'Unhappy' Samit Patel seeks 50-over solace

After a five-year hiatus, 50-over cricket returns to the English county programme under the guise of the Royal London One-Day Cup this weekend amid no little scepticism and many questions.

It is a format for which public enthusiasm at domestic level is debatable, at the very least, reintroduced in some respects at the worst time of the year and with a block schedule deemed no longer appropriate for the other short form of the game that disrupts a County Championship season approaching its climax in a way that no other sport would consider even for a moment.

I thought he was seeking solace in some steak and kidney pie

Samit solace:

Hopefully Patel can give the selectors some food for thought. Mark Nicholas was opining for Patel to be given a look at. Personally I think his chances are rather slim.