Patterson Ian Chesterfield Thompson (born 26 September 1971) is a former

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. He never recovered from a terrible start to his

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career and played only once more at that level, as well as in two

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Career

Thompson made his first-class debut for

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in the 1994–95

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, and performed well, taking six wickets in the game – his first being that of

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's opening batsman and Test player

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. He took ten wickets in all that season at 27.20, and in the following year's Red Stripe Cup he claimed 23 wickets, the fourth highest of any bowler that year, at 22.34. As a result, at the end of the West Indian season in April, Thompson was picked for the first Test against

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at his home ground of

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. Although West Indies won the match by ten wickets, Patterson himself had a torrid time. His first over in Test cricket went for 17 runs, and in all he bowled 13

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s (and a

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) in the first innings. He did pick up two wickets, but finished with the

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of 8–0–58–2. In 1996–97 after having a poor time in the

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Shell/Sandals Trophy where he took only four wickets at 57.50, he was perhaps a little lucky to be chosen for the Australian tour, and he proved very expensive in the pre-Test first-class games, with aggregate figures of 4–291 in four matches. He also conceded 110 in 19 overs against

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in two ODIs at

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and

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. Nevertheless, he was picked against the Australians for the fourth Test at

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. West Indies were crushed by an innings and 183 runs, and again Patterson failed to deliver bowling sixteen overs for eighty runs. He played on in domestic cricket for another couple of seasons, although without any outstanding success, before bowing out with a game against

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in the 1998–99

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. Ironically, his first-innings bowling performance was one of his most economical: his 10 overs went for only 19. However, the second innings was a different story as his no-ball problem returned with a vengeance. He sent down 12 of them in the space of seven wicketless overs, and with that he left the first-class game for good.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Patterson 1971 births Living people Barbadian cricketers West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers Barbados cricketers Cricketers from Saint Michael, Barbados