South Australia 1 for 15 (Lyon 1-5) trail New South Wales 5 for 389 dec (Patterson 122*, Hughes 91, Sangha 52) by 374 runs
After going to stumps at 32 not out on day one, Patterson stayed back in the sheds to sleep when play began on Tuesday morning as he battled a serious headache.
But after returning to the crease just after lunch, the 29-year-old showed no ill effects of the migraine as he blitzed his way to an unbeaten 122 on a flat wicket in Wollongong.
But the star of the show was Patterson, whose innings shone through an 85-minute rain delay after tea. After playing two Tests for Australia in early 2019, the left-hander’s form for NSW fell away in recent summers.
However, he was back to his best in Wollongong, batting steadily between rain breaks on day one before cover-driving superbly and pulling the ball nicely on day two on Tuesday.
His final 52 runs came in 35 balls as he upped the ante before the declaration, driving Ben Manenti for four to bring up his ton and later hitting Brendan Doggett for two big sixes on the legside.
But he fell short of his first century in more than two-and-a-half years when he went back to a bouncer from Agar and pushed it straight to short leg to be caught for 91.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo