Darren Pattinson called into England Test Squad

[Johnson#26]

Wow, that is bizarre. Good luck to him, though. I'm a fan of his work for Victoria. Take the opportunity with both hands, Patto.

 

[crudbucket]

Despite spending the past 23 years living in Australia, Pattinson has only ever had a British passport, and as such, will play as an overseas player when he returns to the Bushrangers.

When was the last time Victoria played an "overseas player" though ?

 

[eth-dog]

I need some help.

I used to be a handy cricketer as a junior and I'm going to England next year for a holiday.

Can you guys give me any advice on how to protect myself from being selected for England. This is a serious concern for me as my 2nd cousin is British so i qualify to play for them.

you can't. except for giving up cricket over there

 

[johnnyhoward]

Holy crap...Patto was nothing more than a toiler for the Vics and now look where he is. This feels quite surreal, but good luck to the man.

 

[gingerheadman16]

after seeing him bowl its clear he will be a one match wonder, yet another selection mystery from the selectors. sometimes you pluck a unknown from the counties and it goes well eg Trescothick. But on this occasion it hasnt.
Apparently he was picked because he can bowl wicket to wicket on a good length and gets a good bit of swing. Might get you wickets in the counties but not against the saffers.

 

[gingerheadman16]

forgot to add Pattinson wouldnt even be in the Notts side if Sid and Broad werent on International duty

 

[crudbucket]

forgot to add Pattinson wouldnt even be in the Notts side if Sid and Broad werent on International duty

I thought Sidebottom played for Yorkshire but I checked on Cricinfo and he left there in 2004.

 

[dan warna]

craig white?

another capped english player.

straight from district to test cricket (almost)

 

[Dixie Flatline]

The decision to pick Pattinson is being crucified by the English press after the Poms got done by 10 wickets.

 

[Cassius_Clay]

The decision to pick Pattinson is being crucified by the English press after the Poms got done by 10 wickets.

lol. They didnt lose because of pattinson. They lost because they couldnt score over 550 runs in 2 innings on a road.

 

[JasRulz63]

Lol, stoopid English press. Have they looked at the figures of their other bowlers...

Anderson - 3/136 (McKenzie, Kallis, Boucher)
Pattison - 2/95 (Amla, Prince)
Flintoff - 1/77 (Smith)
Broad - 1/144 (De Villiers)
Panesar - 3/65 (Morkel, Harris, Ntini)

Pattison was far from terrible compared to the other "England standard" bowlers. Panaesar picked up three wickets is good and all, but all tailenders. Pattison still took two wickets, it's not like he went for 0/150. He still contributed a fair bit. It's not his fault that he was brought into a team where the batsmen can't make runs on a bloody road.

I don't agree with his selection, I mean there's gotta be younger players out there with some talent (well I hope so for their sake), but there's no way he was the reason for the loss. English press looking for a scapegoat again, so why not choose the Aussie...

 

[*Crash*]

Exactly, hardly Pattisons fault for the loss, much worse performance by their experienced bowlers and batsmen.

Anyone know if he played footy and if so for which club?

 

[TheMightyPies]

Pattinson hopeful of future England call

Darren Pattinson, England's shock selection for the second Test at Headingley, fully expects to make way for Ryan Sidebottom when the squad for the Edgbaston Test is unveiled by the selectors on Saturday morning. But, despite the furore that surrounded his call-up after only 11 first-class games, he doesn't believe that he is destined to remain a one-cap wonder.

"I've got things that I need to learn about the game and I know that my next chance might not come straightaway," Pattinson told the Press Association after South Africa had wrapped up a ten-wicket victory. "But I'd like to think that I can be involved again further down the track. It's happened a few times in my career when I've been picked out of nowhere - and at the moment I feel that anything is possible."

Pattinson is right to be optimistic, because his recent rise has been a classic rags-to-riches tale. Born in Grimsby but raised in Melbourne, he worked as a roof-tiler and played grade cricket for Dandenong before being handed a belated chance to represent Victoria in the Pura Cup in January 2007. He took 4 for 87 on debut against South Australia, and was recommended to Nottinghamshire by his state and county team-mate, David Hussey, on the strength of his British passport. So far this season, he has taken 29 wickets at 20.86 in the Championship, and the rest is history.

Though he speaks with an Australian accent and lists AFL among his favourite sports, Pattinson claims to be a fair-dinkum Pommie. "I've only got an English passport," he said. "I'm a resident in Australia when I'm there so there was never a decision to make between playing for England or Australia."

