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.
Nostradamus JRod!
jrod uncle ur losing it. ur writing some of the worst stuff ever. day by day ur going worst from bad. Instead of writing about legend Bond ur writing about fat ppl and NOW this? You should have writen something about henry Olong’s autobiography but nooo u decided to write somthing about someone who don’t even exist. i know im being dik but i think u deserve it :(
oh i forgot to give link for all those Olonga fans. here take a look at his book
http://visionsp.co.uk/viewitem.aspx?id=151
This is crazy and also a bit disturbing. And it’s not the only remarkable fifer in the last two days. (I guess that 5-41 is probably almost as good as 5-151 ^^ )
Bryce, along with Dwayne Bravo, would have played for Essex on T20 finals day on the 14th August. Since Danesh has now bowled badly in one test for Pakistan, they have dropped him from the squad and called up a guy I played aginst only the other week in the less than remarkable Devon League (he didnt take a wicket may I add). The up shot of this is that Bryce has missed out on international fame as Kaneria will re-take his position as the second overseas player. Couldnt have written the script