The brothers always stick up for each other no matter what

Australia’s pace bowling duo of Peter Siddle and James Pattinson have revealed that they share a brotherly bond between each other.

Siddle added that he sees Pattinson more of a younger brother than anything, while Pattinson noted that he looks up to Siddle like a bigger brother.

The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Siddle as saying: “Yeah, he’s been like a little brother to me. I played club cricket at Dandenong alongside his brother [the English cricket international Darren Pattinson] and we’re good mates, I’ve watched little Jamie grow up from the days he’d come to watch us play and tell us how good he was, how many runs he’d scored and the number of wickets he’d taken [that morning for the under 12s]. But what I saw in Jamie, even all those years ago, was a great work ethic and I thought it’d allow for him to succeed.”

Some critics believe that Pattinson is not good enough to be in the national team, but Siddle was quick to defend him, like any bigger brother would, and said: “People say he’s had immediate success, but it hasn’t been a fluke … he’s worked hard for it and I have no doubt if he can stay on the park, get 10 good years, he’ll match some of Australia’s best [fast bowlers] for sure. He could easily be one of the best.”

Pattinson also had only good things to say about his ‘older brother’.

“He’s like an older brother. I’ve had a lot to do with him since I was 10 because my brother played alongside him and I don’t mind admitting he was someone I’ve looked up to; who I wanted to bowl like, [It was a comfort because] he’d been there before, he knew what to expect, and he helped me to relax. It’s been great to achieve such things with a person you grow up with and have spent so much time alongside … to share all this with him has been special,” Pattinson said.