James Pattinson

James Pattinson
Personal information
Full name James Lee Pattinson
Born 3 May 1990 (1990-05-03) (age 21)
Melbourne, Australia
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style Left handed
Bowling style Right arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side Australia
Test debut (cap 424) 1 December 2011 v New Zealand
Last Test 26 December 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 188) 13 April 2011 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 22 August 2011 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 44
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008-Present Victoria (squad no. 19)
2011-Present Kolkata Knight Riders
2011-Present Melbourne Stars
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 2 12 19
Runs scored 88 0 180 93
Batting average 29.33 - 12.85 10.33
100s/50s 0/0 -/- -/- -/-
Top score 37* 0* 37* 35
Balls bowled 112.5 overs 102 2,422 1,020
Wickets 24 3 52 34
Bowling average 14.45 26.66 23.21 25.44
5 wickets in innings 2 0 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/27 2/41 5/27 6/48
Catches/stumpings -/– 1/- 5/- 2/-
Source: Cricinfo, 29 December 2011

James Lee Pattinson (born 3 May 1990) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for Victoria, and for Australia.

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Playing career

Pattinson played for Dandenong Cricket Club in Victorian Premier Cricket and also played for Australia in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.[1]

On 23 December 2009, James broke the record for Victorian One Day cricket by taking 6 for 48 off 10 overs with 1 maiden, despite his efforts Victoria still lost to NSW.

On 9 January 2011, James was picked up by IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders for US$100,000 to play for them in IPL 2011 and 2012.

International career

Pattinson was named in the Australian ODI squad for its tour of Bangladesh in April 2011.[2] He made his ODI debut in the third and final match of the series and took the wicket of Imrul Kayes.[3] Pattinson joined the Australian Test squad for the 2011 tour to Sri Lanka, but did not play a Test.[4]

Pattinson made his Test debut in the 2011/12 home series against New Zealand, in the first Test in Brisbane on 1 December 2011.[5] He took 5 wickets for 27 runs in the second innings of his debut Test and helped Australia to a nine-wicket win,[6] then took another five-wicket haul in the first innings of the second test, and was named Man of the Series, with fourteen wickets at an average of 14.00 across the two tests. He won another Man of the Match award in his next Test, the 2011 Boxing Day Test against India, with match figures of 6/108 and a useful 55 runs with the bat.[7]

Personal life

Pattinson's older brother is Darren Pattinson, who played for England in one Test match. Although born in England, Darren Pattinson grew up in Melbourne's outer suburbs. He made his first-class debut for the Victorian Bushrangers and consequently won a contract with Nottinghamshire.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Clarke named captain for Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-australia-2011/content/story/508633.html. Retrieved 2011-04-05. 
  3. ^ "Australia in Bangladesh ODI Series - 3rd ODI". ESPN Cricinfo. 13 April 2011. http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-australia-2011/engine/current/match/503365.html. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
  4. ^ "Nathan Lyon named in Australia Test squad for Sri Lanka". BBC Sport. 27 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14290738.stm. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "Peter Siddle excited by James Pattinson for 1st Test" (in English). Herald Sun (Melbourne: News Corporation). 2011-11-30. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/peter-siddle-excited-by-james-pattinson-for-1st-test/story-fn67w6pa-1226210455938. Retrieved 4 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "1st Test: Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Dec 1-4, 2011". espncricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/518947.html. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  7. ^ "1st Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, December 26–29, scorecard". Cricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/engine/current/match/518950.html. Retrieved 31 Dec 2011. 

External links

Victoria squad – current squad
Kolkata Knight Riders – current squad
Melbourne Stars – current squad
Clarke is the captain of the Test and ODI sides. White is the captain of the Twenty20 side.