I actually wrote this last night, which is tonight for me. Or to be technical I wrote it after midnight, so earlier this morning.
I tell you that because the headline says that Bryce McGain took 5 wickets.
Now he may not have.
There is a chance, however slim, that Bryce, in his first game for Essex, did not take 5 wickets.
Life is unpredictable, years ago I kicked random cats, now i kick my own.
So while Bryce is probably going to take a five for in his first bowl ever in county cricket, he may not.
Regardless, I will back him to do this. Sure I didn’t see how he bowled in the match like Sarah did.
But I feel like Bryce and I have an unspoken, unnatural and unreal bond. He probably feels it too.
Bryce has overcome so much in his life, that all he needs is one wicket to complete a well earned (read exxpensive) 5 wicket haul, so he will do it.
Obviously there are some things beyond his control like a declaration, flash flood, or some nasty type digging up the pitch, but other than something like that, Bryce will prevail.
It won’t be a glorious five for.
They won’t talk about it for the ages.
Like most things for Bryce, he will work hard for it, it won’t be given to him, and it will take longer than most, but at 38, he will have his first five wicket haul in county cricket.
Or he won’t, and I’ll delete this post and you’ll never know about it.
Or I’ll leave it up, as a tribute to Bryce, the man who took 4 wickets in his first county match, but bloody well earned them.
