Nemesh Girishchandra Patel (born 8 October 1976) is an English cricketer. Patel is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Leicester Leicestershire. Patel represented the Leicestershire Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Hertfordshire in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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