Those of us that have had the misfortune to wait for a bus in London will be familiar with the usual tediously long wait followed by the arrival of two identically numbered buses at the same time.
The same is true for Worcestershire in securing wins in Division 1 of the County Championship.
Until they beat Nottinghamshire at the end of May, Worcestershire hadn’t won a Division 1 match at New Road since 2004.
But just like those infuriating red buses, you wait seven years for one home victory and then another comes along in your very next home fixture.
Incredibly after starting the season with six straight defeats, Worcestershire now find themselves above Yorkshire and Hampshire - the team they comprehensively beat yesterday - in the table.
That win was also the first time that Worcestershire had ever won two consecutive matches in Division 1.
If they continue like this they may even defy their status as the ultimate yo-yo county forever being relegated from and then immediately promoted back to Division 1.
At the start of the season that outcome would have been as likely as two British tennis players making it to the second week of Wimbledon, or indeed the bus you need to catch to be waiting at the bus stop for your arrival fully equipped with a red carpet and plush seat next to a fawning Scarlett Johansson.
We like an underdog at the Reverse Sweep, so hope that Worcestershire can perform the minor miracle of walking on water and avoid sinking once again to Division 2.
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