PLAYER CAREER

Dipak Patel

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

New Zealand1987–1997

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	37	66	66	66	1987-02-20	1997-03-14
ODI	73	62	62	62	1987-03-18	1997-05-20

112Internationals

1,823Career runs

0Centuries

120Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 37
Innings: 66
Runs: 1,200
Average: 20.68
Strike rate: 42.43
Highest score: 99
Not outs: 8
100s: 0
50s: 5
Ducks: 10
4s: 119
6s: 8
Balls faced: 2,828

Bowling

Matches: 37
Innings: 53
Balls: 6,594
Maidens: 253
Runs conceded: 3,154
Wickets: 75
Average: 42.05
Economy: 2.86
Strike rate: 87.92
Best innings: 6/50
Best match: 8/131
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 37
Innings: 62
Catches: 15
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 15
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 15
Dismissals / inns: 0.241
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 75
Innings: 63
Runs: 623
Average: 11.75
Strike rate: 71.77
Highest score: 71
Not outs: 10
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 6
4s: 37
6s: 7
Balls faced: 868

Bowling

Matches: 75
Innings: 69
Balls: 3,251
Maidens: 30
Runs conceded: 2,261
Wickets: 45
Average: 50.24
Economy: 4.17
Strike rate: 72.24
Best innings: 3/22
Best match: 3/22
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 75
Innings: 75
Catches: 23
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 23
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 23
Dismissals / inns: 0.306
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

112 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1997-05-20	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 52 runs
1997-05-14	India v New Zealand	ODI	India won by 8 wickets
1997-05-09	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 22 runs
1997-03-14	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	New Zealand won by 120 runs
1997-03-07	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Test	New Zealand won by inns & 36 runs
1997-03-04	England v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 28 runs
1997-02-23	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1997-02-20	England v New Zealand	ODI	England won by 4 wickets
1997-02-06	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by inns & 68 runs
1997-01-24	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1996-12-04	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 11 runs
1996-11-28	New Zealand v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by inns & 13 runs

New Zealand

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1987265 runs
19899 runs
199077 runs
199192 runs
1992230 runs
1993175 runs
199597 runs
1996163 runs
199792 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19870 wickets
19891 wickets
19900 wickets
19914 wickets
199225 wickets
199315 wickets
199510 wickets
199614 wickets
19976 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1997	4	7	92	45	15.33	56.79	0	9	1	162	6	6	52.16	2.60	120.00
1996	5	7	163	78	27.16	43.81	1	19	0	372	8	14	31.78	2.92	65.14
1995	3	5	97	52	19.40	42.92	1	8	0	226	6	10	36.60	2.40	91.20
1993	7	13	175	35	15.90	35.28	0	15	0	496	10	15	51.00	3.69	82.86
1992	5	8	230	99	38.33	62.67	2	26	4	367	8	25	27.12	2.58	63.04
1991	2	4	92	41	46.00	42.39	0	13	0	217	4	4	59.50	2.80	127.50
1990	3	6	77	45	12.83	32.35	0	6	0	238	4	0	N/A	2.83	N/A
1989	2	4	9	7	2.25	20.00	0	0	0	45	2	1	107.00	2.67	240.00
1987	6	12	265	62	22.08	37.58	1	23	3	705	5	0	N/A	3.30	N/A

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1987124 runs
1988106 runs
199041 runs
199231 runs
199344 runs
1995104 runs
1996102 runs
199760 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19875 wickets
19886 wickets
19890 wickets
19901 wickets
199214 wickets
19933 wickets
19955 wickets
19968 wickets
19973 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1997	6	6	60	24	15.00	84.50	0	3	1	71	5	3	62.66	4.58	82.00
1996	14	13	102	71	10.20	87.93	1	5	3	116	14	8	64.87	4.32	90.00
1995	9	8	104	25	17.33	101.96	0	8	1	102	9	5	51.80	3.98	78.00
1993	7	6	44	13	7.33	60.27	0	2	1	73	7	3	70.33	4.05	104.00
1992	13	6	31	10	7.75	49.20	0	1	0	63	13	14	28.35	3.10	54.85
1990	3	3	41	23	13.66	63.07	0	2	1	65	3	1	115.00	5.00	138.00
1989	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	4.66	N/A
1988	11	11	106	29	10.60	55.78	0	5	0	190	7	6	31.83	4.79	39.83
1987	9	9	124	40	13.77	69.66	0	10	0	178	9	5	59.20	5.48	64.80

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1987-02-20
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Wellington
1992-01-18
Highest recorded innings · 99 runs
Test v England · Christchurch
1992-11-01
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Zimbabwe · Bulawayo
1992-11-07
Best recorded bowling · 6/50
Test v Zimbabwe · Harare
1997-05-20
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Sri Lanka · Hyderabad (Deccan)