Akhil Patel

Akhil Patel (born 19 June 1990) is an English

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er who was born in

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and played for

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. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm unorthodox spin bowler. Patel made his debut first-class appearance for

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in April 2007 at the age of just 16, making a sturdy innings of 31 against Cambridge University UCCE, assisting the county's new Danish star

Frederik Klokker Frederik Andreas Klokker (born 13 March 1983) is a Danish cricketer. Klokker is a left-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Odense, Funen County. In August 2021, he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Da ...

on the latter's way to a century in just his second first-class appearance. Patel also appeared in 2007 for Derbyshire's Second XI team, once again in partnership with Klokker. Patel is an often-reliable force with the bat, his only weakness so far being shown in a Second XI game against Nottinghamshire where, surrounded by some weaker team-mates, seven of whom failed to make double-figures, Patel was caught while in the middle of an initially healthy-looking partnership with team-mate Nicholas Ferraby. In 2009 he joined his brother, Samit, six years his senior, at

. He made a handful of games for the Outlaws before being released at the end of 2011 season. He also played

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