England leg spinner Mason Crane is hoping to better Shane Warne's debut figures after making an encouraging start to his Test career on day two of the fifth Test at the SCG.
Crane was given his chance to impress in the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at the SCG, becoming the country's youngest specialist spinner since Ian Peebles 91 years ago.
The Hampshire leg-spinner, who has previously played Australian first-class cricket for New South Wales, impressed with his control despite going wicketless after bowling 17 overs for 58 runs.
And the 20-year-old is taking encouragement from Warne's figures of 1-150 on his Test debut against India at the SCG in 1992 before going on to become the greatest Test leg-spinner with 708 wickets, second only to Sri Lankan world record holder Muttiah Muralitharan's 800.
"I'm hoping for slightly better figures [than Warne's]," Crane told reporters.
"At the end of the day that's how it goes, he turned into a great bowler and I'm sure it was character building for him."
Crane, who has been coached by another Australian leg-spin great Stuart MacGill, said he had been very nervous when called on to bowl his first over in the final Ashes Test.
However, he did settle into his spell, creating a couple of chances, but he was level-headed about his performance before almost 44,000 fans at the SCG.
"It was awesome, naturally I was a little bit nervous but I was also really excited. I had great fun out there and I can't wait for tomorrow now.
"There were a couple of inside edges that didn't quite go to short leg and outside edges that didn't quite get to slip but that happens, that's the game and you keeping plugging away. Hopefully they go my way tomorrow."
Crane was faced with the daunting task of bowling to Australia's prolific scorers Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja, but he stuck to his guns and was unlucky not to snare a wicket.
And the youngster insists Smith, unbeaten on 44 at the close and chasing his fourth century in the series, was the key wicket for England.
"He's obvious played very well and scored a lot of runs but he is only human as well," he said. "It is awesome to be bowling at some of the best players in the world, that's why we play the game.
"He's a key player for them. I feel if we can get him out and we can take a couple more wickets then we can hopefully get a first-innings lead."
Meanwhile, Pat Cummins thought dropped catches might come back haunt Australia before they bowled England out for 346.
Cummins uncharacteristically put down a straightforward chance from a poor shot by Tom Curran off Nathan Lyon at mid-on.
Then immediately given the chance to put right his error when Smith introduced him into the attack at the other end, he had to watch in disbelief as Josh Hazlewood failed to even touch an easier catch at midwicket after a hapless flap at a short one by Moeen Ali.
"I thought they were going to go and put on 200 after we dropped those two. It is actually a pretty tough seeing ground here, I know that isn't a great excuse, but sometimes you just don't pick it up. It happens.
"Hazlewood's got a big bruise on his chest, " he added. "It is just one of those ones, I think he was running pretty fast and sometimes the most easy ones can be a bit harder, the ball is spinning, he was running and your eyes and up and down a bit more. But yeah, they were two pretty easy chances."