Patterson signs Yorkshire deal

Steve Patterson, the Yorkshire seamer, has signed a new two-year deal with the club after impressing during the 2008 season.

In four Championship matches he took 11 wickets at 25.36 as Yorkshire held onto their Division One status. His stand-out one-day performance came against Lancashire, in the Friends Provident Trophy, when he collected 2 for 18 off eight overs.

Patterson, who was born in Hull, hopes to build on those figures next season. "I bowled well when I got my first team chances this summer and I am very pleased I have been given the opportunity to stay at the club where I have grown up," he said. "I am at the stage in my career where it is important for me to play regular first team cricket and I am going to work hard over the winter months to make sure that happens with Yorkshire."

Stewart Regan, Yorkshire's chief executive, added: "I am delighted that Steve has committed his future to the club. Whenever he got a chance this summer he took it with both hands and delivered important wickets when we needed them."

Patterson's opportunities should increase in 2009 after Darren Gough ended his first-class career.