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3 unusual facts about Min Patel


Basanta Regmi

In 2009, he played for Nepal in a three-day match against the MCC, taking 3–20 and 3–27 to help lead his team to an innings win over an MCC side captained by former England Test cricketer Min Patel.

Min Patel

Again, Patel struggled on a pitch not suited to spin bowling, however he managed to take his maiden (and last) Test wicket; that of Sanjay Manjrekar, caught by Graeme Hick.

Born in Bombay (now called Mumbai), and educated in England at Dartford Grammar School and later Manchester Polytechnic, Patel's first-class debut for Kent came at the tail-end of the 1989 English cricket season, in a match against high-flying Middlesex.



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