Topley earns Hussain plaudits | 'I'm happy to have played my part'

Nasser Hussain believes Reece Topley has proven his value to the England white-ball team after his record-breaking figures in the 100-run win over India at Lord’s.

Topley produced the best bowling performance by an England men's player in one-day international history with 6-24 in the win which levelled the three-match series at 1-1 and set up a decider at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The 28-year-old left-armer has not always had the best of times during his career which has at times been blighted by a series of stress fractures which almost ended his playing days, but former England captain and Sky Sports pundit Hussain was delighted to see Topley play a key role for the team.

"It's an outstanding story, the way he's gone through the ups and downs, the stress fractures," Hussain told Sky Sports.

"He's bowled well in white-ball cricket of late and as well in that T20 game at Trent Bridge when everyone else was going around the park.

"It's his place now and when you get figures like that, with so many big games coming up and England are looking for bowlers with a long list of injuries...if some bowler can stand up and continue to put in performance after performance then you're almost saying 'you can't leave me out'."

Topley bowled particularly well in tandem with fellow left-armer David Willey, who sent down a miserly spell of 1-27 from nine overs with two maidens.

Hussain felt the different bowling styles of the two seamers proved a testing combination for India and hailed Topley's attributes as key for both England's ODI and T20 teams.

"He's quick enough, he's tall, he gets bounce, he's accurate and he's got a good left-arm companion at the other end in David Willey, so they're a good combination," Hussain said.

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