England, set 282 to win, finished on 282 for three with former captain Hussain 103 not out and fellow veteran Graham Thorpe 51 not out as England took a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

England's stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick said it had been an impressive all-round performance, though he had found filling in for the injured Michael Vaughan not the easiest job.

"It was pretty tough and tiring.

"Parts of it were pretty good but others were pretty hard work.

"In the end we won fairly comfortably but every day has been tough."

His New Zealand counterpart Stephen Fleming said that while there had been good moments there hadn't been enough for the Kiwis.

"We made them fight but we could have played better at times.

"Though we had a chance at times to win today it would have been nice to have put up an extra 60 runs for them to chase.

"They outplayed us in the middle order and their reverse swing bowling stopped us scoring and picked up wickets."

However Fleming vowed that they would fight back in the next test at Headingley on June 3.

Hussain and Thorpe, England's two most-experienced batsmen, put on an unbroken stand of 139 after 27-year-old Strauss, on his home ground, had been run out for 83 following his first innings 112.

Hussain went to his 14th Test hundred with successive fours off Chris Martin before a single off the seamer gave England victory.

In all Hussain faced 204 balls in nearly five hours including 15 fours.

England's successful chase was only the third time in history that a side had scored more than 200 to win a Lord's Test.

In 1965 England, needing 216, made 218 for three against New Zealand and in 1984 West Indies posted 344 for one after being set 342.