James Pattinson is an Australian professional fast bowler known for his ferocious fast delivery and ability to bring life to deadly cricket pitches. He represented Mumbai Indians in the 2020 Indian Premier League.
Wiki/Biography
James Pattinson was born on Thursday, May 3, 1990 (age 30 in 2020) in Melbourne, Victoria. His star sign is Taurus. His full name is James Lee Pattinson. His parents are British and moved to Australia before he was born. He rose through the ranks from playing cricket in local clubs in Australia to joining the Australian national cricket team in 2011.
appearance
Height: 6′ 1″
Hair color: Black
Hair color: Black
family
James Pattinson’s father, John Pattinson, is from Glebsey, and his mother, Sue Pattinson, is from Yorkshire. James’ father was a roof tiler for 45 years. James has an older brother, Darren Pattinson, who is also a cricket player and played one international test match for England.
James Pattinson and his brother Darren Pattinson hold the Big Bash League trophy
Relationships and Children
James Pattinson is married to Keira Pattinson. They have a daughter, Lila Ruby Pattinson. Lila was born six and a half weeks premature.
James Pattinson and his wife Keira Pattinson
James Pattinson and his little daughter
Profession
Pattinson played for Dandenong Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier League and later he played for the Australian Under-19 team. He was also a member of the Australian cricket team for the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In the same year, at the age of 18, he made his debut in first-class cricket. In December 2009, Pattinson played for the Victorian Cricket Team and set a record for the best bowling in Australian A-grade cricket; he bowled 10 balls and took 6 wickets for 48 runs. Due to his outstanding performance in domestic cricket, he caught the attention of the Australian selectors. As a result, he was selected for the Australian men’s national cricket team in 2011 and played his first ODI match for Australia against Bangladesh in Dhaka on April 13, 2011. On October 13, he played his first T20 match for Australia against South Africa in Dhaka. On December 1 of the same year, he made his Test debut for Australia in Brisbane against New Zealand. He took five wickets in his debut match.
James Pattinson shows off ball after five wickets on Test debut
Pattinson’s career started off on a steady upward trajectory. Given his impressive debut for Australia, the cricketing world began to see him as Australia’s next fast bowler after Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. Unfortunately, recurring injuries kept him out of action for much of his career.
James Pattinson’s injury history
His career has been full of ups and downs. Since his debut in 2011, he has played only 21 Test matches (81 wickets), 15 ODIs (16 wickets) and 4 T20s (3 wickets) for Australia till 2020.
He has played for several domestic teams including Victoria Cricket Club, Melbourne Renegades, Nottinghamshire and Brisbane Heat.
James Pattinson celebrates scoring during the 2020 BBL match
In 2020, Mumbai Indians signed him as a replacement for Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who withdrew from the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) due to family reasons.
James Pattinson celebrates his first wicket in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
dispute
- He, along with Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja, was dropped from the Australian squad by the team management midway through the Test series against India in 2013. They reportedly failed to prepare a report on how to improve the team’s performance after failing to win the first two matches.
- In 2019, James Pattinson was banned from playing one Test match for allegedly making homophobic comments towards an opposition player.
Facts/Trivia
- James Pattinson holds dual Australian and British citizenship.
- He has two nicknames, Jimmy and Patto.
- The tattoo montage on Pattinson’s left arm includes a tattoo of “Big Ben”.
James Pattinson holds an urn and shows off his tattoos
- He was passionate about horse racing and fishing.
- He has the habit of writing a diary before going to bed. Interestingly, he uses four different colored pens to write in his diary; red ink is used to write the next day’s training plan, and other colored pens are used to write his goals, daily events and some other things. At the end of the diary, he wrote down the happiest thing of the day.
- James’ father is from England and is an avid football fan. He often lets James watch the England football team’s games. In addition, when James was growing up, his favorite athlete was David Beckham.
- In 2010, James also received an offer to play for England, however, unlike his brother, he turned it down.
Darren Pattinson in his only Test match for England
- Pattinson was picked by KKR for the 2013 IPL but was ruled out of that season due to a non-cricket related medical condition. Finally, in 2020, he played his first IPL match.
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