Trott puts England well on top at Lord's as Bangladesh toil

A team featuring just four ICC World Twenty20 winners did not necessarily need to adapt significantly to five-day pace.

But, just in case anyone watching this low-key start to the international summer in a half-full HQ harboured expectations of quick-fix shot-making, Trott set the record straight in his 270-ball stay.

The result was a slow-burner kind of domination yielding a close-of-play 362 for four which meant no-one could seriously quibble with Trott's eccentric methods.

The number three shared an unbroken stand of 104 with debutant Eoin Morgan, and 181 with Andrew Strauss (83), the captain effectively restating his authority after being rested for England's 2-0 victory over these same opponents on the sub-continent two months ago.

Like the statistics for Trott's innings, England's scorecard had a lop-sided appearance. Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell all missed out. But Trott and Strauss needed no second bidding to cash in on a pitch of good pace and even bounce, after the early caution needed to ensure seven for one – with the early loss of Cook – did not turn into anything more embarrassing on a cloudy morning.

Trott put his efforts down to an acceptance that his Test place may be under threat. He said: "You're under pressure whenever you play for England. Everybody wants to be able to pull on that England cap.

"There's always pressure from outside. The last couple of weeks I've just accepted that and got on with the job. It comes with the territory, so you just get on with it as well as you can. I was pleased to do well today."

Indeed, once he and Strauss had got their heads down, the rewards were theirs for the taking – and it was not until past mid-afternoon that Bangladesh managed a second strike when Strauss fell short of what had seemed a certain hundred.

Trott duly did go to three figures, with a replica of the cover-driven four which had taken him to 50. His boundary count was 17 in a staccato innings which began with a flourish, appeared to gather momentum and yet lost it again as he took 110 deliveries between 100 and 150.

If the uneven pace of the near six-hour tour de force was trademark Trott, so were many of the shots – to his favoured scoring areas square with the wicket.

Strauss had played the percentages too until he eventually chose the wrong ball to cut and bottom-edged off-spinner Mahmudullah on to his stumps.

His disappointment was evident but less so perhaps than that of Cook, lbw in only the fifth over to a Shahadat Hossain delivery which pitched on middle and straightened up the slope into the pads. It appeared to hit Cook a little high, but umpire Asoka de Silva thought differently.

Trott was soon demonstrating his good form, on the back of 150 for Warwickshire in his last first-class innings. He was under way with a four guided past gully off Shahadat from the third ball he faced and was quickly into double figures, hinting at a tempo he subsequently did not deliver.

By contrast, it took Strauss 14 balls to register his first run – and he still had just a single to his name after half an hour of batting when he latched onto a short ball from debutant Robiul Islam for a pulled six.

A four off the hips followed two balls later, and it was increasingly clear England were back on course for a match-controlling total – having been asked to bat first.

Pietersen was almost immediately climbing into a series of dismissive drives – only to suffer a reprise of his winter tribulations against Bangladesh's slow left-armers, bowled off stump as he attempted to hit Shakib Al Hasan inside out.

Bell did his bit but was unlucky to get a very good ball from Rubel Hossain which nipped back down the hill and knocked back his off-stump.

At 258 for four, it was still not certain that England would make their class tell at the start of this two-match npower series. But Morgan was assured on his first attempt at five-day cricket on his county's home ground, and looked well set at the close on 40 not out.