"We've got a left-arm bowler, Keith Barker, whose footmarks are fantastic for a right-arm spinner and that's the dead set truth," Patel said.
"He lands exactly where I want to land the ball and he's very good at manipulating the umpires. He really does encroach on the danger zone, but that certainly helps."
But the fundamental difference from here and there is turn. That enables Patel to go from being the defensive bowler he's often had to be for Wellington, to an attacking one that Warwickshire expect to lead them to wins and trophies.
Whether the wickets are under or over-prepared, they turn. Wet or dry, they turn.
Here the wickets can do a little for the quicks, otherwise they start true and stay true, leaving drift and bounce as the only weapons in a spinner's arsenal.
"Batters here don't get tested on spinning wickets and when teams go away they certainly find out pretty quick that they haven't been tested. They tend to have one or two options against spin and, as soon as they're taken away from them, it's 'well, what do I do next?"'
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