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Full name Balfour Patrick Patterson
Born September 15, 1961, Happy Grove, Williamsfield, Jamaica
Current age 46 years 245 days
Major teams West Indies,Jamaica,Lancashire,Tasmania
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
28
38
16
145
21*
6.59
404
35.89
0
0
18
0
5
0
ODIs
59
20
15
44
13*
8.80
101
43.56
0
0
1
1
9
0
First-class
161
164
58
618
29
5.83
0
0
32
0
List A
100
35
25
106
16
10.60
0
0
15
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
28
53
4829
2874
93
5/24
9/88
30.90
3.57
51.9
4
5
0
ODIs
59
58
3050
2206
90
6/29
6/29
24.51
4.33
33.8
1
1
0
First-class
161
24352
13563
493
7/24
27.51
3.34
49.3
25
2
List A
100
5125
3496
144
6/29
6/29
24.27
4.09
35.5
4
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 21-23, 1986 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 27-Dec 1, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 18, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v West Indies at Cape Town, Feb 25, 1993 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1982/83 - 1992/93
List A span
1982/83 - 1997/98
Profile
Wisden overview It is the stock question for international batsmen. Who is the quickest and nastiest? Graham Gooch did not mind the pace, but he says the only time he has been in fear of his wellbeing was at Sabina Park in February 1986 when, on a grassy pitch, Test debutant Patrick "Patto" Patterson hurtled his inelegant bow-legged way up the hill, thrust his leading leg high, studs at the batsman, stamped down hard enough to measure on the Richter Scale, and, bowling like the devil in front of his home crowd, put the wind up England's finest. He took 4 for 29 on his first day in Tests, 7 for 73 in the match, and for a few years, until his rhythm deserted him (his movement became awkward, and he relied on sheer muscularity), he was as fast as anything in the world and a nasty proposition on pitches offering any pace or lift.
Mike Selvey
