Full name Ajaz Yunus Patel
Born October 21, 1988, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Current age 32 years 128 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland A, Central Districts, Central Districts A, New Zealand A
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 8 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 14 | 7.57 | 169 | 31.36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
T20Is | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 64 | 92 | 25 | 893 | 45 | 13.32 | 2417 | 36.94 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 7 | 45 | 0 |
List A | 30 | 18 | 7 | 136 | 31* | 12.36 | 173 | 78.61 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
T20s | 57 | 21 | 11 | 92 | 12* | 9.20 | 94 | 97.87 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 8 | 14 | 1625 | 733 | 22 | 5/59 | 7/123 | 33.31 | 2.70 | 73.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
T20Is | 2 | 2 | 36 | 45 | 1 | 1/27 | 1/27 | 45.00 | 7.50 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 64 | 114 | 14801 | 7772 | 242 | 6/48 | 11/265 | 32.11 | 3.15 | 61.1 | 7 | 18 | 3 |
List A | 30 | 28 | 1469 | 1349 | 31 | 3/43 | 3/43 | 43.51 | 5.50 | 47.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 57 | 56 | 1171 | 1550 | 63 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 24.60 | 7.94 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Nov 16-19, 2018 scorecard |
Last Test | New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 21-24, 2020 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
T20I debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 31, 2018 scorecard |
Last T20I | New Zealand v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Nov 2, 2018 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Wellington v Central Districts at Wellington, Dec 10-13, 2012 scorecard |
Last First-class | Otago v Central Districts at Dunedin, Mar 10-13, 2020 scorecard |
List A debut | Central Districts v Canterbury at Napier, Dec 27, 2015 scorecard |
Last List A | Auckland v Central Districts at Auckland, Feb 21, 2021 scorecard |
T20s debut | Central Districts v Wellington at Napier, Dec 7, 2012 scorecard |
Last T20s | Central Districts v Canterbury at Auckland, Feb 11, 2021 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/51, 1 | Central D | v Auckland | Auckland | 21 Feb 2021 | LA |
0*, 0/73 | Central D | v Auckland | Auckland | 19 Feb 2021 | LA |
1/31 | Central D | v Canterbury | Auckland | 11 Feb 2021 | T20 |
1/24 | Central D | v Canterbury | Napier | 5 Feb 2021 | T20 |
4, 0/37 | Central D | v Wellington | Wellington | 31 Jan 2021 | T20 |
0/37, 7* | Central D | v Auckland | Auckland | 23 Jan 2021 | T20 |
1/11 | Central D | v Otago | New Plymouth | 18 Jan 2021 | T20 |
0/37 | Central D | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 10 Jan 2021 | T20 |
3/34 | Central D | v Otago | Dunedin | 8 Jan 2021 | T20 |
6, 0/19 | Central D | v Northern Dis | Hamilton | 4 Jan 2021 | T20 |
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.