 He played more than 100 Championship matches for the county a career spanning 19 years.Perhaps his most notable achievement came in 2001, when his man-of-the-match-winning innings of 68, part of a 129-run opening stand with Nathan Round, gained Herefordshire a three-wicket win over Middlesex County Cricket Club in the C&G Trophy at Luctonians Cricket Club Ground.He is the cousin of New Zealand Test player Dipak Patel, who had a considerably longer county career with Worcestershire County Cricket Club.