Ben Stokes declared it was like Jonathan Trott never left after the veteran batsman scored 72 in his first innings for England since 2013 on Monday.
Trott and under-fire captain Alastair Cook (95 not out) got crucial time in the middle in England's first match of their Caribbean tour, after Stokes (3-10) helped knock over a St Kitts Invitational XI for 59 at Warner Park.
And Stokes was thrilled to see Trott playing for England again, as the 33-year-old batsman looks set to play his first Test since November 2013 when the tourists face West Indies from Monday in Antigua.
"Trotty and Cooky gave them nothing and it will stand us in good stead for the Test matches," Stokes told the English and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) website.
"The biggest thing for a batsman is time out in the middle. You can do all the training in the nets you want but nothing quite compares to a game and they both did that well today.
"Trotty has been great, it is almost like he hasn't left. To see him go out and score some runs, the way he has been known to for England over the last five years, was really good to see."
Trott left England's 2013-14 tour of Australia after the tourists were thumped by 381 runs in the opening Test in Brisbane, amid widespread claims - effectively confirmed by the ECB - that he was suffering from depression.
But in March, 2014, Trott denied he had been depressed, claiming he was "just burnt out", which caused a backlash in some quarters, with former England captain Michael Vaughan arguing he felt "conned".
Since then, Trott has never shied away from his desire to play for England again.
Monday's innings was also important for Cook, who had not made over 50 in any form of cricket since a practice match against Sri Lanka A in November.
The 30-year-old struggled in England's one-day international tour of Sri Lanka, which saw him dumped for the Cricket World Cup, but Stokes said Cook was back to his best in Basseterre.
"He's been out of the game for a while so to come in and look like the one of the best batsmen in the world, like he once was, was great," the all-rounder said.
England finished the first day of the two-day match on 181-1 with Gary Ballance (nine not out) in the middle alongside Cook.