London, July 11 -- Former England captain Nasser Hussain termed the first session on day two of the third Test at Lord's as a "session of two halves" and hailed wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith as someone who is "going to be a serious player for a long time".

Indeed, it was a session of two halves, as despite some early strikes into the session by Jasprit Bumrah that reduced England to 271/7 despite Joe Root's century, a counter-attacking partnership of 82 runs between half-centurion Jamie and Brydon Carse made up for it as England breached the 350-run mark by lunch.

Speaking about the session as quoted by Sky Sports, Hussain said, "It really was a session of two halves."

"That first half belonged to India and the magical Bumrah with th...