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The Wellington Firebirds have announced the signing of former England international Samit Patel for the upcoming Twenty20 season. The 32-year-old, who was in impressive form for Nottinghamshire earlier this season, and named the Professional Cricketers' Association's player of the year after leading the Notts to success in all formats. Wellington head-coach Bruce Edgar pleased to Patel's quality. He said , "Our aim is simple: we're looking to play entertaining, positive cricket. As we saw last year, that recipe leads to success when it's well-executed." "For the upcoming campaign, we identified a need to complement our squad with a quality all-rounder. With a career featuring more than 200 T20 matches, including 18 internationals, and impressive strike rates with both bat and ball, we're excited to have Samit joining the team to fill that role." Very excited to play for @wgtnfirebirds in the super smash this year hopefully we ca...

England all-rounder Samit Patel has signed Nottinghamshire on a new three year deal. The 27-year-old patel said, " I think that we have enough talent and depth in our squad to win trophies consistently and I want to play my part in that. "This is the only county that I want to play for. "