Samit Patel happy not to have played for England under Michael Vaughan

Newcomers to the England team are usually the bashful side of shy but Samit Patel has proved an exception by launching a stinging attack on the one-day captaincy reigns of Paul Collingwood and Michael Vaughan. Tell us another one: Samit Patel has said England under Kevin Pietersen are a happy and positive team and 'play without fear' Photo: GETTY IMAGES Patel, who took to international cricket with great aplomb as England obliterated South Africa 4-0 in last month's one-day series, admits to being a fully paid-up member of the Kevin Pietersen fan club but is glad he never played under the previous limited-overs regimes. "Well, thank God," he said. "It has clearly shown that the people in charge have a different thing about one-day cricket. Pietersen is a positive captain. England captains of the past have been negative. And... [read full story]