Bridget Patterson

Bridget Emma Patterson (born 12 April 1994) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).^[1][2]

Bridget Patterson

Patterson celebrates her maiden century, 2018
Personal information
Full name	Bridget Emma Patterson
Born	(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30) Kingscote, South Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Wicket-keeper-batter
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2012/13–present	South Australia (squad no. 21)
2015/16–present	Adelaide Strikers (squad no. 21)
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 95 170 Runs scored 2,625 2,347 Batting average 28.22 17.91 100s/50s 7/10 0/5 Top score 152 70 Catches/stumpings 38/– 74/12
Source: CricketArchive, 18 February 2024

A daughter of lavender farmers at Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island, Patterson played childhood cricket against boys, and credits that experience for her rise in women's cricket.^[3]

In the final of the 2015–16 WNCL, Patterson scored 76 to anchor the Scorpions' innings of 7 for 264 against the New South Wales Breakers. The Scorpions won the match by 54 runs, thus ending New South Wales' 10-year grip on the WNCL trophy.^[4]

Patterson has been a member of the Adelaide Strikers squad since the inaugural WBBL season.^[5] Her run out of Molly Strano of the Melbourne Renegades during the Strikers' opening match of its WBBL02 campaign has been described as one of the highlights of that tournament.^[6]

In September 2018, Patterson achieved her maiden century for South Australia, scoring a player-of-the-match-winning 109 off 131 balls in the Scorpions' opening round 2018–19 WNCL victory over Western Australia.^[7]

Ahead of the WBBL|09 season, Patterson was named as the Strikers' wicket-keeper following the retirement of Tegan McPharlin.^[8]