The former England, Notts and Derby all-rounder speaks to Jo Harman-McGowan about his prolific T20 career, his “frustrating” bit-part role with the national side, and why the CPL is his favourite franchise competition
PART 1 GETTING THE BUG
Growing up in a cricket-mad household in Nottingham, his family having moved from Leicester when he was two years of age, Patel would play endless back-garden ‘Test matches’ with his younger brother Akhil, who went on to play first-class cricket for Derbyshire and Notts. After watching his idol tear Australia to shreds ...
