# Dane Paterson

Dane Paterson (born 4 April 1989) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in 2017. He plays for Eastern Province in domestic matches.

## Domestic career

He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In August 2017, he was named in Bloem City Blazers' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.
In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. He was the leading wicket-taker for Western Province in the tournament, with seven dismissals in four matches.
In October 2018, he was named in Paarl Rocks' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with ten dismissals in eleven matches.
In September 2019, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup. In April 2021, he was named in Eastern Province's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.
Paterson joined Nottinghamshire in March 2021, taking 51 wickets in his first season with the club before topping that with 56 dismissals in the 2022 County Championship season as the team won Division Two. That included career-best figures of 8/52 against Worcestershire in April 2022. He signed a new two-year contract at Nottinghamshire in October 2022 and in April 2023 claimed his 500th First Class wicket as the club defeated Somerset.
In February 2025, Paterson signed a contract to play for Middlesex in the first half of that year's county championship season.

## International career

In January 2017, he was included in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka, and made his T20I debut on 25 January 2017. The following month, he was included in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against New Zealand. In October 2017, he was named as Morné Morkel replacement for the second Test against Bangladesh. The same month, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 15 October 2017.
In December 2018, he was added to South Africa's Test squad for the series against Pakistan, but he did not play. In December 2019, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against England. He made his Test debut for South Africa, against England, on 16 January 2020.
Four years after his first two Test appearances against England, Paterson was recalled to the South Africa squad for their two-match series with New Zealand in February 2024. He took five wickets across the two games and retained his place in the 16-man squad named for the tour of the West Indies in August 2024. In October 2024, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their away series against Bangladesh. In November 2024, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their home series against Sri Lanka. On 7 December 2024, during Sri Lanka's first innings of the second and final Test match of the series, he picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in only his sixth test appearance at the age of 35. Later that month, Paterson took his second Test match five-wicket haul on the opening day of the first in a two-match home series against Pakistan, finishing with 5/61 as the visitors were bowled out for 211.