NORTH PREVIEW

By Charlie Talbot-Smith

History maker: Bears ‘ spinner Jeetan Patel, centre
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BIRMINGHAM Bears must beat Lancashire tonight if they are to have any chance of making the knockout stages of the T20 Blast – and history-maker Jeetan Patel will be the key to their cause.
The Kiwi spinner became the first player to play 100 T20s for the county last Sunday as they kept their qualification hopes alive with an eight-wicket win over Durham.
Not only has Patel now played 100 games in the shortest format, but the last 89 of them have come in a row, and ...