BBL playerAustralia2012-13 to 2024-25
KR Patterson
Right-handed bat
KR Patterson, a batter, played ten BBL seasons for three clubs.
The arrival
KR Patterson's first BBL season was 2012-13, with Sydney Sixers.
That first season brought 1 match and 4 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2021-22, for Perth Scorchers: 391 runs at an average of 30.1, striking at 137.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 124.7, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 78.
Club by club
2012-13, Sydney Sixers. 1 match and 4 runs.
2013-14 to 2017-18, Sydney Thunder. 23 matches and 438 runs.
2019-20 to 2021-22, Perth Scorchers. 16 matches and 430 runs.
2022-23 to 2024-25, Sydney Sixers, second time round. 21 matches and 392 runs.
4 spells with three clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2013-14 to 2017-18. 2014-15, 2018-19 and 2020-21 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, KR Patterson struck at 117.1. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.4, so KR Patterson scored about 8 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 50% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 110 fours and 31 sixes.
The legacy
KR Patterson made 61 BBL appearances, the last for Sydney Sixers in 2024-25.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Sydney Sixers | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 200.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 62 | 27 | 10.3 | 96.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Thunder | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18.0 | 75.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 173 | 38* | 24.7 | 117.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 185 | 48 | 23.1 | 103.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Perth Scorchers | 3 | 39 | 20 | 19.5 | 108.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Perth Scorchers | 13 | 391 | 78 | 30.1 | 137.7 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Sydney Sixers | 13 | 242 | 43 | 18.6 | 109.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Sydney Sixers | 2 | 20 | 13* | 20.0 | 117.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 130 | 48 | 21.7 | 123.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sydney Sixers: 2012-13
- Sydney Thunder: 2013-14 to 2017-18
- Perth Scorchers: 2019-20 to 2021-22
- Sydney Sixers: 2022-23 to 2024-25
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics