Sarah Bryce always went to the club cricket matches, started watching them, and eventually joined in.
48 Facts About Sarah Bryce
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Sarah Bryce has said that he was full of enthusiasm for the game every time the family played it, either in the back garden or on the beach, or watched it on television.
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The Sarah Bryce sisters played girls' cricket at their school, George Watson's College.
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Sarah Bryce joined the girls' 1st XI team when she was about nine years old, and the boys' 1st XI when she was about 12.
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In 2015 and 2016, the GWC girls' 1st XI team, with the sisters as members, won the senior-level Women's Scottish Cup tournament; Sarah Bryce co-captained the team in the latter year.
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Sarah Bryce therefore began a maths degree at Loughborough University in England, where her sister was already combining the study of sports science with playing cricket as a professional.
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Sarah Bryce's sister has described their relationship as 'probably quite unique'.
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Sarah Bryce's sister has been Scotland's captain since April 2018, and Sarah Bryce is her deputy.
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Sarah Bryce plays club cricket for the Watsonian Cricket Club, which is based in Edinburgh.
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Sarah Bryce joined the club as a young girl, and played initially in a boys' team as there was no girls' team at that time.
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Sarah Bryce has said that the club, since even before it started fielding a women's team, has always been "hugely supportive" of her and her sister.
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Sarah Bryce made her English County cricket debut for the Scotland team in 2015, against Somerset.
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In 2019, Sarah Bryce played for Nottinghamshire in the Women's County Championship, and was the fourth-highest run-maker for the team.
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Sarah Bryce played six matches for Scotland A in the Women's County T20 Division 2, making 272 runs at 90.70, including 101* against Cheshire.
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The next season, 2021, Sarah Bryce played six matches for Kent in the South East Group of that year's Women's Twenty20 Cup, which Kent won.
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Sarah Bryce scored an aggregate of 165 runs at 41.25, with two half centuries including 63* opening the batting against Middlesex, and was Kent's T20 Player of the Tournament.
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The Sarah Bryce sisters were recruited on the basis that they would be released for international duty with Scotland as required; both were already ranked in the world's top 20 in T20 internationals.
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In that year's inaugural 50-over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Sarah Bryce ended up as the competition's second-highest run scorer.
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Sarah Bryce's innings included four successive half centuries culminating in a share in a partnership with Bethan Ellis of 148 runs in 33 overs against Central Sparks, and then, a week later, a List A career-best 136* in her team's final match, against Central Sparks.
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In 2021, Sarah Bryce was drafted by Oval Invincibles ahead of the inaugural season of The Hundred.
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Sarah Bryce was then signed by the Welsh Fire for the 2022 tournament.
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In May 2023, Sarah Bryce was re-signed by Welsh Fire ahead of the 2023 season.
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Sarah Bryce became involved in Scotland's U17 program at the age of 11 years.
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Sarah Bryce's contribution to that partnership was a score of 132*, her first ever century.
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Later in 2015, Sarah Bryce made her debut for the senior team, against Somerset in a county match.
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In July 2016, Sarah Bryce scored 109 runs and was "a very handy wicket-keeper" in the Europe qualifier tournament for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in Essex, England.
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In June 2018, Sarah Bryce was selected in Scotland's squad ahead of the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.
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Sarah Bryce's sister had recently been appointed as Scotland's new captain, replacing Abbi Aitken.
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Sarah Bryce made her Women's Twenty20 International debut for Scotland in a match against Uganda in that tournament on 7 July 2018.
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Sarah Bryce missed out on a fifty against Ireland, finishing unbeaten on 49 off 55 balls.
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Sarah Bryce's final international cricket activities for 2018 were as a member of the inaugural ICC Women's Global Development Squad, which played five matches in mid-July 2018 against English Super League teams; her sister was a member of that squad.
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In June 2019, Sarah Bryce was again selected in Scotland's squad, this time for the three team 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.
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Sarah Bryce featured prominently in Scotland's victory in its second match against the Netherlands; in a super over thriller, she and her sister combined to rack up an unbroken match-winning super over partnership.
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Sarah Bryce later described the defeat of Ireland as her 'favourite match'.
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Sarah Bryce was the third highest run-scorer in that tournament, with 121 runs in five matches.
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Sarah Bryce was twice awarded Player of the Match, the first time for top scoring with 37* in 30 balls in a play-off semi-final against Namibia, and secondly for making 65 in 48 balls and completing four stumpings in Scotland's defeat of the Netherlands in the playoff for fifth place.
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In October 2019, Sarah Bryce was selected in the Women's Global Development Squad, ahead of a six-match series in Australia.
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Also in May 2021, Sarah Bryce played for Scotland in the team's post-COVID-19 return to international competition, in a bilateral series against Ireland at Stormont in Belfast.
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Scotland won the first of the four matches by 11 runs, with Sarah Bryce completing four stumpings.
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Sarah Bryce then played for Scotland in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, which was scheduled to take place in Scotland, but later moved to the La Manga Club, Spain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and held in August 2021.
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Sarah Bryce top scored in Scotland's 10 wicket win over Germany.
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In January 2022, Sarah Bryce was part of Scotland's team in the five-team 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia, and was the team's second highest run scorer, after her sister.
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Sarah Bryce then stood in as captain for Scotland's next two matches, during a home bilateral series against Ireland in September 2022, as her sister was absent.
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Sarah Bryce was awarded Player of the Match for scoring 45 in 32 balls in her team's victory over the United States, and top scored for the team with 49 in its loss to Ireland.
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Sarah Bryce was part of the Scotland squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.
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Sarah Bryce has played for the Spirit team in two FairBreak Invitational T20 competitions.
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Sarah Bryce is a wicket-keeper-batter who bats right-handed in the top order.
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Sarah Bryce has told Female Cricket that she always fancied being a wicket-keeper; she appreciated that it was a "bit different" from the roles of every other player, and that wicket-keepers are "always in the game".