England v New Zealand, first Test: Jonathan Trott forced on the defensive over batsmen's steady start "It was tough and it was not what you expect when you rock up for the first day of the summer at Lord's with a whitish pitch," he said. It was obviously a lot slower than the crowd or batsmen are used to. Add in the fact the relaid outfield is a little bit slower and the ball stopped going down the hill when it normally speeds up and it made life a bit difficult. It was a different day to what people are used to, but given that New Zealand bowled well I felt we combatted that OK. New Zealand were disciplined and were rewarded for their weeks of hard work before the tour. The bowlers spent three weeks at home working with the Duke ball in readiness for this trip. Tim Southee is the only member of the attack to have toured England before but Shane Bond, the bowling coach, has turned to two former New Zealand Test players with considerable county experience, Andre Adams and Iain O'Brien, to help prepare the team. Trent Boult was again disciplined and skillful, dismissing Alastair Cook for the third time this year after shaking off early nerves. "I reckon it was a pretty successful day for us," he said. As a bowling group we did our jobs and were pretty patient in periods. To have them 160 for four at the end of day one is pretty satisfying. It was noticeable midway through the day they were pretty reserved and batting for time. We will put it down to us bowling well. They were pretty patient with their plans and looked to outlast us. I don't know if that was because we did not give them very much to hit but they were not able to dominate us. They are good batsmen and I expect them to respect good balls but we made them respect more balls than they would have wanted. The last Championship match here between Middlesex and Surrey was deathly slow and ended as a draw, and with two double centuries already made at Headingley this season, the venue for the second Test next week, the 0-0 scoreline from this year's first encounter between the two sides may be repeated.