Anish Patel

Anish Kirtesh Patel (born 26 May 1990) is an English former first-class cricketer.^[1]

Anish Patel

Personal information
Full name	Anish Kirtesh Patel
Born	(1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 35) Manchester, Lancashire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–2015	Loughborough MCCU
2013–2016	Lincolnshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 218 Batting average 24.22 100s/50s –/1 Top score 83 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 February 2019

Patel was born at Manchester and attended Loughborough University. While at Loughborough he made his debut in first-class cricket for Loughborough MCCU against Sussex at Hove in 2013.^[2] He played first-class cricket for Loughborough until 2015, having made six appearances.^[2] Across his six first-class matches, he scored 218 runs at an average of 24.22, with a high score of 83.^[3]

Patel played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire, debuting against Norfolk in the 2013 Minor Counties Championship.^[4] He played minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire until 2016, making a total of seven appearances in the Minor Counties Championship,^[4] six in the minor counties one-day competition,^[5] as well as one match in the minor counties 20-over competition.^[6]

He captained England at the 2017 Indoor Cricket World Cup; his sister captained the women's team at the same competition.^[7] He runs a sports centre for indoor cricket in Birmingham.^[7] He is a distant cousin of the former New Zealand spin bowler Dipak Patel.^[7]