Dipak Narshibhai Patel ( gu, દિપક પટેલ; born 25 October 1958) is a Kenyan-born former

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er, who played 37

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and 75

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s for the

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. He is the current spin bowling coach of the

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in the

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for 2018. Since retiring in 1997, Patel has coached at a provincial (first-class) level in New Zealand, notably for

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and the New Zealand under-19 team. Patel's brother Kaushik represented

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from 1994 to 1996; while his cousin Harshad represented Worcestershire in 1985. Dipak Patel is not related to New Zealand international cricketer

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Domestic career

A stylish middle order batsman and a right-arm

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bowler, Patel started playing for

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in 1976, having moved to England in 1968. He continued to play for them until 1986, playing 236 first-class matches, scoring 9734 runs at 29.23, and taking 357 wickets at 36.66. In the 1985/86 season, his first playing for

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, Patel scored 174 on debut, the highest-ever debut score for the province. In his first two seasons in New Zealand, he scored 1234 runs at 38.56 and took 42 wickets at 26.69, so it was no surprise that he was called up to the Test team.

International career

Ignored by England's national selectors, Patel emigrated to New Zealand in 1986, although he had spent the last six winters in New Zealand, and this enabled him to qualify to play international cricket for New Zealand straight away . Patel made his Test debut against the West Indies in 1987; he scored 18 and 20, both times being dismissed by

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, and bowled 3 overs. He made his ODI debut in the series that followed. His highest score in Tests came when he was run out for 99 against

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in 1992. His best bowling figures of 6 for 50 also came in 1992 against

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. In the 1992 World Cup, Patel was used as an opening bowler, initially against

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, in an attempt to counteract the tactic of hitting over the in-field during the first 15 overs. This strategy paid off, and he was often used in the same role in other matches.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Dipak 1958 births Living people Auckland cricketers Staffordshire cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Kenyan emigrants to New Zealand Kenyan people of Indian descent New Zealand cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent Gujarati sportspeople Cricketers from Nairobi Cricketers at the 1992 Cricket World Cup New Zealand Hindus Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup D. H. Robins' XI cricketers

Domestic career

International career

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