Patel c Patel b Patel

London, Aug 5

The scorers didn't have a problem keeping up with the names: it was Patel, followed by Patel, followed by more Patels.

In fact, all eleven cricketers playing for the Dewsbury Young Stars, a north England side, in a local league match were named Patel.

So were the two scorers -- Patel and Patel.

But the happy surprise of the day was when the visiting team -- Warwick -- turned up with as many as three Patels of their own!

Yunus Patel, who plays for the Young Stars and is also the club secretary, told the Daily Mirror: “We should change the name to Patel XI but the Dewsbury Young Stars' name has been going for so long we will keep it.

“A lot of our team originate from India but none of the players are related and it's just a coincidence.”

The team, aged from 18 to mid-30s, play in West Yorkshire's Dewsbury District League Section B, and held out for a thrilling one-wicket win at the July-end match, the Mirror reported Monday.

Last updated on Aug 5^th, 2009 at 14:40 pm IST--IANS

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