Trott just short of ton as England declare Jonathan Trott fell short of his century as England set the Pakistan Cricket Board 251 to win in a minimum 62 overs in their warm-up match at the GCA ground. Trott (93) shared a stand of 130 with Andrew Strauss (62) in England's 181 for three - before the third declaration of this three-day fixture came five minutes from the scheduled lunch break. Strauss was first to his half-century this morning, having hit five fours from 96 balls. Trott followed with one more boundary, from two balls fewer. After two failures in three previous attempts, and with the first Test against Pakistan less than a week away, his runs were especially valuable to England. Promoted to open in place of an already in-form Alastair Cook, the inked-in Test number three dealt confidently with the new ball last night and continued on his unhurried way again today. Strauss kept him company until he went back and was lbw to leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who soon took his match haul to seven wickets when Kevin Pietersen continued his run without a major score here by haplessly mis-sweeping for a simple catch looped to slip. When Trott then poked a low catch to cover off Shah (three for 38), England decided they were more interested in trying to push for victory here than allowing the unbeaten Ian Bell or Eoin Morgan one last chance before the three-Test series to boost confidence with more time in the middle.