Adams, Siddle test Trott on return

England's Jonathan Trott could only manage 23 on Monday in his first County Championship cricket innings in more than two months for Warwickshire against Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston.

Trott, making his first-class return after a second break following the stress-related illness that forced him to return early from the 5-0 Ashes debacle in Australia, batted for 47 minutes and faced 31 balls before he was lbw going across his stumps to Andre Adams.

Former New Zealand paceman Adams took 4-67 but Warwickshire avoided the follow-on thanks to England allrounder Chris Woakes (91) and No.10 Chris Wright (65), who put on 108 for the ninth wicket.

Many of Trott's on-field problems  in Australia stemmed from an inability to deal with short-pitched bowling, particularly from left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson.

But against another member of Australia's Ashes-winning attack in Nottinghamshire's Peter Siddle, Trott was more secure when tested with the short ball.

He struck the first of his five fours when he pulled a short ball from Siddle through square and followed up with two in successive balls in the Australian's next over, the first cut and the second hooked to fine leg before he was dismissed by Adams.

"It was nice to get him early," said Siddle. "He is one of those blokes that you don't want to get in and see out there for too long because you know he can go big."

Meanwhile, New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has produced his first big innings for English county Essex, reaching a century in their four-day game against Gloucestershire.

Ryder ended a modest run of form for the county in which he had failed to register a half-century, with 133 from 164 balls.

The left-hander was typically aggressive on the second day of the County Championship division two game at Chelmsford, striking 15 fours and four sixes as he put on 197 for the third wicket with England international Ravi Bopara (98 not out).

"It's been a tough start for me over here," Ryder told reporters.

"I've been here a month and am still trying to get used to the wickets but myself and Ravi just went out there to bat, we didn't chat about how to play and just relaxed - it paid off."

Ryder's 18th first-class ton pushed Essex to 3-425 in reply to Gloucestershire's 224.

His best form for Essex has come with the ball, taking career-best match figures of 10-110 in a four-day game against Kent last month.

Ryder, who has also signed with Melbourne Renegades for the next season of the KFC T20 Big Bash League, hasn't played for New Zealand since being dropped from the Test squad after he and team-mate Doug Bracewell stayed out late on the night before a Test match against India.