Haseeb Hameed, the 19-year-old opening batsman, will make his England Test debut against India in Rajkot tomorrow. Alastair Cook, the England captain, confirmed that the teenager would become his latest opening partner at a press conference ahead of the first Test. “Has is going to open the batting and Ben is going to bat at four,” Cook said. “It’s unfortunate for Gary [Ballance]. In his six Test matches back, he hasn’t quite scored the runs he would have liked to.

Source: The Times November 08, 2016 09:00 UTC