PATTINSON ALL SET TO BRING THE STORM! The six years since James Pattinson last bowled against England have been a soul-crushing treadmill of injuries, rehab and dashed expectations but the patched-up pacemen is again daring to dream on the verge of the Ashes. "I knew that if I was up and running, string a few games on the pitch, that I would have every chance of getting picked in an Ashes team," he told reporters at Australia’s base in Southampton. Pattinson has mostly been a reluctant witness through it all, adding only five tests to his record, the last against New Zealand in 2016. His six-wicket haul against Brendon McCullum’s side in Christchurch helped Australia claim a seven-wicket victory and revived memories of his explosive entry into tests when he claimed 14 wickets in his first two matches against New Zealand in 2011.
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