Lord Patel of Bradford handed top Yorkshire Cricket job
Cricket-loving Asian peer and former minister handed the task of leading Yorkshire out of crisis Kamlesh Patel, 61, arrived in Yorkshire with his family from Kenya in the 1960s He was made a life peer in 2006 having served in Gordon Brown's government The qualified social worker was named Yorkshireman of the year in 2016 He was the first British Asian director of the England and Wales Cricket Board
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A cricket-loving Asian peer and former ‘Yorkshireman of the year’ has been handed the task of leading the club out of the worst crisis in its history.
Kamlesh Patel, 61, arrived with his family in Yorkshire from Kenya in the early 1960s and credited his childhood love of cricket for turning him into a successful public figure.
Made a life
