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Pakistan declare at 446 for 4 : Malik 165, Miandad 153 n. o.

Stewart leads English reply

Sports Reporter
England, needing 296 to avoid a follow-on, had made 170 for the loss of two wickets at close
of play on the fourth day of the rain-marred first cricket Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Sunday, according to BBC monitored in Dhaka late last night.
Earlier, Pakistan declared their first innings at 446 for four with skipper Javed Miandad remaining unbeaten on 153 and Test debutant Inza-mamul Haq on eight. Miandad and h1s vice captain Salim Ma-
lik put on a record 322 for the fourth wicket after coming together on Saturday at 110 for three. Malik, who fell leg before to DeFreitas for 165— giving the England bowler his fourth wicket of the innings for 121 runs— hit 19 fours and a six while Miandad also hit 19 boundaries.
England, relieved by Mian-dad's declaration, started their innings shakily when skipper Graham Gooch was caught at square leg off Aaqulb Javed for eight. But then vice captain Alee Stewart, who remained 94 not out. and Graeme Hick featured In a 93-run partnership for the second wicket before the Zimbabwean-born I lick was caught 1n the gully off speedster Waqar Younis for 51. his first Test half-century.
Robin Smith was with Stewart at the clooc. unbeaten on 10.
. An earlier report said: England's bowlers lolled on Sunday against accomplished batting from century makers Javed Miandad and Salim Malik who added a brisk 110 runs before lunch on the fourth day of the first Test.
Pakistan. 290 for three overnight, with Miandad on 99 and Malik on 80. went to 400 without further loss in the first Innings of the rain-hit Test.
The pair, who have put on 290 since the last Pakistan wicket fell just after lunch on Saturday, beat their own fourth wicket partnership record against England of 234 set at the Oval In 1987. Miandad went Into lunch on 135 and Malik on 147.
England, struggling on a good wicket, were forced to act a one day type field. as the batsmen act about the bowlers with disdain, more than half
thetr runs coming from boundaries.
Miandad, who reached hts century with a bold, uppish shot through the gully for two. did have one narrow escape when he was dropped at second slip off Chris Lewis's bowling early in the session.
Malik, who scored his 100 with a confident four, later lofted a" easy catch to England captain Graham Gooch off Lewis, but the umpire had already Signalled a no ball.
Miandad became the fourth highest run scorer In Test history during his innings, passing England's Geoff Boycott's aggregate of 8,114 with only India's Sunil Gavaskar, Australia's Allan Border and the West Indies' Viv Richards ahead of him.
Needing just one run Sunday for his century, Miandad quickly reached the target. It was his first century in 13 Tests, having scored the last against India at Lahore in 1989-90.
His hundred took 250 minutes, with 15 fours from 209 balls.
Malik, resuming on 80. quickly reached his 10th Test century from 188 balls including a six and 12 fours. His previous best Test score was 119.
England captain Graham Gooch was forced to call on himself, Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash to protect his main bowlers. All-rounder Ian Botham was unable to bowl with a groin strain.
Captain Javed Miandad led from the front on Saturday as Pakistan piled on the runs on the third day.
With only two balls bowled on the first two days through rain and bad light, Pakistan made up for lost time on a warm, sunny day by scoring 290 for three in their first Innings.
Miandad was just one run short of his 23rd Test century at the close while Salim Malik was on 80.
Paccman Philip DeFreitas was the only member of the four-ran England scam attack to have any success, taking all three wickets to fall during the
Miandad. who has scored only one of his 22 Test-centuries against England but still averaged over 50. was at his best on an easy-pace Edgbaston pitch.
He hit 15 fours with his characteristic blend of elegance and Impudence and the fourth wicket partnership with Malik has so far yielded 180 runs.
Miandad looked likely to reach* his century before the scheduled close but refused to take chances against some ac curate bowling In the final slaflcs.
He steered paccman Chris Lewis to the third man boundary oft the day's penultimate ball to take his total Io 99 but was content to push the final delivery calmly up the pilch.
Malik was also in fine touch, driving with a fine flourish and the England attack was made to look pedestrian for much of the afternoon.
England had an early, success on Saturday when Aamir Sohail mlshooked a DcFrcitns bouncer to Alee Stewart at mid-wicket and was out for 18.
Bui Rameez Raja and Asif Mujtaba were unperturbed, going for their shots as the England bowlers toiled on an easy-paced pitch, and the pair took the score to 95 for one at lunch.
Shortly after the interval DeFreitas created some palpitations In the Pakistan dressing room when he removed both batsmen In the space of 14 balls.
Rameez, who had hit an at-
tractive 47 full of his favourite wristy shots, played across the line to DeFreitas and was adjudged lbw.
Then left-handed Mujtaba. playing only his fourth Test, drove wildly at DeFreitas and was caught behind for 29.
Skipper Miandad and the prolific Malik soon steadied the innings.
Malik produced the shot of the day when he flicked paceman Chris Lewis off his toes to the midwickct boundary then Miandad square cut the same bowler twice in succession past cover point for further fours as Pakistan began to take control.