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Trescothick hits form

Tour match, Dhaka, day one. BCB President's XI v England
Match scorecard

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Marcus Trescothick and Michael Vaughan made a solid start to England's tour of Bangladesh on Sunday.

England ended several days of frustration caused by the heavy rain to finally begin their opening warm-up match five hours late and were 106-1 approaching stumps.

The tourists were desperate to play having had virtually all their preparations restricted to an indoor school by torrential rain.

But they suffered a further delay to the first of two three-day warm-up matches prior to the opening Test on October 21.

Even when they did start conditions were hardly ideal for international cricket.

But England captain Vaughan wasted no time in taking advantage of their first outdoor practice since their arrival.

He hit an impressive 36 before falling an hour before the close of the opening day against the BCB President's line-up.

Vaughan was particularly destructive early in his innings and quickly exploited the wayward line and length offered by new ball bowlers Anwar Monir and Gazi Alamgir.

He would have liked to have spent longer at the crease but after being dropped on 25 when he edged seamer Mushfiqur Rahman behind to wicketkeeper Anwar Hossain, who was diving in front of first slip, he could have few complaints when he did fall nine overs later.

Attempting a late cut, Vaughan failed to control the shot and edged Monir behind and this time wicketkeeper Hossain held the catch.

Vaughan had spent 110 minutes at the crease, hitting six boundaries.

Opening partner Marcus Trescothick was more cautious early on and took six overs before claiming his first boundary of the tour when he pulled Alamgir to the midwicket boundary.

He greeted the introduction of left-arm spinner Enamul Haque jnr by marching down the pitch and hitting him over long on for six.

He also enjoyed a reprieve two balls later when he was dropped by Mushfiqur at slip and finished unbeaten on 49 at the close.

Enamul was also unlucky to miss new batsman Mark Butcher, who had made only five when he came down the pitch.

The Surrey man should have been stumped by some distance.



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Bangladesh President's team (11 bat, 11 field): Hannan Sarkar (capt), Anwar Hossain (wkt), Nafis Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Moniruzzaman, Mushfiqur Rahman, Nadif Chowdhury, Mushfiqur Rahman, Enamul Haque Jnr, Anwar Hossain Monir, Gazi Alamgir, Abul Bashar.

England XII (11 bat, 11 field): Michael Vaughan (capt.), Marcus Trescothick, Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe, Rikki Clarke, Chris Read (wkt), Gareth Batty, Ashley Giles, Matthew Hoggard, Martin Saggers, Steve Harmison.


Source: BBC Sport