Bruce Patterson (born 29 January 1965) is a Scottish former

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er. He took his first two wickets in a competition in June 2004 against

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. He played in three

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s in May 1999 and played

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from 1988 to 2002. He also played in the 2001

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. He hit

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for four off the first ball of the match against Australia in 1999. He has now retired from all forms of cricket and runs an estate agency in Ayr.

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