket-takers with 58 wickets at 25.27, and was named in the Professional Cricketers' Association Team of the Year.