Jonathan Trott took most significant advantage of easy pickings from Bangladesh to post his second Test hundred as England predictably piled up the runs at Lord's.
No 3 Trott (175 not out) first shared a stand of 181 with his captain Andrew Strauss (83) and then an unbeaten stand of 104 runs with debutant No 5 batsman Eoin Morgan (40 not out).
Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell all missed out on the opportunity to cash in, on a pitch of good pace and even bounce for this first npower Test of the summer.
But Trott and Strauss needed no second bidding, after some necessary early caution to ensure seven for one did not turn into anything more embarrassing on a cloudy morning.
Bangladesh, who won the toss on a cloudy morning, used the new ball well and Shahadat Hossain was rewarded for his efforts with Cook's wicket for seven.
The opener had contributed England's first boundary, a well-timed off drive to the pavilion fence off Shahadat in the third over, only to fall to the same bowler in the fifth.
Shahadat beat the bat with a ball which pitched on middle and straightened into the left-hander, but appeared to hit him a little high. Umpire Asoka de Silva thought differently and Cook had to go lbw.
Once the second-wicket pair had got their heads down, the rewards were theirs for the taking ? and it was not until past mid-afternoon that Bangladesh at last managed a second strike when Strauss fell short of what had seemed a certain hundred.
Strauss, back after being rested for the 2-0 victory over the same opponents on the sub-Continent, played the percentages throughout until he eventually chose the wrong ball to cut and bottom-edged off-spinner Mahmudullah on to his stumps.
New batsman Pietersen (18) was almost immediately climbing into a series of dismissive drives on the up through the off-side ? 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.
It therefore fell to Trott and Ian Bell, so prolific against Bangladesh on many past occasions, to make sure the minor wobble against spin did not take hold. The Warwickshire pair made it to tea on 231 for 3, but shortly after Bell was back in the pavilion after once again playing himself in.
On 17, Bell was caught flat-footed in his crease as a Rubel Hossain delivery nipped back in to hit his middle stump.
Dublin-born Morgan then made his entrance to Test cricket. Usually a free-scoring unorthodox batsman, he was reserved with his stroke play, valuing his wicket. Indeed with Trott free-scoring towards his 150, Morgan nudged his way to 40 at stumps with some flashes of his one-day form.
It was Trott though who ended the day with a sublime glance off his pads for four ? his 17 boundary ? to keep the small Lord's crowd enthralled.
England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, James Andeson, Steven Finn
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Rubiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shahadat Hossain
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hall of shame
SUNDERLAND 2002-03
No one has ended a Premier League season quite like Sunderland. They lost each of their final 15 games, taking no points after January. They ended up with 19 in total, sacking managers Peter Reid and Howard Wilkinson and losing 3-1 to Charlton when they scored three own goals in eight minutes.
SUNDERLAND 2005-06
Until Derby came along, Sunderland’s total of 15 points was the Premier League’s record low. They made it until May and their final home game before winning at the Stadium of Light while they lost a joint record 29 of their 38 league games.
HUDDERSFIELD 2018-19
Joined Derby as the only team to be relegated in March. No striker scored until January, while only two players got more assists than goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. The mid-season appointment Jan Siewert was to end his time as Huddersfield manager with a 5.3 per cent win rate.
ASTON VILLA 2015-16
Perhaps the most inexplicably bad season, considering they signed Idrissa Gueye and Adama Traore and still only got 17 points. Villa won their first league game, but none of the next 19. They ended an abominable campaign by taking one point from the last 39 available.
FULHAM 2018-19
Terrible in different ways. Fulham’s total of 26 points is not among the lowest ever but they contrived to get relegated after spending over £100 million (Dh457m) in the transfer market. Much of it went on defenders but they only kept two clean sheets in their first 33 games.
LA LIGA: Sporting Gijon, 13 points in 1997-98.
BUNDESLIGA: Tasmania Berlin, 10 points in 1965-66
At a glance
Global events: Much of the UK’s economic woes were blamed on “increased global uncertainty”, which can be interpreted as the economic impact of the Ukraine war and the uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Growth forecasts: Cut for 2025 from 2 per cent to 1 per cent. The OBR watchdog also estimated inflation will average 3.2 per cent this year
Welfare: Universal credit health element cut by 50 per cent and frozen for new claimants, building on cuts to the disability and incapacity bill set out earlier this month
Spending cuts: Overall day-to day-spending across government cut by £6.1bn in 2029-30
Tax evasion: Steps to crack down on tax evasion to raise “£6.5bn per year” for the public purse
Defence: New high-tech weaponry, upgrading HM Naval Base in Portsmouth
Housing: Housebuilding to reach its highest in 40 years, with planning reforms helping generate an extra £3.4bn for public finances
In Full Flight: A Story of Africa and Atonement
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Dr Amal Khalid Alias revealed a recent case of a woman with daughters, who specifically wanted a boy.
A semen analysis of the father showed abnormal sperm so the couple required IVF.
Out of 21 eggs collected, six were unused leaving 15 suitable for IVF.
A specific procedure was used, called intracytoplasmic sperm injection where a single sperm cell is inserted into the egg.
On day three of the process, 14 embryos were biopsied for gender selection.
The next day, a pre-implantation genetic report revealed four normal male embryos, three female and seven abnormal samples.
Day five of the treatment saw two male embryos transferred to the patient.
The woman recorded a positive pregnancy test two weeks later.
Paatal Lok season two
Directors: Avinash Arun, Prosit Roy
Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Lc Sekhose, Merenla Imsong
Rating: 4.5/5