Jye Paterson was praying for rain while speaking over the phone at his family's cattle property near Goonoo Goonoo Station.
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If Paterson gets his wish, Tamworth cricket would be called off on Saturday and Bective East - whom he skippers - would have to wait another round to try and win their first match this season.
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But some things are more important than cricket (Mike Hussey may beg to differ), and Paterson said substantive rainfall over the coming days would be "a good start to summer".
"You wanna play cricket. But, obviously, this [the farm] comes first," he said, adding: "It will be really good for the next couple of months if we get a good fall now.
"We just haven't got that good summer rain yet to get the summer feed really poking along."
The off-spinning allrounder, who celebrated his 21st birthday in September, has the life he craved.
With his father, Chris, busy operating a stock and station business and the Century 21 franchise in Tamworth, Paterson takes care of the farm.
The Patersons purchased a nearby property this year and now own 1,200 acres in total.
Paterson said his family weathered the drought OK and currently had about 500 head of cattle.
He described farm life as "peaceful".
"Ever since I was into my teenage years I always wanted to do this ... just lucky with how it's all worked out," he said.
"It's a dream of mine to do this kind of stuff."
The Bulls are slated to meet West Tamworth in a final-round Twenty20 at Riverside 3 on Saturday.
Both sides are winless across the nine rounds played this season - a mix of one-day and Twenty20 matches.
Paterson said: "I think the two-dayers are more our go, with our batting lineup - just trying to grind out an innings," he said.
"Hopefully, we'll get a few bowlers back. We've just gotta get those one-percenters right."
