Bryce McGain

Bryce McGain
Bryce during the 2007/08 Twenty20 Final at the WACA ground.
Personal information
Full name
Bryce Edward McGain
Born (1972-03-25) 25 March 1972 (age 52)
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-break and googly
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 410)19 March 2009 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2010/11Victoria
2002Denmark
2010Essex
2011/12Adelaide Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 1 33 26 13
Runs scored 2 248 97 11
Batting average 1.00 10.78 19.40 11.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 2 25 51 6*
Balls bowled 108 6,321 1320 271
Wickets 0 101 34 14
Bowling average – 35.48 31.20 25.42
5 wickets in innings – 5 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 6/112 3/11 2/10
Catches/stumpings 0/– 13/– 9/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 February 2013

Bryce Edward McGain (born 25 March 1972) is an Australian former cricketer who played a single Test match for the Australia national cricket team, as well as domestically for Victoria. McGain made his first-class debut in 2002 against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground. However, due to other Victorian spinners—Shane Warne and Cameron White—he was unable to hold down a place in the side. He worked in the IT section of a bank and played Victorian Premier Cricket for Prahran Cricket Club before being called up to the Victorian side again.

McGain became a regular for Victoria in the 2007 season and took 38 wickets at 34.78.[1] This led spin mentor Terry Jenner to suggest that McGain could be selected in the Australian Test team for the 2007–08 home series against India.[2] Although this predicted selection did not happen, McGain was later selected for the 2008–09 four-Test tour of India after playing for Australia A in India in September 2008. During this tour, he played in a 2-day tour match against Rajasthan Cricket Association XI, but he did not get to bat or bowl.[3] He had to return home due to a shoulder injury after having only played in this one tour match.[4][5]

McGain made his Test debut at the age of 36 at Newlands in Cape Town in the third Test against South Africa in March 2009.[6] In his Test debut he conceded 0/149 from 18 overs, the worst figures returned by an Australian in a Test match.[7] The South African batsmen targeted him for attack and hit many sixes from his bowling. He made two in the first innings and was run out for a duck in the second.

Bryce was also a local Australian Rules footballer, playing at the Silvan Football Club in the YVMDFL between 1996 and 2001, playing 82 games and kicking 93 goals. A midfielder, Bryce won three club senior Best & Fairest's in 1997, 1999 and 2000. Along with the YVMDFL 2000 Senior League Best & Fairest award. Bryce was also inducted into Silvan's "Team of Century" in 2002.

References

  1. ^ First-class Bowling in Each Season by Bryce McGain[permanent dead link‍], Cricket World, 12 September 2008
  2. ^ Terry Jenner says Bryce McGain worth the risk Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 December 2007
  3. ^ Rajasthan Cricket Association XI v Australians, Cricket Archive, retrieved 28 March 2009
  4. ^ McGain ruled out of India tour, Cricket God, 4 October 2008
  5. ^ McGain injures his shoulder. Archived 9 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Cricket With balls, 4 September 2008
  6. ^ "Bryce McGain to make Test debut". Herald Sun. 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Australian Test records – Worst bowling figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2017.