New South Wales 239 (Patterson 91, Edwards 88, Lovell 3-13, Straker 3-69) and 256 for 4 (Davies 88, Patterson 66) tied with queensland 406 by December 5 (Lovell 146*, McDermott 87, Hearne 58, Khawaja 58)
After NSW were asked to start their second innings with a 167-run deficit on Monday morning, Patterson’s 66 helped the Blues to 256 for 4 as both sides agreed to end the game.
The result left both teams winless in the first three rounds, with two draws each.
But this match was an undoubted personal victory for Patterson.
Captain of NSW just two seasons ago, the left-hander was only picked for three Shield matches last summer and again started 2024-25 outside the team. But with a host of players unavailable during the Australia and Australia A commitments, the selectors were forced to bring him back, at No.3.
And the two-time Test representative delivered, after admitting he once feared his first-class career was over. The 31-year-old played just one hand with 91 for the Blues in the first innings, before shining again on Monday.
Patterson played one of the shots of the day with a flourishing home run off Mitchell Swepson, as one of six boundaries in his innings.
And he hardly seemed concerned until rain briefly interrupted play in the second session, and Swepson smashed one between bat and pad to bowl it on his first ball.
But by then the game had been put away for New South Wales, with Patterson and Davies’ 117-run third-wicket stand offsetting Queensland’s rain-interrupted first innings total of 406 for 5.
Davies’ runs also marked his best outing so far this summer, ahead of entering the Australia A camp later this week to face India A in Melbourne.
