Jeetan Patel

Jeetan Patel

Patel in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Jeetan Shashi Patel
Born	(1980-05-07) 7 May 1980 (age 44) Wellington, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2005–2017)
Test debut (cap 233)	27 April 2006 v South Africa
Last Test	25 March 2017 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 142)	31 August 2005 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	24 May 2017 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	39
T20I debut (cap 16)	21 October 2005 v South Africa
Last T20I	28 December 2008 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	39
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999–2020	Wellington
2009–2020	Warwickshire (squad no. 5)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 24 43 293 231 Runs scored 381 95 6,695 836 Batting average 12.70 13.57 21.38 9.95 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/28 0/1 Top score 47 34 120 50 Balls bowled 5,833 2,014 61,003 11,229 Wickets 65 49 892 288 Bowling average 47.35 34.51 32.77 30.37 5 wickets in innings 1 0 38 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 7 0 Best bowling 5/110 3/11 8/36 5/43 Catches/stumpings 13/– 13/– 156/– 96/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 August 2020
Patel's voice recorded April 2015

Jeetan Shashi Patel (born 7 May 1980) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. A right arm off spin bowler, he played for Wellington in New Zealand and Warwickshire in England. He 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. He 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.^[1]

He 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. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 21 June 2017.