• Warwickshire captain was capped 78 times by New Zealand• Saqlain Mushtaq’s coaching deal not being renewed
England’s spinners will be able to draw on local knowledge in
New Zealand after Jeetan Patel, the former international who captains Warwickshire, was hired on a short-term coaching deal.
Patel, capped 78 times by New Zealand across all formats and the leading spinner in county cricket over the past decade, will be part of Chris Silverwood’s coaching setup during the five-match Twenty20 series that begins on 1 November in Christchurch.