Steven Andrew Patterson (born 3 October 1983, Beverley

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, Yorkshire

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, England

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) is an English

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 first-class cricket

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er, contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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A tall seam bowler

Seam bowling

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 and right hand lower order batsman, Patterson made his first-class debut in 2005 against Bangladesh A, having first played one-day cricket for his native county in 2002. Patterson attended Leeds University between from 2002 to 2005, where he studied mathematics whilst playing part-time for Yorkshire CCC. Six first-class matches, up to the end of 2006, brought him 85 runs at 14.16, with a best score of 46 and two wickets.

Having secured a regular County Championship

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 place in the side at the start of the 2010 season, Patterson is currently (as of July 2011) in his tenth year with the county, and has 84 first-class wickets at an average of 34.13. His one day batting average currently stands at 41.50, courtesy of twelve not out

Not out

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s in fourteen innings.

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