Darren John Pattinson was born on 2 August 1979 and is an English former cricketer who played for Victoria and Nottinghamshire.
13 Facts About Darren Pattinson
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Darren Pattinson, born in England, grew up in Australia and played for Dandenong Cricket Club in Victorian Premier Cricket.
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Darren Pattinson followed up with a haul of 6 for 30 against Lancashire at Trent Bridge.
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On 3 July 2008, Darren Pattinson made his first appearance in an international squad when named in England's 30-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.
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The next day, Ryan Sidebottom was ruled out of the team by a back injury, so Darren Pattinson was selected to make his Test debut.
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Darren Pattinson's selection was the result of excellent form for Nottinghamshire in the early part of the 2008 season.
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On debut against South Africa at Headingley, Darren Pattinson came out to bat at number 11, scoring 8 runs as England folded for 203.
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Darren Pattinson then opened the bowling with James Anderson on the first day of the Second Test.
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Darren Pattinson took his second wicket when he had Ashwell Prince caught behind for 149 to finish with figures of two for 95 from 30 overs as South Africa racked up 522 all out.
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Darren Pattinson put down a difficult caught and bowled chance offered by Mark Boucher and dropped Dale Steyn late in the innings but this was relatively inexpensive as Steyn was batting with last man Makhaya Ntini at the time, who was dismissed shortly afterwards.
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However, injuries to fast bowlers including James led to Darren Pattinson being picked for the team on most occasions in the later half of the season.
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Darren Pattinson returned to England for the 2010 season to play county cricket with Nottinghamshire.
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In 2013, Darren Pattinson took out a public greyhound training licence.