Samit Patel eyes Test cricket for England
England’s discarded all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426 has expressed his desire to play Test cricket for his country as it is the real test of a player’s ability and the highest stage of the game.
26 year-old Samit, made his debut in One Day International (ODI) cricket in 2008 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756. However, he failed to retain his place long because of inconsistent performances.
Good showings in county cricket this season has ensure that Patel is likely to be given an opportunity in limited overs cricket once again against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 later this year.
Patel is confident that he will do well in limited overs cricket but his real ambition is to represent England in the longer version of the game.
Nottinghamshire cricketer said, “To play Test cricket is my number one ambition at the moment. My one-day cricket will take care of itself, if I keep scoring the runs, taking the wickets and staying fit, but Test cricket and putting the three http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 on would
be great.”
The left arm spinner and a hard hitting middle order batsman has so far played 11 ODIs for his country. He failed to make a big impression with the bat but took a five wicket haul against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at the Oval in the same season.
He has been criticized in past by the England management for lack of fitness. Patel claims that he is feeling very good now and is hopeful that he will get selected for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 sooner rather than later.
Patel added that he wants to keep on performing consistently in county cricket and wants to contribute in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826’s successful season.
"I am just going to keep doing what I am doing here at Notts and if the call comes that's great and if not it doesn't. Obviously I had fitness issues and I have rectified them now, so I am back on the radar which is great for me," Patel added.
At the present moment, it is going to very difficult for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 to break into the Test team but the all-rounder should make sure that he catches the eyes of the selectors by performing in limited overs cricket.
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