James Pattinson retires from Test cricket, Australia’s biggest ‘what if?’ since Bruce Reid

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Pattinson, though, was the spiritual descendant of Merv Hughes. Just as eager to play, and play his way, whatever the consequences. He was, in some sense, at the mercy of the sheer visceral power of his bowling.

Later in that debut summer, Pattinson spearheaded Australia against India in a…