Ajaz Patel

New Zealand|Bowler
Ajaz Patel
INTL CAREER: 2018 - 2023
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Full Name

Ajaz Yunus Patel

Born

October 21, 1988, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

Age

34y 157d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

One minute, he was sitting down to eat dinner with nearly 30 of his closest family. The next, he was being told that he was on the Test squad to play for New Zealand. Meet Ajaz Patel, a left-arm spinner who was, like many before him, a fast bowler growing up.

It wasn't until he was in his twenties that he realised he needed to make a change. "Being 5 foot 6 wasn't quite going to cut it at the next level." Dabbling with it in a club game, he realised it might even be fun to bowl spin and the rest, as it turned out, was history. On October 31, 2018 - at the age of 30 - Ajaz opened the bowling for New Zealand in a T20I against Pakistan. Exactly like his coach Dipak Patel did in the 1992 World Cup. Clearly, it was kismet.

Ajaz's rise to international cricket was built on repeated success at domestic level. He was the highest wicket-taker in first-class cricket for three years running before he got the call from selector Gavin Larsen in July 2018. In fact, he had played an immense part in Central Stags winning the title that year with 48 wickets at 21.52. Having emigrated with his family from Mumbai in 1996, he became the fifth Indian-origin cricketer to play for New Zealand since Ted Badcock, Tom Puna, Ish Sodhi and his buddy from school Jeet Raval.

Career Averages
Bowling
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test1425299915104810/11914/22531.453.0262.4131
T20I77156118114/164/1610.724.5314.1100
FC87154197191030431310/11914/22532.923.1363.09224
List A383618411623433/313/3137.745.2842.8000
T20737214891899784/164/1624.347.6519.0100
Batting & Fielding
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test141981263511.4535435.590013070
T20I720743.501450.00000000
FC871233113615214.79335240.600217711610
List A382271904512.6623281.8900204190
T20732812134138.3714294.360073150
Ajaz Yunus Patel
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Test
T20I
Recent Matches - Player
MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Central D vs Otago402/36 & 6/9521-Mar-2023Palmerston NorthFC
Central D vs Canterbury2 & 162/22 & 0/5713-Mar-2023RangioraFC
Central D vs Northern Dis3 & 12/134 & 0/5705-Mar-2023Mount MaunganuiFC
Central D vs Northern Dis93/3806-Feb-2023NapierList A
Central D vs Northern Dis--1/2403-Feb-2023HamiltonT20
Photos
Ajaz Patel celebrates after dismissing Agha Salman
Matt Henry and Ajaz Patel walk off the field after an 88-run stand in the opening session
Ajaz Patel ended opening the day with two wickets
Tim Southee celebrates with his team-mates
Ajaz Patel struck early for New Zealand
Ajaz Patel claimed a five-wicket haul for Glamorgan