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Full name Jeetan Shashi Patel
Born May 7, 1980, Wellington
Current age 28 years 159 days
Major teams New Zealand,Wellington
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
3
5
2
67
27*
22.33
136
49.26
0
0
8
0
1
0
ODIs
31
9
4
61
34
12.20
120
50.83
0
0
4
1
10
0
T20Is
9
4
1
9
5
3.00
14
64.28
0
0
1
0
3
0
First-class
66
81
32
863
58*
17.61
0
2
22
0
List A
79
40
15
223
34
8.92
0
0
23
0
Twenty20
18
9
2
32
12
4.57
27
118.51
0
0
3
1
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
869
404
11
3/107
4/141
36.72
2.78
79.0
0
0
0
ODIs
31
30
1504
1246
37
3/11
3/11
33.67
4.97
40.6
0
0
0
T20Is
9
8
163
223
12
3/20
3/20
18.58
8.20
13.5
0
0
0
First-class
66
11145
5240
126
6/32
41.58
2.82
88.4
3
0
List A
79
3784
3052
81
4/16
4/16
37.67
4.83
46.7
2
0
0
Twenty20
18
17
349
410
19
3/17
3/17
21.57
7.04
18.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, Apr 27-May 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Aug 31, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka (SBNS), Oct 11, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 5, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Northamptonshire v New Zealanders at Northampton, May 30-Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka (SBNS), Oct 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 5, 2008 scorecard
Profile
The son of Indian parents, but born and brought up in Wellington's eastern suburbs, offspinner Jeetan Patel was fast-tracked into the New Zealand side after John Bracewell, the coach, identified him as the sort of slow bowler who could be effective at the death. Patel first played for Wellington in 1999-2000, bowling 59 overs and taking 5 for 145 against Auckland on his debut. Three middling seasons followed, and he seemed to be heading nowhere, with an average in the mid-forties. But then he took 6 for 32 against Otago in the last State Championship match of 2004-05, propelling Wellington into the final against Auckland, which they lost. Suddenly good judges were noting his ability to make the ball loop and drift, not unlike a right-handed Daniel Vettori. Bracewell took him to Zimbabwe for a one-day tournament in August 2005, and he played nine ODIs during the season, in eight being either the super-sub or the subbed-out player, as his batting - although better than when he began - is underwhelming. At home his 2 for 23 from ten overs throttled Sri Lanka at Wellington, and won him the match award, then three wickets at Christchurch helped subdue West Indies too. All this put Patel in line for a first Test cap, which came against South Africa at Cape Town in April 2006. And he had a nice long bowl, wheeling down 42 overs and removing Graeme Smith, Boeta Dippenaar and AB de Villiers at a cost of 117 runs. His bowling in tandem with Vettori produced some of New Zealand's best spells of the 2007 CB Series as the pair often dried up the runs. Patel's efforts in Australia, combined with his athletic and enthusiastic fielding, earned him a place at the World Cup in the West Indies where he played six matches. Cricinfo staff May 2007
