Sadder end than that Marenello! He had the chance to really go out in a blaze of glory but it appears that he has replicated Viv Richards' exit (albeit from the first innings for Viv) at the Oval and rushed off down the ground like a youngster.

As I said to you last week, I am pleased that he has fallen shy of Javed's record though. Miandad must remain as Pakistan's best ever batsman.