The tourists were dismissed for 221 with Callum Thorp, a part-time window cleaner, claiming four for 58.

At one point, England were in serious trouble on 116 for seven, but Caddick (62 not out) and Matthew Hoggard (33) put on 79 runs to boost the total.

And Caddick insisted: "The batting wasn't an embarrassment. You have to remember we're used to the wickets in England and we've been on tours to the sub-continent for the last 18 months.

"These wickets bounce a lot more than we're used to the ball did quite a bit this morning and hey know their wickets a lot better than we do and I'm sure we'd have bowled if we'd have won the toss.

"Unfortunately, because we haven't played on these kind of wickets before, we didn't pile on the runs we should have."

Caddick added: "There was a bit of juice in the wicket early on and a few indentations and I'd have loved to have bowled on it.

"There's not much juice in it now so it will be hard work for us, but I'm looking forward to it.

"I'm still learning on these pitches and I've only bowled here on an A tour in 1993 so it's new to me as well - these conditions are a lot different from anywhere else in the world."