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Forrest’s half-century on debut

Making a mark in the domestic circuit is one thing, but replicating the performances in international games needs a different class. Jangling nerves can easily overshadow the skills in a player’s debut match, but Peter Forrest had other ideas.

Australia had lost Ponting and Warner and was in a spot of bother when Forrest took the field. From the word go, he displayed an unflappable temperament along with sound technique with the willow. He wasn’t severe in his stroke-making, but hardly put a foot wrong in his knock of 66 from 83 balls.

With five boundaries and two sixes, he laid the launchpad for the Australian innings to take off in the death overs of the game.