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Balfour Patrick Patterson (born 15 September, 1961 in Jamaica) was a fast bowler for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
   He burst onto the international scene in 1987 in the absence of Michael Holding for the 1986 Sabina Park Test against England, and was instantly heralded as the fastest bowler in the international game. Broadly built, aggressive and ferociously quick, Patterson was able to cover for the loss of Holding by picking up seven wickets on debut. He kept his place and became a regular new ball bowler for the West Indies until unceremoniously dropped for disciplinary reasons after the 1992/3 tour to Australia, the last time the West Indies, or any team for that matter, has beaten the Australians in a home Test series.
   Patterson was perhaps the fastest and most dangerous fast bowler the world has ever seen, prompting the legendary English opener Graham Gooch to opine that facing Patterson was the one time he feared for his life.
   Evidence of Patterson's ferocious nature can be gauged from his performances on tour in India, traditionally a fast bowler's graveyard owing to its standard dry, flat wickets. In such conditions, Patterson returned figures of 5/24 in the first Test of the 1987/8 series, bowling India out in 30.3 overs, or little over one session of play on the first day.
   In a test Match in Melbourne, 1988-89 during Christmas, just before second last days play, Steve Waugh decided to bounce Patrick Patterson, a ploy that backfired somewhat spectacularly. At the end of the days play, he stormed into their dressing room and threatened to kill all the opposition batsmen on the pitch on the fifth and final day of play. What happened on the 29th of December 1988 was a disaster as the Australians were concerned. Bowled out at 114 runs while chasing a massive 400 run target.Patto finished with 5 for the last innings and 9 wickets for the test. Ironically Curtly Ambrose was awarded the man of the match award for his 6 wickets and 44 runs in the match. Ambrose also took Steve Waugh wicket both times.
   His career strike rate of 51.9 is amongst the best of alltime, although his 93 Test wickets came at a slightly high average of 30.9 owing to his excessively attacking nature and subsequent field settings, which always provided opportunity for runs as well as wickets.
   His retirement marked a turning point in the balance of power in world cricket, as the West Indies were unable to fill the void left in there bowling attack in his absence.

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