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Debutant Haseeb Hameed looks right at home at Test level, says Nasser Hussain. The teenage opener struck his maiden England half-century on day four of the first Test against India, helping the tourists to 114-0 at stumps - an overall lead of 163. The best of the action of the fourth day of the first Test The 19-year-old followed his impressive first-innings 31 with an unbeaten 62 off 116 balls with one six and five fours - skipper Alastair Cook contributing 46no to the stand - and Hussain said the knocks had helped to transform pre-Test perceptions about Hameeds game. Its a brilliant, brilliant start from the young man, said the former England skipper.We all had Hameed down as a bit of a blocker - someone who would go into his shell - so there was a bit of concern about whether the combination of Hameed and Cook would be able to get England off to a flying start.Instead they went after India. They played beautifully - the tempo of the partnership was superb.Hameeds footwork is well-drilled. He comes from a family that has cricket in its blood; he was born with a cricket bat in his hand. Nasser Hussain analyses Haseeb Hameeds first Test innings. Weve seen him around the traps here and he walks around as if he belongs on this stage. Hes not meek, quiet and under the shadow of all the senior players.His demeanour suggests this is my stage, Im going to show you what Im going to do and he did.He popped down the pitch to Ravindra Jadeja, who is not the easiest bowler to do that to, and smashed him over the top for six; when mid-off went back, he pushed him for one.He also went down the track to Ravichandran Ashwin and pushed through the off-side. He did get in a bit of discomfort when Ashwin attacked from around the wicket but on this pitch you are occasionally going to struggle.India made a decent fist of responding to Englands first-innings score of 537, but ultimately fell 49 runs short despite 70 from Ravi Ashwin to finish on 488 as Adil Rashid returned 4-114. England spinner Adil Rashid heaps praise on spin coach Saqlain Mushtaq The leg-spinners performance stood out - Sky Sports pundit Sir Ian Botham among several to say it was the best Rashid has bowled in an England shirt - but Hussain was also quick to praise the combined impact of the visiting attack.It sounds odd to say that England bowled brilliantly when the opposition get 480 but I can barely remember a period where they werent in control of the run-rate, said Hussain.Rashid was so good in this innings; it was an excellent effort all round from England. Although he ended up wicketless, Chris Woakes was absolutely exceptional. It set the tone and Hameed and Cook continued the momentum. India vs England November 13, 2016, 3:45am Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Watch highlights of day four at 3pm and 9.30pm on Sky Sports 3, followed by The Verdict on the same channel at 4pm and 10.30pm. Also See: Hameed swells England lead Watch D4 highlights Scorecard Commentary Damien Williams Jersey . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. "All the players, they know me and they were really happy to see me and they were really happy that this is over for me," Cilic said. Marcus Allen Jersey .1 million pounds ($61.2 million) on Saturday, giving the beleaguered English Premier League champions a major lift. http://www.customchiefsjersey.com/custom-kendall-fuller-jersey-large-2126n.html . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. 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Sindhu then picked up four consecutive points -- the last of those with a delectable backhand diagonal drop shot -- to put some distance between the two.Sindhu would open up a four point lead at 8-4, before Okuhara tried to fight back with a smash down the line. Sindhu, however, showed her full range of skills with the score at 8-6, starting with a diagonal drop, and then a powerful smash to settle a rally that lasted 23 shots. Sindhu led 11-6 in the mid-game break.Okuhara settled after the break, bringing the score back to 9-12 with a challenge upheld for a shot initially called long at Sindus baseline, and then bridging the gap to 14-11. Sindhu sent a couple of smashes wide of the sidelines by a fair distance, but Okuhara crucially misjudged a drop to open a three-point lead again at 16-13.The two players then missed the sidelines off alternate points, but Sindhu showed exceptional retrieval skills in keeping the three-point lead going till 18-15. Okuhara picked up two points, and kept snapping at Sindhus heels, before an error on her serve handed Sindhu two game points.Okuhara would save the first of those by making Sindhu move all around the court, bringing her forward every now and then with soft hands. However, Sindhu took the opening game 21-19 off the next service, winning thee game in 27 minutes.dddddddddddd.The second game began with Sindhu looking to be aggressive, and she raced to a 3-0 lead with some strong smashes on either side of her opponent. Okuhara, however, registered five points on the trot with some great retrievals and patient play. In fact, when she led 4-3, it was the first time since the start of the match that she had held the lead.Sindhu would win the next two points to level things up, and the pattern of leading and catching up would continue till 8-8, when a well-disguised forehand allowed the Indian to reclaim the lead at 9-8. At 10-9. Sindhu hastened onto the shuttle and failed to complete an easy smash. But off the very next point, Okuhara misjudged a shot to her baseline to hand the Indian an 11-10 advantage going into the mid-game break.Straight after the break, Okuhara was taken aback by the increased intensity in Sindhus game, as the Indian showed remarkable reserves of energy, making Okuhara run around her side of the court by sending in several forehand smashes mixed with judicious changes of pace. Sindhu completed the second game 21-10 in just 22 minutes. Remarkably, she picked the last 11 points in succession to become the first Indian to reach an Olympic final in badminton.?The 10th-ranked Sindhu, who had defeated world No. 2 Wang Yihan of China in straight games in the quarterfinal, had lost three out of four previous meetings to Okuhara before today, including their most recent meeting in February 2016.Earlier Marin completed a 21-14, 21-16 win over defending champion Li Xuerui of China, made easier when the latter appeared to do some severe damage to her knee as she went for an overhead smash. Marin was leading 18-16 in the second game at that stage, and won her last three points with Xuerui hardly able to move. ' ' '

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