Personal information
Full name
Dane Paterson
Born 4 April 1989 (age 35)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
South Africa (2017–present)
Test debut (cap 344) 16 January 2020 v England
Last Test 26 December 2024 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 121) 15 October 2017 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 22 January 2019 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 70) 25 January 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I 12 October 2018 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008/09–present Western Province
2010/11–2012/13 Dolphins
2011/12–2012/13 KwaZulu-Natal
2013/14–2019/20 Cape Cobras
2016/17–2017/18 South Western Districts
2018 Paarl Rocks
2019 Jozi Stars
2021–present Nottinghamshire
2021/22 Eastern Province
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 6 4 166 111
Runs scored 89 – 1,701 406
Batting average 12.71 – 11.81 13.53
100s/50s 0/0 –/– 0/1 0/0
Top score 39* – 59 29
Balls bowled 1,115 209 27,798 5,278
Wickets 19 4 603 156
Bowling average 28.42 54.25 23.67 29.89
5 wickets in innings 1 0 23 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0
Best bowling 5/71 3/44 8/52 5/19
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 48/– 33/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 December 2024 first
Dane Paterson (born 4 April 1989) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in 2017.[1] He plays for Eastern Province in domestic matches.
Domestic career
He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Bloem City Blazers’ squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[4]
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season.[5] In September 2018, he was named in Western Province’s squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[6] He was the leading wicket-taker for Western Province in the tournament, with seven dismissals in four matches.
In September 2019, he was named in Western Province’s squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.[11] In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province’s squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[12]
Paterson joined Nottinghamshire in March 2021,[13][14][15] taking 51 wickets in his first season with the club before topping that with 56 dismissals in the 2022 County Championship season as the team won Division Two.[16][17] That included career-best figures of 8/52 against Worcestershire in April 2022.[18][19] He signed a new two-year contract at Nottinghamshire in October 2022[20][21][22] and in April 2023 claimed his 500th First Class wicket as the club defeated Somerset.[23][24][25
International career
In January 2017, he was included in South Africa’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka,[26] and made his T20I debut on 25 January 2017.[27] The following month, he was included in South Africa’s One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against New Zealand.[28] In October 2017, he was named as Morné Morkel replacement for the second Test against Bangladesh.[29] The same month, he was named in South Africa’s One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against Bangladesh.[30] He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 15 October 2017.[31]
In December 2018, he was added to South Africa’s Test squad for the series against Pakistan, but he did not play.[32] In December 2019, he was named in South Africa’s Test squad for their series against England.[33] He made his Test debut for South Africa, against England, on 16 January 2020.[34]
Four years after his first two Test appearances against England, Paterson was recalled to the South Africa squad for their two-match series with New Zealand in February 2024.[35][36] He took five wickets across the two games and retained his place in the 16-man squad named for the tour of the West Indies in August 2024.[37] In October 2024, he was named in South Africa’s Test squad for their away series against Bangladesh.[38] In November 2024, he was named in South Africa’s Test squad for their home series against Sri Lanka.[39] On 7 December 2024, during Sri Lanka’s first innings of the second and final Test match of the series, he picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in only his sixth test appearance at the age of 35.[40][41][42] Later that month, Paterson took his second Test match five-wicket haul on the opening day of the first in a two-match home series against Pakistan, finishing with 5/61 as the visitors were bowled out for 211.[43]dene
