Super Dian makes the perfect debut
26.05.26, 15:57 Updated 26.05.26, 15:59
Fred Atkins
You’d have to go back a fair way to find a debutant who made the impact Dian Forrester did for Kent on Monday.
The South African helped drag The Spitfires back into a contest they looked like losing, by a biblical margin, with career best T20 figures of 3-35, then gave the chase a turbo injection with an unbeaten 35 from 18 balls, including the winning runs.
His impact was even more remarkable given he only arrived in the country on Friday afternoon, having been diverted to the IPL for a stint with the Chennai Super Kings.
Super incidentally, is a word Forrester uses a lot. Asked what it was like meeting his Kent team mates for the first time, he said they were: “super, super chilled.” Before adding: “All the boys are super friendly, they're super nice. Like, I walked in, in my civvies at Lords and got a few looks from the MCC members, who were saying, ‘What is this guy doing in here?’ But, yeah, it was super, super easy.”
Become a member today.
The Spitfire needs its community to support independent, high-quality coverage of Kent Cricket. Subscribe to a monthly or annual package today to be a part of something special.
Already have an account? Sign in
Related Topics
Fred Atkins Fred Atkins is a former Kent Messenger sports editor and has written several books, including The Spitfire Diaries, an account of Kent's 2021 season and Monty Panesar's "The Full Monty". He has followed KCCC since 1993 and has covered them for the ECB and Wisden since 2021.