Ryan Patel
- Temba Bavuma
- Quinton de Kock
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Keshav Maharaj
- Aiden Markram
- David Miller
- Lungi Ngidi
- Anrich Nortje
- Kagiso Rabada
- Tabraiz Shamsi
Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months
Full Name
Ryan Samir Patel
Born
October 26, 1997, Sutton, Surrey
Age
25y 154d
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Batting Allrounder
If you had to choose one moment when Surrey's Championship-winning season of 2018 caught fire, it might be a June afternoon in Guildford when Ryan Patel, who had previously taken only two first-class wickets in seven matches, shook the then-leaders Somerset with five wickets in 11 balls, swinging the ball lavishly as he returned 6 for 5 in only 3.5 overs in one of the most remarkable interventions ever seen at Woodbridge Road. Patel's incredible sequence caused Somerset to follow-on, the match was lost and Surrey never looked back.
He was an ever-present for the 2022 title win, impacting in his primary suit as a left-handed opener, while his right-arm medium pace picked up four wickets. Sandwiched between Rory Burns and Hashim Amla in an unchanged top-three for all 14 matches, he managed 719 at 35.95. A second career first-class century against Somerset in the third match of the summer was his only three-figure score of the Division One campaign, but he set a new career best of 126 against a Sri Lanka Development XI at Guilford in May.
To have cemented his spot in this XI was all the more impressive given it was a journey that began with no guarantees given Surrey's deep talent and pockets. He is a Surrey Academy graduate who has been in the system since the age of eight. He won a place in Surrey's Championship side in late 2017 and opened the batting on his first-class debut in a derby against Middlesex - a game where Surrey created history by becoming the first county side since World War 2 to field four teenagers, Patel included, in a Championship game. Most impressive was his 81 to secure a draw against Hampshire on a testing pitch at the Ageas Bowl.
He was again a Championship regular in 2019, though his contributions were limited other than his maiden first-class ton in a high-scoring draw against Essex at the start of the season, while he also made List A and T20 debuts.
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Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 47 | 76 | 7 | 2021 | 126 | 29.28 | 4606 | 43.87 | 3 | 7 | 269 | 12 | 32 | 0 |
List A | 21 | 19 | 3 | 730 | 131 | 45.62 | 698 | 104.58 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 28 | 8 | 0 |
T20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5* | 3.50 | 10 | 70.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 47 | 49 | 2014 | 1159 | 19 | 6/5 | 6/12 | 61.00 | 3.45 | 106.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
List A | 21 | 9 | 172 | 188 | 4 | 2/65 | 2/65 | 47.00 | 6.55 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 10.28 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC Matches
List A Matches
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surrey vs Lancashire | 19 & 36 | -- | 26-Sep-2022 | Manchester | FC |
Surrey vs Yorkshire | 41 & 19* | -- | 20-Sep-2022 | The Oval | FC |
Surrey vs Northants | 10 & 32* | 0/9 & 1/34 | 12-Sep-2022 | Northampton | FC |
Surr 2nd XI vs Smrst 2nd XI | 35 | -- | 05-Sep-2022 | Guildford | OTHER |
Surrey vs Notts | 5 | -- | 23-Aug-2022 | Welbeck | List A |