Having dismissed the Tigers for a meagre 108, the hosts cruised to 148 for one in 30 overs, taking a 40-run lead in the first innings.

They raced to 70 in 11 overs at tea and the two left-handed openers, Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss, put the inexperienced Bangladesh attack to the sword on a flat wicket.

Trescothick who cut and pulled mercilessly, was not out 62 and Strauss, whose drives penetrated the field often, was out for 69.

Strauss, who survived a close lbw shout from Mashrafee Bin Mortuza, was trapped in front in the next ball to the Bangladesh paceman.

Both the left-handers had struck nine fours each during their opening partnership with 18-year-old debutant quick Shahadat Hossain's four overs costing 41 runs.

Earlier, put into bat by England skipper Michael Vaughan, the tourists' first Test innings on English soil lasted less than 39 overs with England pace bowler Matthew Hoggard taking four for 42.

Only three batsmen made double figures with opener Javed Omar's 22 the top score.

Debutant Mushfiqur Rahim, at 16 years and 267 days the ninth youngest cricketer to play in a Test, batted stubbornly for nearly one and half an hour to score 19. Aftab Ahmed contributed 20.

Bangladesh, 85 for five at lunch, took six overs to add four runs and then lost their last five wickets in 33 balls for 19 runs.

Wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud, who stayed for over an hour, was unlucky to fall lbw to Hoggard for six as TV replays suggested the ball hit him outside the off-stump.

Mohammad Rafique was run out and Bangladesh lost two more wickets on 98, Mashrafee bowled without scoring before Rahim was outsmarted by a Hoggard outswinger.

And it was Hoggard who mopped up the innings when he had last man Shahadat caught behind by Geraint Jones.