{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Bridget Patterson | image = 2018–19 WF v SAS 18-09-23 Patterson (10).jpg | caption = Patterson celebrates her maiden century, 2018 | fullname = Bridget Emma Patterson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kingscote, South Australia | batting = Right-handed | role = Wicket-keeper-batter
| club1 = South Australia | year1 = {{nowrap|2012/13–present}} | clubnumber1 = 21 | club2 = Adelaide Strikers | year2 = {{nowrap|2015/16–present}} | clubnumber2 = 21
| columns = 2 | hidedeliveries = true
| column1 = WLA | matches1 = 99 | runs1 = 2,800 | bat avg1 = 28.86 | 100s/50s1 = 7/11 | top score1 = 152 | deliveries1 = | wickets1 = | bowl avg1 = | fivefor1 = | tenfor1 = | best bowling1 = | catches/stumpings1 = 42/0
| column2 = WT20 | matches2 = 172 | runs2 = 2,395 | bat avg2 = 18.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/5 | top score2 = 70 | deliveries2 = | wickets2 = | bowl avg2 = | fivefor2 = | tenfor2 = | best bowling2 = | catches/stumpings2 = 75/12
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/955/955561/955561.html CricketArchive | date = 20 October | year = 2024 }}
'''Bridget Emma Patterson''' (born 12 April 1994) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/381308.html |title=Bridget Patterson |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/bridget-patterson-south-australia-kangeroo-island-bushfires-pandemic/2020-08-01 |title=Patterson kicks in to help her island home's recovery |work=cricket.com.au |last=Ramsey |first=Andrew |date=1 August 2020 |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref>
A daughter of lavender farmers at Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island, Patterson played childhood cricket against boys, and credits that experience for her rise in women's cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/south-australias-bridget-patterson-a-shooting-star-of-australian-cricket/news-story/ddbff86438d1c0e9ab5b8df704cca66f |title=South Australia's Bridget Patterson a shooting star of Australian cricket |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |last=Walsh |first=Scott |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
In the final of the 2015–16 WNCL, Patterson scored 76 to anchor the Scorpions' innings of 7 for 264 against the New South Wales Breakers. The Scorpions won the match by 54 runs, thus ending New South Wales' 10-year grip on the WNCL trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/945415.html |title=South Australia end New South Wales' WNCL streak |work=ESPNcricinfo |author=ESPNcricinfo staff |date=29 November 2015 |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
Patterson has been a member of the Adelaide Strikers squad since the inaugural WBBL season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/bridget-patterson-adelaide-strikers-resigns-womens-big-bash-wbbl06/2020-09-07 |title=Strikers lock in Patterson on long-term deal |work=cricket.com.au |last=Jolly |first=Laura |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> Her run out of Molly Strano of the Melbourne Renegades during the Strikers' opening match of its WBBL02 campaign has been described as one of the highlights of that tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/news/strikers-top-five-moments-of-wbbl02/2017-01-24 |title=Strikers' top five moments of WBBL02 |work=Adelaide Strikers |author=Strikers Media |date=24 January 2017 |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
In September 2018, Patterson achieved her maiden century for South Australia, scoring a player-of-the-match-winning 109 off 131 balls in the Scorpions' opening round 2018–19 WNCL victory over Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/two-maiden-centuries-the-highlight-of-scorpions-opening-wncl-weekend/news-story/700e12545d17e431e37ae471d2494d34 |title=Two maiden centuries the highlight of Scorpions' opening WNCL weekend |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |last=Walsh |first=Liz |date=24 September 2018 |access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
Ahead of the WBBL{{pipe}}09 season, Patterson was named as the Strikers' wicket-keeper following the retirement of Tegan McPharlin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jolly |first1=Laura |title=Strikers finalise WBBL{{!}}09 squad, lock in new 'keeper {{!}} cricket.com.au |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3734550/adelaide-strikers-finalise-wbbl09-squad-bridget-patterson-wicketkeeper-courtney-neale-joins |website=www.cricket.com.au |access-date=18 February 2024 |language=en |date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Bridget Patterson}} *{{cricinfo|id=381308}} *{{cricketarchive|id=955561}} *[https://www.cricket.com.au/players/bridget-patterson/-Kv6qWFEW0G3S_pXMyLyLg Bridget Patterson] at Cricket Australia *[https://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au/players/bridget-patterson Bridget Patterson] at Adelaide Strikers
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Bridget}} Category:1994 births Category:Adelaide Strikers (WBBL) cricketers Category:Australian women cricketers Category:Cricketers from South Australia Category:Living people Category:People from Kangaroo Island, South Australia Category:South Australia women's cricketers Category:Sportswomen from South Australia