C. D. Patel (dates unknown) played cricket for Tanzania between 1956 and 1967 and for Zambia between 1968 and 1972.Other matches played by CD Patel at CricketArchive A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,CD Patel at CricketArchive he also played first-class cricket for East Africa.CD Patel at Cricinfo
Career Patel made his international debut in 1956 when he played for Tanzania (then Tanganyika) against Uganda in Dar 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.Scorecard of Tanganyika v MCC, 28 December 1957 at CricketArchive In 1962 he played for East Africa against the touring International XI during their world tour. Scorecard of East Africa v International XI, 10–12 February 1962 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 1967Tours 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 matchFirst-class matches played by CD Patel at CricketArchive and also played in Tanzania's match against India, during which he took the wicket of Hanumant Singh.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.Scorecard of Tanzania v Zambia, 15 September 1968 at CricketArchive He played in the tournament again in 1970, scoring a century against Kenya,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.Scorecard of Kenya v Zambia, 24 August 1971 at CricketArchive He last played for Zambia in 1972 when Glamorgan County Cricket Club toured the country.Glamorgan in Zambia, 1972/73 at CricketArchive During that tour, he played in two matches for Zambia in addition to a match for a Copperbelt Invitation XI.
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