One would expect a former New Zealand cricketer, who made an impact in a World Cup to be at home less than two weeks before the greatest cricket show on turf which opens in Christchurch on February 14. But Dipak Patel is in Papua New Guinea, helping their national team to be part of mainstream one-day international cricket in the near future.


Dipak Patel 

Patel (56) served NZ well for a decade in Test and ODI cricket, but his claim to fame was opening the bowling with success for his country in the 1992 World Cup in which he claimed eight wickets.Patel spoke to mid-day yesterday on spin and New Zealand's chances in the World Cup.