Ajaz Patel

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
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 274)16 November 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test1 November 2024 v India
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–presentCentral Districts
2019Yorkshire
2022Glamorgan
2023Durham
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 21 7 110 44
Runs scored 189 7 1,845 213
Batting average 9.94 3.50 15.00 11.83
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/4 0/0
Top score 35 4 57 45
Balls bowled 4,582 156 24,799 2,170
Wickets 85 11 393 49
Bowling average 29.25 10.00 33.06 38.46
5 wickets in innings 7 0 29 0
10 wickets in match 2 0 6 0
Best bowling 10/119 4/16 10/119 3/31
Catches/stumpings 10/– 0/– 80/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 November 2024

Ajaz Yunus Patel (born 21 October 1988) is a New Zealand cricketer 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. He was the first Muslim from New Zealand to play for the national team. 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.

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.