Bryce McGain

Bryce McGain
Personal information
Full name Bryce Edward McGain
Born (1972-03-25) 25 March 1972
Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting Right-hand
Bowling Right-arm leg-break and googly
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 410) 19 March 2009 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2011 Victoria
2002 Denmark
2010 Essex
2011–2012 Adelaide Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC LA
Matches 1 33 26
Runs scored 2 248 97
Batting average 1.00 10.78 19.40
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 2 25 51
Balls bowled 108 6,321 1320
Wickets 0 101 34
Bowling average n/a 35.48 31.20
5 wickets in innings 0 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 0/149 6/112 3/11
Catches/stumpings 0/- 13/- 9/-
Source: CricketArchive, 1 February 2013

Bryce Edward McGain (born 25 March 1972) is a former Australian cricketer who played a single Test match for the Australian 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 2007–08 season and was impressive, taking 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 eventuate, 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 got the opportunity to play a 2-day tour match against Rajasthan Cricket Association XI, but he did not get to bat or bowl.[3] Unfortunately for him, he had to return home due to a shoulder injury after having only played in this one tour match.[4][5]

McGain finally 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] He had a far from favourable Test debut, conceding 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.

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References

  1. ↑ First-class Bowling in Each Season by Bryce McGain, Cricket World, 12 September 2008
  2. ↑ Terry Jenner says Bryce McGain worth the risk 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.
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