More so than the hours spent building a sprinters' bum in the gym, tracking a black line up a pool or bowling off two steps in deserted MCG nets with Mickey Lewis, right now is the tedious time for James Pattinson. This is the moment that is maddeningly frustrating. It is the moment Pattinson feels he is ready again but also the time he knows demands patience. Pattinson could be bowling for Victoria in Sydney this weekend against NSW. And if his last Sheffield Shield game is a guide he would probably rattle out wickets and tempt the national selectors to hurry up and pick him. Yet he is not in Sydney this weekend. He is not playing for Victoria. He is in Melbourne and obediently...
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