The circumstances of Pattinson's call-up were bizarre. He earned his first England recognition earlier this month when he was named in a 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy in September, but when both James Anderson and Sidebottom reported stiff backs in training ahead of the Headingley Test, he was whisked up the M1 as cover, and thrust into the eleven ahead of the other reserve, Chris Tremlett, and a host of players with more plausible claims to a call-up, such as Matthew Hoggard, Steve Harmison and Durham's Graham Onions.

Michael Vaughan, at the toss, admitted that he knew next to nothing about the man who was about to take the new ball for England, other than the revelation that he had been intending to take his kids to Alton Towers on the day of his debut. "It was a bit tough walking into the dressing room for the first time, but the guys welcomed me with open arms," said Pattinson, whose figures of 2 for 95 in South Africa's first innings were no embarrassment.

"It's been a big week for me, and obviously I was nervous at first," he said. "But I relaxed as it wore on, and in the end it turned out okay. The first wicket was a bit lucky, because the replays showed that it might have just missed the stumps. But I got the ball to move a bit and had [Ashwell] Prince caught behind."

© Cricinfo

any chance to play again?

 

[JasRulz63]

Not after what the England team and Vaughn copped for chosing him in the first place.

 

[red+black]

Is there any group more incompetent in the sporting world than the national selectors of the English cricket team? No wonder they pick so many non-English born players, so when they inevitably lose they can always blame the foreigners .

Sure seems like they have a quota like the Seth Efricans.

**** they're hopeless . They win 1 Ashes series, NARROWLY, in 23 years and they think they're world ****ing champions .

They are a sad pathetic joke.

 

[hujsh]

I heard on the radio that the English get depressed when the cricket team wins because they can't complain about the team loosing.

weird bunch.

 

[LIONS then DAYLIGHT]

The decision to pick a player who was bought up in Australia yet technically was English is a disgrace. How would this make other players feel trying to brake into a team.


England should develop their own talent rather then poach players playing in external compeitions.

 

[Cotchin 9]

They always have quick fixes for everything like when they won the ashes and brought in Geraint Jones, just develop some youth england ffs.

 

[Dagz]

Anyone know if he played footy and if so for which club?

Played for Doveton a few seasons ago.

Handy player as well.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/crick...inson-test-role/2008/07/22/1216492448379.html

Michael Vaughan dumps on him, basically:

To make matters worse, England captain Michael Vaughan said in the aftermath of his country's 10-wicket second-Test thrashing by South Africa that Pattinson's selection from obscurity looked "confused" and had affected team harmony.

"We didn't feel as much of a unit as we did the week before," Vaughan said.

"I think Darren's been given a lot of criticism and it's not his fault. He turned up and tried his guts out and at times bowled some good spells. I felt sorry for him. He's not been in the set-up and didn't know anyone. And we didn't know him, so it was very difficult for him. I haven't heard that it affected the other players in the dressing-room but we didn't play as a unit."

Pattinson knew just one England player, Notts teammate Stuart Broad.

So, Pattinson obviously couldn't break into the clique of players that Vaughan has going on in the dressing room and therefore must be kicked out because he's the reason why England needed two innings to just edge past South Africa's first innings.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Chloe Saltau nails it:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/crick...wrong-direction/2008/07/22/1216492448382.html

 

[TheMightyPies]

Miller wants explanation from Vaughan

 

[ROOTA#6]

Chloe Saltau nails it:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/crick...wrong-direction/2008/07/22/1216492448382.html

Fantastic little article. It seems as though the English team will never change. Batsmen/captain can't make a run so they go looking for excuses. I personally would like to say well done to Patto on his effort

 

[gingerheadman16]

Fantastic little article. It seems as though the English team will never change. Batsmen/captain can't make a run so they go looking for excuses. I personally would like to say well done to Patto on his effort

i dont think anyone is blaming Pattinson for his involvement in all this, its not his fault that he got selected. But the fact is that he shouldnt have been selected in the 1st place

 

[gingerheadman16]

oh and that article is just another jab at English cricket-

'If, as Vaughan said, Pattinson's selection unsettled the team dynamic, it is an indictment on England, for one of Australia's great strengths during its long era of dominance has been the seamless introduction of new players.

Whatever Pattinson's selection says about the depth of pace bowling in England'

yeah you guys have certainly seamlessly introduced new players to take over from Warne and McGrath, no chopping or changing there!
And Pattinsons selection doesnt say anything about the depth of our bowling, infact I could name 10 players that should have been there ahead of him.