C. D. Patel

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C. D. Patel
Personal information
Born Tanganyika
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Off spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1962-67 East Africa
First-class debut10 February 1962 East Africa v International XI
Last First-class19 August 1967 East Africa v  India
Career statistics
Source: CricketArchive, 18 August 2008

C. D. Patel (dates unknown) played cricket for Tanzania between 1956 and 1967 and for Zambia between 1968 and 1972. [1] A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, [2] he also played first-class cricket for East Africa. [3]

Career

Patel made his international debut in 1956 when he played for Tanzania (then Tanganyika) against Uganda in Dar es Salaam. The following year he played for them against Kenya, Uganda and the MCC. [1] In the match against the MCC he took the wicket of England international Peter Richardson in both innings. [4] In 1962 he played for East Africa against the touring International XI during their world tour. [5]

He played three times against Uganda in each of the next three years, but after that it would be another seven years before he returned to international cricket. [1] India toured East Africa in 1967 [6] and Patel featured in two matches. First he played in a match for East Africa that was his only first-class match [7] and also played in Tanzania's match against India, during which he took the wicket of Hanumant Singh. [8] This was his last match for Tanzania. [1]

He began to play for Zambia in 1968, playing in the East African Quadrangular tournament in Nairobi, [1] where he captained the team. [9] He played in the tournament again in 1970, [1] scoring a century against Kenya, [10] and in 1971, when the tournament was reduced to a triangular with the absence of Uganda, [1] and where he again captained the team. [11] He last played for Zambia in 1972 [1] when Glamorgan County Cricket Club toured the country. [12] He played in two matches for Zambia in addition to a match for a Copperbelt Invitation XI. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Other matches played by CD Patel at CricketArchive
  2. ↑ CD Patel at CricketArchive
  3. ↑ CD Patel at Cricinfo
  4. ↑ Scorecard of Tanganyika v MCC, 28 December 1957 at CricketArchive
  5. ↑ Scorecard of East Africa v International XI, 10–12 February 1962 at CricketArchive
  6. ↑ Tours in 1967 at CricketArchive
  7. ↑ First-class matches played by CD Patel at CricketArchive
  8. ↑ Scorecard of Tanzania v India, 12 August 1967 at CricketArchive
  9. ↑ Scorecard of Tanzania v Zambia, 15 September 1968 at CricketArchive
  10. ↑ Scorecard of Kenya v Zambia, 1 September 1970 at CricketArchive
  11. ↑ Scorecard of Kenya v Zambia, 24 August 1971 at CricketArchive
  12. ↑ Glamorgan in Zambia, 1972/73 at CricketArchive
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