R. D. Patel (cricketer)

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RD Patel
Personal information
Born Tanganyika
BattingRight-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967 East Africa
1964Coast Cricket Association XI
1963East African Invitation XI
First-class debut2 November 1963 East African Invitation XI v  MCC
Last First-class19 August 1967 East Africa v  India
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches3
Runs scored138
Batting average 23.00
100s/50s0/1
Top score58
Balls bowled0
Wickets -
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match-
Best bowling-
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: CricketArchive, 18 August 2008

RD Patel (dates unknown) played cricket for Tanganyika/Tanzania between 1957 and 1968, [1] and also played three first-class matches in the 1960s. [2]

Career

A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, [1] he made his debut for Tanzania (then Tanganyika) against Kenya in July 1957. That year he also played for East Africa against Sunder Cricket Club and for Tanganyika against Uganda and the MCC. [3] In the match against Uganda he scored 138 opening the batting. [4]

In 1958 he played for East Africa against a South African Non-Europeans team captained by Basil D'Oliveira [5] and for Tanganyika against Uganda, playing in the same match again in 1959 and 1960. [3]

He made his first-class debut in 1963 when he played for an East African Invitation XI against the MCC in Kampala. He played a second first-class match the following year [6] when he captained a Coast Cricket Association XI against Pakistan International Airlines in Mombasa. [7] His final first-class match was for East Africa against India in 1967. [6] He scored 58 in the second innings, [8] his highest score in first-class cricket. [6]

Shortly before his final first-class match he had played for Tanzania against India, and would last play for them in the East African Quadrangular tournament in Nairobi in 1968. Four years later, he played for a Copperbelt Invitation XI against Glamorgan in Chingola, Zambia. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 RD Patel at CricketArchive
  2. ↑ RD Patel at Cricinfo
  3. 1 2 3 Other matches played by RD Patel at CricketArchive
  4. ↑ Scorecard of Uganda v Tanganyika, 28 September 1957 at CricketArchive
  5. ↑ Scorecard of East Africa v South African Non-Europeans, 13 September 1958 at CricketArchive
  6. 1 2 3 First-class matches played by RD Patel at CricketArchive
  7. ↑ Scorecard of Coast Cricket Association XI v Pakistan International Airlines, 18 July 1964 at CricketArchive
  8. ↑ Scorecard of East Africa v India, 19 August 1967 at CricketArchive
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