England batsman Andrew Strauss said he was disappointed to miss out on a century in yesterday's fivewicket win over Bangladesh.

With the victory, England booked their place against Australia in next Saturday's final of the NatWest Series.

But Strauss, who was bowled for 98 when looking to hit a match-winning boundary, was left with regret.

"It was a big hack there at the end. I walked off feeling pretty stupid, but the main thing is we got the job done," he said.

England successfully chased 209 for victory at Headingley and will complete the round-robin stage of their series against Australia at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

"Every game from now on until the end of the summer is important," Strauss added.

"Hopefully, we can perform well on Tuesday to give us a good run into the final."

England captain Marcus Trescothick, deputising again for the injured Michael Vaughan who missed the chance to play in front of his home crowd, was satisfied with the all- round performance.

Describing England's showing as "pretty convincing", he added: "We didn't start off too well at the start of the day, but we fought back and came back into it."

Paceman Darren Gough struggled on his former home ground, conceding 59 runs from nine overs in an untypically wayward performance, but Andrew Flintoff took an impressive four for 29.

Gough proved expensive early on and Trescothick added: "It's not normally how we start off but it swung around a lot in the morning and we came back hard.

"With our batting, we showed the intensity we're at at the moment."

Vaughan, who has been struggling with a groin injury, is in line to return against Australia at Edgbaston tomorrow.

"It's not easy when you lose your captain," said Trescothick. "He's a very important member of our team and we'd like him back as quickly as possible."

There was again disappointment for Bangladesh, whose total never looked likely to pose England any great problem.