HAMPSHIRE captain James Vince was out for ten on the first day of his first Lord’s Test.

Playing his third Test - after scores of nine and 35 in the first two against Sri Lanka- Vince was bowled by first-change seamer Nuwan Pradeep.

England were 84-4 when Vince departed in a state of confusion, after Pradeep took one up the slope to beat him on the back foot and dislodge the off-bail.

But Jonny Bairstow (107no) made the most of his good fortune to make his third Test century as England closed on 279-6.

Bairstow was dropped on 11 and had a mighty close call for lbw against the unlucky Shaminda Eranga on 56.

England badly needed his runs, and those of captain Alastair Cook - who made 85 - having lost four wickets for 28.

Following an opening stand of 56, they lost Alex Hales, Nick Compton and Joe Root in the space of five balls to Suranga Lakmal, before Vince departed too.

Four straight Angelo Mathews maidens were enough for Hales to succumb.

He had gone 22 balls without scoring when he aimed a slog-sweep at the second delivery he received from Rangana Herath and edged a sharp catch to Mathews at slip in the spinner’s first over.

Compton badly needed a score on his home ground to re-establish his credentials but could muster only a scampered single from 11 balls, before some late movement down the slope from a full length had him caught behind.

Worse soon followed when Root was lbw after a review.