Kurtis Robert Patterson was born on 5 May 1993 and is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield, and the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League.
36 Facts About Kurtis Patterson
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Kurtis Patterson made a century in just his second test match in Canberra, against Sri Lanka.
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Kurtis Patterson has the highest average of any Test batsman who has lost their wicket at least once.
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Kurtis Patterson was born in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville and grew up in Roselands and then Lugarno.
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Kurtis Patterson was born into a family with a strong sporting pedigree.
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Kurtis Patterson went to high school at Christian Brothers in Lewisham.
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Kurtis Patterson played much of his junior cricket with St George Cricket Club.
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Kurtis Patterson made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in November 2011.
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Kurtis Patterson made an immediate statement by scoring 157 in the first innings and remaining 6 not out in the second innings as New South Wales won the match by 6 wickets.
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Kurtis Patterson scored 4 half-centuries during the season, including 52 in the final against Western Australia, which was won by New South Wales.
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Kurtis Patterson was then selected for Australia A to play in a 2016 winter series against South Africa A and India A In two unofficial test matches against South Africa A, Patterson made scores of 74,6,92, and 50 not out.
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Kurtis Patterson's stand-out performance in the series was a score of 115 against India A in a match that Australia A won by 1 run.
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Still aged just 23 and with a first-class batting average of 42.91, Kurtis Patterson was now in contention for national selection.
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However, Kurtis Patterson was not selected for Australia and played out the rest of the season in the Sheffield Shield.
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Since 2013, Kurtis Patterson has played for New South Wales in Australia's domestic one-day competition.
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Kurtis Patterson following year he had a slightly improved season, scoring 230 runs at an average of 32.85.
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Kurtis Patterson had his most successful season in the 2016 competition when he averaged 49.40.
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Just before the start of the 2018 competition, New South Wales captain Peter Nevill broke his thumb, and Kurtis Patterson was named as the new captain.
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Kurtis Patterson had a difficult start as captain as New South Wales lost the first 3 games of the season.
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Kurtis Patterson was not regularly selected for the Thunder, playing only 9 games in each of the next three seasons.
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Kurtis Patterson missed the opening rounds of the season due to a hamstring injury.
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Kurtis Patterson finally made his debut for the Scorchers in January 2020 after scoring 38 runs in 3 matches, he was dropped for the remainder of the season due to lack of runs.
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Kurtis Patterson scored unbeaten centuries in both innings, with 157 not out in the first innings and 102 not out in the second innings.
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Kurtis Patterson made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2019.
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Kurtis Patterson had his baggy green cap presented to him by Michael Hussey.
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Kurtis Patterson was not required to bat in the second innings as Australia won by an innings and 40 runs.
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Kurtis Patterson took three catches in the match, including a diving, one-handed catch in the gully to dismiss Dilruwan Perera.
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Kurtis Patterson was retained in the side for the second Test match in Canberra.
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Kurtis Patterson finished the competition with a total of 724 runs, making him the 5th highest run-scorer for the season.
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Kurtis Patterson was selected for the Australia A team that toured England in the lead up to the Ashes.
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Kurtis Patterson scored 4,32, and 28 for Australia A before scoring 2 and 0 in an intra-squad trial match.
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Ultimately, Kurtis Patterson was not selected for the series, with Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns saying Kurtis Patterson was desperately unlucky to not be selected.
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On his return from injury, Kurtis Patterson only played 3 matches for New South Wales before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the last round of the season.
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Kurtis Patterson stated towards the end of the season that he did not think the injury was affecting his batting.
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Kurtis Patterson was selected for Australia A against England Lions in February 2020.
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Kurtis Patterson top-scored with 94 not out in the second innings of the match.