His fortunes contrasted with those of debutant Usman Khawaja, the 24-year-old left-hander displaying plenty of confidence before coming unstuck late on and top-edging a sweep off Graeme Swann to depart for 37.
The 40-year-old left-hander stuck out five over 6 1-3 innings in his longest outing oftheyear as the New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers 10-6 Saturday.
Malan struck the winning runs in the fourth over after lunch to reach his second hundred ofthe season - and it also took the 22-year-old left-hander to a healthy 400 Championship runs in five games this season.
The Surrey left-hander came back from a similar slump in the build-up to last year's tour of Australia to hit 116 at Brisbane but doubts remain over his suitability to open the attack when England meet South Africa in the First Test.