James Pattinson
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James Lee Pattinson is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n cricketer who currently plays for Victoria
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...

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Playing career

Pattinson played for Dandenong Cricket Club
Dandenong Cricket Club
The Dandenong Cricket Club is an Australian cricket club based in Dandenong, Victoria, an outer-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. They play in Victorian Premier Cricket, the highest competition in the state.-History:...

 in Victorian Premier Cricket
Victorian Premier Cricket
Victorian Premier Cricket is the elite club cricket competition in the state of Victoria, administered by Cricket Victoria. Each club fields four teams of adult players and usually play on weekends and public holidays. Matches are played on turf wickets under limited-time rules, with most results...

 and also played for Australia
Australian U-19 cricket team
The Australian Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1978. Former captains include Stuart Law, Damien Martyn, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz and Cameron White who have all gone on to play international cricket for Australia....

 in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.

On Wednesday 23 December 2009, James broke the record for Victorian One Day cricket by taking 6 for 48 of 10 overs with 1 maiden, despite his efforts Victoria still lost to NSW.

On Sunday, 9 January 2011, James was picked up by IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. Sourav Ganguly led the team in IPL1 and IPL3, Brendon McCullum in IPL2, and Gautam Gambhir in IPL4...

 for USD100,000 to play for them in IPL 2011 and 2012.

International Career

He was named in the Australian ODI squad for their tour of Bangladesh
Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011
The Australian cricket team toured Bangladesh between 9 April to 13 April 2011. The tour consisted of three One Day Internationals . Michael Clarke was announced as the Australian captain, following Ricky Ponting's resignation.-Squads:-1st ODI:-2nd ODI:...

 in April 2011. He made his debut in the third and final match of the series and took the wicket of Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes
Imrul Kayes is a Bangladeshi international cricketer who plays for Khulna Division as a left-hand batsman and occasional wicket-keeper....

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On 26 July 2011, Pattinson was selected for the Australian Test Squad for the tour to Sri Lanka
Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011
The Australian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 20 September 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 Internationals , five One Day Internationals and three Tests played for Warne-Muralidaran Trophy. Four uncapped players had been named in the Australian Test squad; Shaun Marsh,...

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Personal life

Pattinson's older brother is Darren Pattinson
Darren Pattinson
Darren John Pattinson is an English cricketer who currently plays for Victoria and Nottinghamshire.Pattinson received considerable press coverage when he was surprisingly selected for the England cricket team in July 2008 for the 2nd Test against South Africa at Headingley...

 played for England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

in one Test Match. Although born in England, Darren Pattinson grew up in Melbourne's outer suburbs. He made his First Class debut for the Victorian Bushrangers and consequently won a contract with Nottinghamshire.

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