Pattinson wouldn't pick himself
Many cricketers have protested against their omission from Test sides, but precious few have criticised their own inclusion
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
Many cricketers have protested against their omission from Test sides, but precious few have criticised their own inclusion. Darren Pattinson tells Alex Brown in the Age that he had disagreed with the England selectors' decision to play him in the second Test against South Africa at Headingley.
'If I never played another international, I'd be OK with that. As far as the England players were concerned, they were nice and very welcoming. I guess (Michael) Vaughan was coming to the end of his captaincy at the time, so there might have been a few issues there. I didn't get all the stuff he said, but I take it, it was mostly to do with the selection'