da pixbet： Steve Patterson, the Yorkshire seamer, has signed a new two-year deal with the club after impressing during the 2008 season
Cricinfo staff01-Oct-2008Steve Patterson, the Yorkshire seamer, has signed a new two-year deal with the club after impressing during the 2008 season.In four Championship matches he took 11 wickets at 25.36 as Yorkshire held onto their Division One status. His stand-out one-day performance came against Lancashire, in the Friends Provident Trophy, when he collected 2 for 18 off eight overs.Patterson, who was born in Hull, hopes to build on those figures next season. “I bowled well when I got my first team chances this summer and I am very pleased I have been given the opportunity to stay at the club where I have grown up,” he said. “I am at the stage in my career where it is important for me to play regular first team cricket and I am going to work hard over the winter months to make sure that happens with Yorkshire.”Stewart Regan, Yorkshire’s chief executive, added: “I am delighted that Steve has committed his future to the club. Whenever he got a chance this summer he took it with both hands and delivered important wickets when we needed them.”Patterson’s opportunities should increase in 2009 after Darren Gough ended his first-class career.