Ajaz Patel

Ajaz Yunus Patel (born 21 October 1988) is a New Zealand cricketer born in Mumbai, India who plays for Central Districts in domestic cricket. He emigrated with his family from Mumbai when he was eight years old, and was formerly a left-arm seam bowler. Patel is a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in October 2018. The following month, he made his Test debut for New Zealand, taking five wickets in the second innings. In May 2020, New Zealand Cricket awarded him with a central contract, ahead of the 2020–21 season.

Ajaz Patel
Patel playing for Durham in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Ajaz Yunus Patel
Born (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
  • New Zealand (2018–present)
Test debut (cap 274)16 November 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test06 December 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 79)31 October 2018 v Pakistan
Last T20I10 September 2021 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no.24
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–Central Districts
2019Yorkshire
2022Glamorgan
2023Durham
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 16 7 98 39
Runs scored 127 7 1,584 190
Batting average 11.54 3.50 14.94 12.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 20 4 52 45
Balls bowled 3,573 156 22,097 1,901
Wickets 62 11 351 44
Bowling average 29.75 10.72 33.20 37.77
5 wickets in innings 4 0 25 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 5 0
Best bowling 10/119 4/16 10/119 3/43
Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/– 69/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 December 2023

In December 2021, in the second Test against India, Patel became the third bowler in Test cricket to take all ten wickets in an innings. Jim Laker and Anil Kumble were the others to do so. However, New Zealand still met with a heavy defeat in the match. This makes Patel the only one of the mentioned three to end up on the losing side after this achievement.

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