- C. D. Patel
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = CD Patel
country = Zambia
countryofbirth =Tanganyika
batting = Right-handed
bowling =Off spin
club1 = East Africa
year1 = 1967
type1 = First-class
onetype1 = true
debutdate1 = 19 August
debutyear1 = 1967
debutfor1 = East Africa
debutagainst1 = India
deliveries = balls
columns = 0
date = 18 August
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26665/26665.html CricketArchiveC. D. Patel (dates unknown) played
cricket for Tanzania between 1956 and 1967 and for Zambia between 1968 and 1972. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26665/Other_matches.html Other matches played by CD Patel] atCricketArchive ] A right-handedbatsman andoff spin bowler, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26665/26665.html CD Patel] at CricketArchive] he also playedfirst-class cricket for East Africa. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/23994.html CD Patel] atCricinfo ]Career
Patel made his international debut in 1956 when he played for Tanzania (then
Tanganyika ) against Uganda inDar es Salaam . The following year he played for them against Kenya, Uganda and the MCC. In the match against the MCC he took the wicket of England international Peter Richardson in both innings. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/137/137559.html Scorecard] of Tanganyika v MCC,28 December 1957 at CricketArchive]He played three times against Uganda in each of the next three years, but after that it would be another seven years before he returned to international cricket. India toured
East Africa in 1967 [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1967.html Tours in 1967] at CricketArchive] and Patel featured in two matches. First he played in a match for East Africa that was his only first-class match [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26665/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by CD Patel] at CricketArchive] and also played in Tanzania's match against India, during which he took the wicket ofHanumant Singh . [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29039.html Scorecard] of Tanzania v India,12 August 1967 at CricketArchive] This was his last match for Tanzania.He began to play for Zambia in 1968, playing in the East African Quadrangular tournament in
Nairobi , where he captained the team. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/151/151524.html Scorecard] of Tanzania v Zambia,15 September 1968 at CricketArchive] He played in the tournament again in 1970, scoring a century against Kenya, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/151/151534.html Scorecard] of Kenya v Zambia,1 September 1970 at CricketArchive] and in 1971, when the tournament was reduced to a triangular with the absence of Uganda, and where he again captained the team. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/151/151538.html Scorecard] of Kenya v Zambia,24 August 1971 at CricketArchive] He last played for Zambia in 1972 whenGlamorgan County Cricket Club toured the country. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ZAMBIA/1972-73_ZAMBIA_Glamorgan_in_Zambia_1972-73.html Glamorgan in Zambia, 1972/73] at CricketArchive] He played in two matches for Zambia in addition to a match for aCopperbelt Invitation XI.References
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