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The Lancashire opening batsman will become the first teenager to open the batting for England in tests and just the second teenage England debutant since 1949. Credit - The Telegraph It will mean Ben Duckett will drop to bat at four, replacing the out of form Gary Ballance paving the way for Hameed to partner Alistair Cook at the top of the order. He becomes the first teenager since Ben Hollioake in 1997 and before that Brian Close in 1949 to play for England, in a match that will see Cook captain England for the 54th time and overtake Michael Atherton as England's most capped Test captain. Cook also confirmed that Stuart Broad will play his 100th test in Rajkot, leading the bowling attack in the absence of James Anderson. The right-arm seamer has taken 360 wickets in his first 99 test matches, with only Anderson and Sir Ian Botham having taken more for England in tests.

Selection Dilemma ahead of Fourth Ashes Test

England and Ben Stokes pulled off the impossible at Headingley. 359 is the highest fourth-innings chase for an English team ever and a 10th-wicket partnership of 76 between Stokes (135*) and Jack Leach (1*) sealed an incredible victory for the home side. However this should not be enough to cover the utter failure of the first-innings 67 all out. Ben Stokes's 135 won the third Test for England Second-innings 50's for Joe Denly and Joe Root have relieved some of the pressure on themselves but low scores again from Rory Burns and Jason Roy may call for a change opening the batting. Warwickshire opener Dominic Sibley seems to be the favourite choice to fill any gap, with almost 1000 First Class runs so far this season at an average of over 55. There is no one with more runs this year in the County Championship and he is many pundits selection to make his debut at Old Trafford. Further down the order Johnny Bairstow scored a very valuable 36, taking pressure off Stokes...

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