Australian middle-order batsman Kurtis Patterson has signed a deal to play with Australian domestic Twenty20 cricket team Perth Scorchers for next three years, on September 9. He started his career with Sydney Sixers where he played only one game in 2012 and spent 6 summers at Sydney Thunder. He has played 25 matches in six seasons. 26-year-old played two Test matches for Australia and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in January this year. He has scored a total of 144 runs under his name in Test matches. Speaking to local media, he said he is really excited to head to a new place and play for a successful club.

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Happy to play with new team: Patterson

Patterson said he is elated to play with new team and face fresh challenges with team. He said he will get an opportunity to learn new things from new coaches and will get a chance to play on fast wicket pitch at Optus Stadium. He said se are two major factors that made him decide to sign deal with Scorchers. He revealed that club has a great future and outstanding culture and is erly waiting to be a part of team. Head coach Adam Voges of Perth Scorchers said that Patterson had plenty of upside in shorter format. coach added that Kurtis is very talented, scored a lot of runs in all formats over past few seasons. coach said that y have identified a weakness in team and are planning to overcome challenges faced by team. He also added that Kurtis is an excellent player and believes he'll take to  Optus Stadium really well with its extra pace and bounce.

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Team line up

Scorchers team is just left with two spots after Patterson signed in which is expected to be filled up soon with two international players. team line up for season 2019-20: Fawad Ahmed, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Cameron Bancroft, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman. Big Bash League's upcoming season will commence from December 17. first match will be played between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder to be held at Gabba, Brisbane. (with inputs from ANI)

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