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Full name Dipak Narshibhai Patel
Born October 25, 1958, Nairobi, Kenya
Current age 49 years 355 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Staffordshire,Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
37
66
8
1200
99
20.68
2830
42.40
0
5
119
8
15
0
ODIs
75
63
10
623
71
11.75
868
71.77
0
1
37
7
23
0
First-class
358
558
51
15188
204
29.95
26
66
193
0
List A
347
316
28
5567
125
19.32
1
17
102
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
37
53
6594
3154
75
6/50
8/131
42.05
2.86
87.9
3
3
0
ODIs
75
69
3251
2261
45
3/22
3/22
50.24
4.17
72.2
0
0
0
First-class
358
47767
21737
654
7/46
33.23
2.73
73.0
27
2
List A
347
12158
8248
250
5/27
5/27
32.99
4.07
48.6
4
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, Feb 20-24, 1987 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton, Mar 14-17, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin, Mar 18, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Decc), May 20, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1976 - 1996/97
List A span
1976 - 1996/97
Profile
Kenyan-born Dipak Patel had the ambition to play Test cricket and he left Worcestershire to emigrate to New Zealand where he could believed greater opportunities lay. Patel, a stylish middle order batsman, had played well for Auckland, and so his graduation to the Test team was eagerly awaited. His batting was held back by a lack of concentration when set, a lack of confidence and a few bad decisions early in his career. And after he was run out for 99 in what would have been his only Test century, his second-string offspin gradually assumed the ascendency, particularly in the limited overs form of the game. In the 1992 World Cup, he was used sensationally as an opening bowler, initially against Australia, in an attempt to counteract the tactic of hitting over the in-field during the first 15 overs. This strategy paid off handsomely, and he was often used in the same role in other matches henceforth. As an offspinner, his bowling was of the slower looping variety, but usually without much turn. Never spectacular at Test level, he nevertheless continued to develop each season.
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