Bangladesh frustrate England with gutsy display

ENGLAND came up against unexpected Bangladesh resistance on a day which saw Jonathan Trott complete his double-century but little success for any of his team-mates.

Trott ground out England's first Test 200 in almost exactly three years as they posted 505 all out, but six home wickets fell for 143 to just two for 172 in Bangladesh's reply.

Trott's chanceless tour de force occupied almost eight-and-a-quarter hours of this first npower Test, after he came to the crease at seven for one on the first morning.

His 226 is unlikely to be considered among the prettiest of the 14 Test double-centuries on this ground, but no one could deny its value to England.

Shahadat Hossain (five for 98) became the first Bangladeshi to make the famous Lord's honours board, while Tamim Iqbal added to the tourists' gains with an entertaining 55, dominating an opening stand of 88 with Imrul Kayes.

Tamim in particular provided a contrast to Trott's painstaking ways, dispatching an off-colour Tim Bresnan for six of seven fours in his 59-ball 50 before running himself out with an unwise single into the off-side – from where Kevin Pietersen struck with a direct hit.

Kayes got to within seven runs of a maiden half-century before Steven Finn, switched on his home ground debut after four unthreatening overs from the nursery end to his favoured pavilion end, produced a nasty short ball which had the left-hander gloving a catch to slip.

But number three Junaid Siddique (53 not out) dug in for Bangladesh's second individual 50 with a compact display which shut out England again.

James Anderson appeared to be bowling to orders with a short-pitched line of attack. But if the plan was to unsettle batsmen more at home on slower surfaces it did not work.

After the loss of Eoin Morgan and then Matt Prior in the first hour, Trott finally reached a milestone last achieved among England batsmen by Kevin Pietersen at Headingley against the West Indies in 2007 when he pulled Rubel Hossain for two.

It had taken him 318 balls, with 18 often perfectly timed and placed fours between the singles, twos and expert leaves.

But Bangladesh, Hossain in particular, gave England a much more testing time than they had on Thursday. Debutant Morgan fell in the third over of the day, six short of his 50, when he followed some Shahadat swing down the slope and was neatly caught behind by a diving Mushfiqur Rahim.

Prior then paid for a misunderstanding with Trott when he set off for a second run only to be sent back and stranded by half the pitch when an accurate throw came in from substitute fielder Shamsur Rahman.

The England innings subsided quickly after lunch, the last four wickets going down for 42 runs in six overs. Bresnan was caught at slip, and then Trott clipped a wide one to gully.

Some breezy strokes followed from Graeme Swann and Anderson before the latter was last out, bowled by Shahadat to spark animated celebrations.