{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Avish Rasiklal Patel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England | nickname = | family = | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg break | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 2015–2016 | club2 = Cambridge MCCU | year2 = 2016 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 118 | bat avg1 = 23.60 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 61 | deliveries1 = 658 | wickets1 = 13 | bowl avg1 = 33.53 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 5/86 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 6 September | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/877765.html Cricinfo }}
'''Avish Rasiklal Patel''' (born 31 July 1994) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Patel was born in July 1994 at Leicester, where he was educated Leicester Grammar School before going up to Robinson College, Cambridge.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/877765.html |title=Player profile: Avish Patel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he made two first-class appearances for Cambridge University against Oxford University in The University Matches of 2015 and 2016, in addition to making a single first-class appearance for Cambridge MCCU against Essex in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/384/384965/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Avish Patel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Cambridge MCCU differed from Cambridge University Cricket Club in that it was open to students at Anglia Ruskin University, whereas Cambridge University Cricket Club is exclusively for students of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.|group=notes}} He scored 118 runs in his three first-class matches, with a top score of 61 for Cambridge University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/384/384965/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Avish Patel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> With his leg break bowling, he took 13 wickets at an average of 33.53,<ref name="PRO"/> with Patel taking two five wicket hauls and best figures of 5 for 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/384/384965/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Avish Patel |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-06 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=877765}}
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