AS Scotland debuts go, Ryan Fraser's was nothing if not eventful. The 23-year-old Bournemouth winger experienced quite a baptism into the national team fold after being introduced to the fray for Robert Snodgrass after 67 minutes on Saturday evening.

First came the despair, as the stadium was immediately plunged into angst at Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's opener. Then came redemption, as the former Aberdeen forward's pace and energy won the foul for Leigh Griffiths' free quick equaliser.

When the Celtic man's second piece of set piece excellence hit the back of Joe Hart's net, Fraser called it "probably one of the best moments I've felt in my life". The only problem was, a matter of minutes later, it was followed by one of the worst, when a catalogue of individual errors led to Harry Kane knocking that gut-wrenching equaliser in from close range.

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“It wasn’t a bad one to get my debut out of the way," dead-panned Fraser. “It was a good result but at the same time it was disappointing to concede at the end. We have to take the positives and go on to the next matches.

“When you go 1-0 down, it would have been easy for us to just rattle the pram and go wide open and maybe get hit 2-0. So we’ve done well, Leigh got the free-kick and scored it, and I think that just gave us a little bit of life to keep going.

“To then go 2-1 up was probably one of the best moments I’ve felt in my life. Then two minutes later we go and concede and it’s one of the worst moments of my life. That’s highs and lows in football for you."

Fraser - also handed his senior debut at Aberdeen by Scotland assistant manager Mark McGhee - went off into the night delighted that Gordon Strachan felt he could trust him sufficiently to throw him into the heat of the Auld Enemy battle with the game in the balance. But then this England side is full of players with whom he has been doing battle all season in the top half of the Barclays Premier League.

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Fraser made 29 appearances in all for a Bournemouth side which eventually finished ninth, including home goals in a 4-3 win against Liverpool and a 3-3 draw against Arsenal. He is not the type to get carried away with his own ego, but he sees no reason why he can't get his first start for his country against Lithuania in September then take it from there. As heady as his first start for his country has been, a real high would be becoming a mainstay of a Scotland team which plays at a major championships.

“I would like to think it shows that the manager trusts me to go on," said Fraser. "I’m still young but without sounding cocky I believe in my ability. The next time I come here I will try and show him I need to start. But for me it’s now to go back and work hard for Bournemouth and maybe stay in the team. If I’m playing there I can come back with confidence and hopefully start from the start.

“Mark McGhee gave me my debut at Aberdeen, so it’s two debuts he’s been involved in for me now," Fraser added. "I mentioned that after the game to him and he was buzzing off that. It’s obviously a high for me, but I don’t want this to be the highest high of my career. I want to do it for Bournemouth and progress, and qualify with Scotland. That would be the high."

Eddie Howe has taken Fraser under his wing at Bournemouth since plucking him Pittodrie in return for £400,000 back in January 2013, including offering him fairly extensive cooking lessons, but just keeping his place at the South Coast club, and not just Scotland, promises to be hard enough. After taking his mum and dad for a quick summer holiday in Dubai, if speculation is to be believed Fraser's comrades in the first team squad when he returns to Bournemouth next season could include both John Terry and Jermaine Defoe.

“It’s crazy," he said. "We finished ninth, so the money they get from that means you start hearing names. There's John Terry and Defoe is maybe away to sign for us as well, he’s an unbelievable striker. The manager is going to sign players, I’ve just got to keep my head down, work hard and see where it takes me."

On Saturday night his phone was already buzzing with texts of congratulations from the English boys at Bournemouth such as Steve Cook and Ben Gibson.

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As for Defoe, the striker was giving nothing away when the two men shared a word at the final whistle. “I think he’s keeping it under wraps that he’s signing but everyone knows he’s signing so he might as well bring it out!" said Fraser. "We actually relegated them and we all spoke to him afterwards. It looked like he was going to come to us but you never know, he might go to West Ham. But I'm playing against these players week-in, week-out and they are different class. If you give them one little opportunity, like we did, they will take it. That’s the players they’ve got."

Fraser is Scottish to the core, even if he is picking up a South Coast twang to go with his North East accent. “I am picking it up a little bit – my mum and dad get on to me a little bit when they come down," he said. "I’m half Aberdonian and half English – it’s not nice!"