Middlesex
spinner Ravi Patel has signed a new three-year contract, keeping him at the
club until 2016.
The 22-year-old has taken
54 wickets for Middlesex at an average of 26.50 across all forms of the game. In 11 first-class matches, Patel has taken 40 wickets at
an average of 28.
"Ravi has continued
to make good progress. We believe he has the potential to become a fine
bowler," said director of cricket Angus Fraser. "Since recovering from the hand injury he sustained
during pre-season he has been in most, if not all, of our red and white ball
squads. We have always rated Ravi as a first-class bowler but in 2013 he
showed how adaptable and smart he is by being extremely effective in Twenty20
cricket. He is not the finished article and is aware that there are areas
of his game that he needs to work on."