Bridget Patterson

Bridget Patterson
Patterson celebrates her maiden century, 2018
Personal information
Full name
Bridget Emma Patterson
Born (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30)
Kingscote, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13–presentSouth Australia (squad no. 21)
2015/16–presentAdelaide Strikers (squad no. 21)
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 99 172
Runs scored 2,800 2,395
Batting average 28.86 18.00
100s/50s 7/11 0/5
Top score 152 70
Catches/stumpings 42/0 75/12
Source: CricketArchive, 20 October 2024

Bridget Emma Patterson (born 12 April 1994) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[1][2]

A daughter of lavender farmers at Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island, Patterson played childhood cricket against boys, and credits that experience for her rise in women's cricket.[3]

In the final of the 2015–16 WNCL, Patterson scored 76 to anchor the Scorpions' innings of 7 for 264 against the New South Wales Breakers. The Scorpions won the match by 54 runs, thus ending New South Wales' 10-year grip on the WNCL trophy.[4]

Patterson has been a member of the Adelaide Strikers squad since the inaugural WBBL season.[5] Her run out of Molly Strano of the Melbourne Renegades during the Strikers' opening match of its WBBL02 campaign has been described as one of the highlights of that tournament.[6]

In September 2018, Patterson achieved her maiden century for South Australia, scoring a player-of-the-match-winning 109 off 131 balls in the Scorpions' opening round 2018–19 WNCL victory over Western Australia.[7]

Ahead of the WBBL|09 season, Patterson was named as the Strikers' wicket-keeper following the retirement of Tegan McPharlin.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Bridget Patterson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ Ramsey, Andrew (1 August 2020). "Patterson kicks in to help her island home's recovery". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Walsh, Scott (7 May 2014). "South Australia's Bridget Patterson a shooting star of Australian cricket". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ^ ESPNcricinfo staff (29 November 2015). "South Australia end New South Wales' WNCL streak". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. ^ Jolly, Laura (7 September 2020). "Strikers lock in Patterson on long-term deal". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ Strikers Media (24 January 2017). "Strikers' top five moments of WBBL02". Adelaide Strikers. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. ^ Walsh, Liz (24 September 2018). "Two maiden centuries the highlight of Scorpions' opening WNCL weekend". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  8. ^ Jolly, Laura (11 October 2023). "Strikers finalise WBBL|09 squad, lock in new 'keeper | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

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