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Jeetan Patel made his debut for Wellington in 2000, taking 5 for 145, and his first season for them was a triumph. After breaking into the New Zealand one-day side against Zimbabwe in 2005, he bowled superbly in his first outing on home soil when he took 2 for 23 to stifle Sri Lanka in January 2006, earning him the Man-of-the-Match award. A bowler with a similar loop and drift to Daniel Vettori, his ability to bowl at the death has already proved useful in limited-overs matches. He was rewarded in April with his debut Test against South Africa, and continued to impress at the Champions Trophy in India and the CB Series in Australia in early 2007. His bowling in tandem with Vettori produced some of New Zealand's best spells of the tri-series as the pair often dried up the runs. Patel's bowling in Australia, combined with his athletic and enthusiastic fielding, earned him a place at the World Cup in the West Indies. Cricinfo staff February 2007

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