Leeds, June 22 -- Former England captain Nasser Hussain hailed batter Harry Brook's counter-attack against Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and added that heading into the second session, the match looks "evenly poised" with Bumrah's new ball spell being crucial.

Even though India struck twice, a counter-attacking fifty by Brook and his partnerships with skipper Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith helped the Three Lions eat further into the first innings score of 471 runs set by India, as they ended the first session on 327/5. Against Bumrah, Brook made a statement, hitting him for a boundary and managing nine runs off 23 balls against him.

Speaking on air as quoted by Sky Sports, the ex-English skipper said, "You wondered whether England wo...