Career
Patel"s ODIs are the only List A games he played, but he appeared four times at first-class level He took only three wickets, but did dismiss Scotland"s Gavin Hamilton in both innings of a match during the 2004 Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup. Patel once promised to become a very good cricketer: Andy Moles watched him play at Under-19 level and compared his bowling style with that of Terry Alderman, although he felt that his future was probably more as a batting all-rounder.
Moles also praised Patel"s "superb" fielding.
