Samit Patel

Nobody entertains and exasperates as much as Samit Patel and, as much as he would wish it was not so, his run out of Ross Taylor suggests the habit does seem to be stuck with him

They have made the leap back up to Division One in the County Championship but the road to consolidating their place, let alone contesting the title, is not lacking in hurdles

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The win, however, could not help Chittagong on the points table, with the Vikings finishing the tournament last out of seven teams

The allrounder, who was in remarkable form for Nottinghamshire in the county season, will join the team after completing his stint in the BPL

Jamie Porter also claimed two prizes after helping Essex to the County Championship title while James Anderson and Joe Root took the England awards

It is a task both easy and difficult. The unusual problem is that the difficult part is to do with key positions in the order

Two years after his second exit as England coach, Peter Moores is once again flourishing in the domestic arena

Admitting that he has been disappointed by the selectors overlooking him, the Nottinghamshire allrounder has announced his continuing desire to play international cricket again

Brendan Taylor and Samit Patel put on a Finals Day record 132-run stand that lifted Nottinghamshire away from trouble and towards a maiden T20 title

The Trent Bridge quarter-final wasn't the runfest that may have been predicted as Notts' bowlers kept Somerset quiet then the middle order overcame a wobble

An unbeaten half century from Samit Patel helped Nottinghamshire strengthen their lead at the top of the North Group of the NatWest T20 Blast competition

Durham are in danger of becoming the doormats of the north group in the NatWest T20 Blast after Nottinghamshire wiped the floor with them

Shapoor Zadran gave the large contingent of Afghanistan fans plenty to cheer at Lord's during their historic first match at the ground before the weather closed in

Samit Patel's rich vein of form has left him wondering, at 32, if he is a better player than he ever imagined - not a bad mindset before a Lord's one-day final

Samit Patel produced his second double-century in consecutive matches before James Pattinson ripped through Leicestershire's batting with an explosive burst of genuinely fast bowling

Samit Patel continued to make the most of the richest vein of form of his career with another imperious innings on the first day against Leicestershire

Essex were in the box seat after hundreds from Alastair Cook and Ryan ten Doeschate set Nottinghamshire 371 in the Royal London Cup semi-final, but hundreds in return from Samit Patel and Steven Mullaney won one of the great games with three balls left

Samit Patel has a career-best 257 to his name, moe runs than he has made all season, and a pleasure in an otherwise drab contest