Sarah Bryce got goosebumps twice during Scotland women’s World Cup debut.
The first time was when Flower of Scotland rang around Sharjah Cricket Stadium. For Bryce, who first played for Scotland in 2015, the arrival on the world stage represented the completion of a life goal.
“The second verse when the drums come in,” she reflects with a smile. “That really got me.”
The second time the goosebumps came was because of heat exhaustion.
“In 40 degree heat, it’s probably not what you’re meant to be feeling,” Bryce says, laughing.
Bryce, 24, kept wicket for Scotland against Bangladesh before batting through the entirety of their own innings.
In conditions that were so hot one of her other team-mates threw up on the field, she was on the pitch for every single ball.
“I definitely felt shivery at times,” she says, before adding of her anonymous team-mate: “They managed to catch it in their arm, which is a little gross but at least it’s not on the pitch.”