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Jeetan Patel
« on: August 29, 2016, 07:53:07 PM »

Is he a serious contender to play for England? He lasted played for New Zealand in January 2013, so therefore he can theoretically make his England debut just after the 2017/18 Ashes series. He would be 37 years old, but he's clearly a brilliant match winning spinner. And he could play for 2/3 years whilst one of the young bucks get established.

Patel's record for Warwickshire is awesome:

First Class: 297 wickets at 26. 15 fifers and 2 tenfers
List A: 90 wickets at 22. 5 fourfers and 1 fifer
T20: 93 wickets at 21

Stats speak for themself!
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2016, 07:54:52 PM »

Age is against him I feel.

Do think NZ are missing something not having him in the side though, he's better than anything they have at the moment.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2016, 07:57:19 PM »

Is it his choice to not be in the side - or NZ's to not have him in there?
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2016, 08:05:12 PM »

Is it his choice to not be in the side - or NZ's to not have him in there?
He opted to honour his Warwickshire contract a couple of years ago, instead of going on tour to India. Loyalty has paid off as WCCC looks after him well.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2016, 08:06:19 PM »

He has no interest in playing international cricket again.
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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2016, 08:08:16 PM »

He opted to honour his Warwickshire contract a couple of years ago, instead of going on tour to India. Loyalty has paid off as WCCC looks after him well.

Loyalty? To a County before your country. Idiot IMO. He would've had 5 or 6 good years playing international cricket.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2016, 08:12:55 PM »

Qualification for England is 7 years so he wouldn't qualify until 2020 by which time he'd be 40.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2016, 08:15:18 PM »

Loyalty? To a County before your country. Idiot IMO. He would've had 5 or 6 good years playing international cricket.
He gets paid more for WCCC than what the Kiwi board offered him.
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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2016, 08:16:37 PM »

He gets paid more for WCCC than what the Kiwi board offered him.

So money? Good riddance to him. Let him play for England.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2016, 08:18:21 PM »

So money? Good riddance to him. Let him play for England.
Money puts food in his kids stomach...not hopes and dreams...
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2016, 08:20:12 PM »

Chances are he'd have been picked up by NZ as an extra spinner for a tour of India, lose his Warwickshire contract, not get picked for NZ when they returned to non-subcontinental conditions and then struggle to get another county contract. Can't exactly blame him.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2016, 08:23:22 PM »

Money puts food in his kids stomach...not hopes and dreams...

I'm pretty sure his kids wouldn't starve on his NZ contract...

He left in his prime so I think he should've had one more go at international cricket. Money is important though.
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Re: Jeetan Patel
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2016, 11:03:26 PM »

His international record is poor, but then so is the ability of jobbing English pros to play spin...

England may as well pick Gareth Batty.
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