Anisha Anil Patel (born 17 August 1995) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. She plays as a right-arm leg break bowler. ^{[1] [2]}

Domestic career

Patel made her county debut in 2012, for Warwickshire against Lancashire, in which she took 1/10 from 5 overs. ^[3] In the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she took 5 wickets at an average of just 5.20, and a season later she was Warwickshire's joint-leading wicket-taker in the same tournament, with 6 wickets at an average of 14.00. ^{[4] [5]} In 2015, she took 8 wickets at an average of 18.62 in the County Championship. ^[6]

In 2017 and 2018, Patel was Warwickshire's leading wicket-taker in the County Championship, with 14 and 10 wickets, respectively. ^{[7] [8]} In 2017 she was also the joint-third leading wicket-taker across the whole tournament, and achieved her List A best bowling figures, taking 6/17 against Nottinghamshire. ^{[9] [10]} In 2019, Patel helped her side to the Twenty20 Cup title, taking 8 wickets at an average of 14.50, including best bowling figures of 4/12. ^[11] In the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she took 3 wickets at an average of 20.33. ^[12] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the leading wicket-taker across the entire competition, with 15 wickets at an average of 10.00. ^[13] She took two four-wicket hauls in the competition, against Somerset and Gloucestershire. ^{[14] [15]} She took two wickets in Warwickshire's two 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup matches. ^[16]

In 2020, Patel played for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches, taking 8 wickets at an average of 25.25, the joint-most for the side. ^[17] Her best bowling of 3/49 came in the Sparks' narrow defeat against Lightning. ^[18] In 2021, she played one match for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking one wicket, and two matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, again taking 1 wicket. ^{[19] [20]} She played one match for the side in 2022, against Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. ^{[21] [22]} She was named in the side's squad for the 2023 season, but did not play a match. ^[23]

References

External links

• Anisha Patel at ESPNcricinfo
• Anisha Patel at CricketArchive (subscription required)