 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva iyi akatambira Northern Ireland mumakwikwi ekiriketipa1998 Commonwealth Games, achiita chitarisiko chimwe chete cheList A panguva iyoyo achipesana neBarbados, achitora wicket yaAdrian Griffith sezvo Barbados yakamhanya kunze kwevakundi nemakumi manomwe nenomwe. Akazoita rake rechipiri uye rekupedzisira rekutanga-kirasi kuoneka kweSurrey mu1999 County Championship vachipesana neNottinghamshire. Mumitambo yake miviri yeFirst-class, akatora mavhiketi gumi paavhareji ye16.30. Patterson akaitawo mitambo gumi nemishanu yeICC Trophy yeIreland pakati pa1997 na2001. Muna 2002, akabatana neBedfordshire, achiita kutanga kwake kudunhu muMCCA Knockout Trophy vachipesana neCambridgeshire. Akatamba Minor Counties Cricket yeBedfordshire kubva muna 2002 kusvika muna 2005, achiita 22 Minor Counties Championship uye mapfumbamwe MCCA Knockout Trophy kuoneka. Akatamba mutambo wake wekutanga weList A wedunhu mu1st round ye2003 Cheltenham Gloucester Trophy kurwisa Hertfordshire, iyo Bedfordshire yakakunda, naPatterson vachitevera izvi nekutamba muchikamu chechipiri kurwisa Netherlands, iyo Bedfordshire yakakundawo. Mitambo yose iri miviri yakatambwa muna 2002. Chinyorwa chake chekupedzisira A kuoneka kweBedfordshire kwakauya vachipesana neSussex mu2005 Cheltenham Gloucester Trophy. Mumitambo yake mitatu yeList A yedunhu, akatora mavheti mashanu paavhareji ye22.00, aine zvibodzwa zvakanakisa zve339. 