Nasser Hussain for the Daily Mail's recent articles

NASSER HUSSAIN: You have to say in the past couple of years that being an opener in England on the pitches they’ve played on and in the conditions they’ve faced has not been easy. That’s not an excuse. Being a left-handed opener against wonderful bowlers such as Vernon Philander last year and Ishant Sharma in this series has been the fiercest of examinations for Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings. Speak to Cook and he will tell you the last couple of years have been as tough for batting as at any time in his career, and you feel for Jennings, trying to make his way in these conditions. ...read

NASSER HUSSAIN: When Virat Kohli arrived in England, people were describing this tour as the final frontier. Could he score runs here against the swinging and seaming ball? After his performance at Trent Bridge, he has well and truly put that debate to bed. What has made his runs here and in the first Test at Edgbaston so impressive — and he made exactly 200 in each game — has been the conditions. Most of us thought it would be a dry summer, but the ball has moved around. Kohli has shown the class to deal with it.  ...read