London, Feb. 28 -- South Africa's seasoned pacer Dane Paterson has signed for Middlesex Cricket for the first half of the 2025 County Championship campaign, a late bid to push his case for the World Test Championship final against Australia, beginning on June 11 at the iconic Lord's.

Paterson spearheaded the Proteas pace attack and took a five-wicket haul each against Sri Lanka in Gqerbha and against Pakistan at Centurion during South Africa's home Test season.

The 35-year-old has signed a contract for Middlesex Cricket's first seven games of the season, five of which will be played at the Lord's, where the WTC final will be played against the defending champions.

Overall, he made 19 appearances for South Africa across all three intern...