Kurtis Patterson

Aged 13, he played for St George in the AW Green Shield, which is Sydney's premier cricket competition for under 16s.

At the start of the 2011/2012 season, he scored two centuries in the first 4 rounds, which saw him be selected to make his debut for New South Wales.

[8] Patterson made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales against Western Australia in November 2011.

[11] He scored 4 half-centuries during the season, including 52 in the final against Western Australia, which was won by New South Wales.

Before the start of the 2016/2017 season, former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said that Patterson could be in contention to play for Australia that summer.

[17] After this innings, New South Wales coach Trent Johnston said he believed Patterson was ready for test cricket and deserved a chance at international level.

[27] After being in contention for a Test call-up in the 2017–18 Ashes series, Patterson played every match for New South Wales in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, scoring two fifties and averaging 41.33 runs per innings to be one of the team's top run-scorers for the tournament.

[29][30] For the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, Australia's franchise Twenty20 competition, Patterson was offered a roster spot by the Sydney Thunder.

In later seasons of the Big Bash he began to play for games for the Thunder but failed to make a significant impact.

[35] During the 2018/19 season, Patterson was selected to play for a Cricket Australia XI side against the touring Sri Lankans as a warm-up for the Test series.

[36] Despite this performance against the Sri Lankans, the Australian squad for the Test series had already been named the previous week and Patterson had not been included.

[41] Following the conclusion of the Test series, Patterson returned to play for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield.

[42] This meant that Patterson was suddenly in contention for selection in the Australian side due to tour England for the 2019 Ashes series.

[44] Before this tour, Patterson had only played 8 weeks of club cricket in England and he struggled to make runs.

Hohns also said the return of Steve Smith, David Warner, and Cameron Bancroft from their ball-tampering suspensions pushed players like Patterson out of the side.

[46] At the start of the 2019/2020 season, Patterson suffered a quadriceps injury playing grade cricket for St George.

While he started the Sheffield Shield season for New South Wales, he reinjured his leg while fielding against Tasmania and missed several months of cricket.

[47] This injury also meant that Patterson did not have a chance to impress national selectors before the Australia test squad for the summer was named.

[48] On his return from injury, Patterson only played 3 matches for New South Wales before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the last round of the season.