Day one report

At the close of the first day's play against a Patron's XI in Rawalpindi, England were 256-9, after recovering from 60-6, Trescothick 124 not out.

He said: "It took a long time to adapt to the wicket and the conditions and it was not easy to score.

"Looking at the toss now, we probably would not have batted first but we were 60-6 and they bowled pretty well."

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He added: "We couldn't pick up runs, we just had to try to see the new ball off as much as we could.

"Luckily enough I managed to do that and here we are at the end of the day still with one wicket in hand."

Trescothick and Matt Prior (50) rescued England after the top order had collapsed.

The opener said England had a lot of fine-tuning to do before the first Test on 12 November although the wicket there will probably be very different from the ones provided for both warm-ups.

If we grind out runs and big first innings scores we will give ourselves every chance of doing well Marcus Trescothick

"Last time we came here four and a half years ago we played two warm-up games in Rawalpindi and Lahore and there was an inch of grass on the crease but then when it came to the Tests there was hardly a blade of grass to be seen, except on the outfield.

"If that's the route they want to go down again that's fair enough, we have just got to make sure we adapt to every condition that is going to be thrown at us."

And he warned England will have to bat more patiently than they did against Australia in the Ashes victory in the summer.

Trescothick added: "We're just going to have to adapt. I think we are looking at scoring at three an over rather than four which we do in England.