The second-wicket pair joined forces after a rare failure from captain Alastair Cook and shut out the Kiwis for 63 overs in a stumps total of 267 for two. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/trott.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 276px;" /> Trott celebrates his century in Wellington yesterday. Pic/AFP Compton (100), following up his maiden century in the drawn first Test in Dunedin, and Trott (121no) &mdash; on the way to and beyond his ninth &mdash; had barely a moment&rsquo;s concern for four-and-a-half hours. Their attacking intent alternated, and occasionally stalled altogether, opener Compton the first to his half-century at a marginally quicker tempo than his partner before he retreated into a sheet-anchor role.u00a0

Centurions Nick Compton and Jonathan Trott dominated Day One of the second Test for England against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve

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