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HOOVER, Ala. -- Auburn coach Gus Malzahn wants to get back to what he does best, focusing on Xs and Os and trying to rev up his normally fast-paced offense again.He figured change was necessary after the Tigers lost 11 games in two seasons since playing for a national championship. They entered Southeastern Conference media days Monday getting scant mention as contenders a year after being a trendy pick both in the league and nationally.They wound up 7-6 thanks largely to poor quarterback play.Malzahn is still seeking a starting quarterback but he has called an audible on his own approach.After you get down with the season and youre not as successful as youd like, you evaluate things, said Malzahn, who built his reputation on prolific up-tempo offenses. One thing that really hit me pretty hard is that Ive got to be more active with the daily Xs and Os and coaching that goes with that.And thats what I look at as my strength. Im looking forward to getting back in the middle of things and enjoying the actual coaching on the field.The Tigers offense fizzled last season, when quarterback Jeremy Johnson quickly lost his starting job after coming in being widely mentioned as a leading Heisman Trophy candidate. The result was two league wins and five SEC games in which Auburn failed to top 21 points.It wasnt nearly good enough to remain competitive in the loaded Western Division.Johnson and Sean White both had iffy performances as starters last season. Junior college transfer John Franklin III brings more of the athleticism that helped Nick Marshall lead the Tigers to the 2013 SEC title in his debut. It appears to be a dead heat.Ive got a very open mind about that, Malzahn said. I dont have a whole lot of preconceived ideas as far as who is going to be our starter. 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"Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. Old dogs, so the saying goes, are not wont to learn new tricks. Tell that to Misbah-ul-Haq. In December, Misbah was getting to grips with Twitter for the first time, tweeting a video of himself - complete with a rather funky swoosh of a haircut - to prove the account was official. Now, at the age of 42, he is preparing to lead Pakistan at Lords on his first Test tour of England.Both fairly momentous, of course, though neither should be surprising, given that in 2014 Misbah up-ended his reputation for batting obduracy by equalling Viv Richards then-record for the fastest century in Tests. In the six years since he resumed his international career in desperately fraught circumstances, Misbah has developed an impressive habit of defying predictions and exceeding expectations. Even so, he has set himself quite a challenge this time around.After Pakistans 2-0 win over England in the UAE last year, there had been suggestions Misbah would retire but here he was, strolling around Lords, stopping for the occasional selfie, his hair slightly less bouffant and a thick beard in place, perhaps specifically designed to protect him from the blustery weather. One or two grey hairs are starting to show but Misbah, eight months after his most recent Test, continues to resist the onset of winter.Again, that should be no surprise. Shortly before he was called upon to lead Pakistan out of the darkness of the spot-fixing scandal, Misbah had been contemplating international retirement; but in the postlapsarian world of Pakistani cricket in late 2010, his qualities of experience, calmness and mental strength acquired greater significance. Since then, he has guided the Test team in particular with rare dignity and to no little success.He faced down criticism right from the start. I know the task assigned to me is not easy, he said shortly before his first series in charge, aged 36. However, underestimating me as a captain and batsman is not fair as one always learns with time and improves. Rarely has word been so squarely backed by deed. Should he register three figures in this series, he will move up from 11th in the list of oldest Test centurions, possibly as high as fifth.Misbah has no previous experience of playing Tests in England, where conditions are demanding enough for those not well advanced into their fifth decade, but said that he felt he needed to be here for his side. If he has to learn a few new tricks in order to survive, so be it. This series could help to define his time as captain, healing over the wounds opened on Pakistans last tour; or it could be a bridge too far. Either way, Misbah will tap his bat, stand up tall, and face the onslaught.My retirement is being discussed every series, he said. If I am not discussing it, somebody else is. I could have retired at the end of that England series but so much has been said about this being a tough series and weve been playing together the last six years, the same batting line-up. So I thought I really havve to take the initiative and come here, as a captain and a batsman also, to face this challenge.ddddddddddddFinally I decided, okay, I need to be here. Its a tough series for Pakistan, so I really want to do well here.Although Misbah and his side have had to live off Test scraps, they are currently ranked No. 3 in the world - one place above England - and have prepared assiduously for this tour. Misbah, typically, set the standard by topping the fitness tests - alongside fellow veteran Younis Khan - at a PCB training camp in May, and Pakistans players have benefited from a long lead-up into the Test series, initially in the nets at the Ageas Bowl in Hampshire and then gaining useful workouts at Taunton and Hove.Pakistans pace attack is expected to ask searching questions with the Dukes ball and Misbah admitted that the changes to Englands middle order could be an area you really exploit as an opposition. But, as Sri Lanka discovered earlier in the summer, the best efforts of the bowlers will fall on stony ground unless the touring batsmen can manage to plough a fertile furrow.That area of the side is as settled under Misbah as it has ever been - going back to his first Test series as captain, against South Africa in 2010, five of the current top six (Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis, Misbah and Asad Shafiq) were involved. Misbah sets great store by this continuity and his batsmen have so far adjusted well, albeit against county attacks, with Hafeez the only one yet to pass fifty.We arrived here and the conditions were really like we get normally in the UK, it was raining, there was moisture all around on the pitch, so the ball was moving, Misbah said. So that really helped us, the first ten days were not easy for the batsmen, to get used to the conditions. After that, when we got into the county games, we felt it was a bit easier for us after being in difficult conditions for the ten days. All the batsmen are improving, getting used to the conditions, so hopefully we can translate that into the Test matches.Amid the hoopla and symbolism of Mohammad Amirs return - its a big opportunity for him to perform for Pakistan and win over people again - there will be another landmark moment in the first Test. Misbah has played three T20 internationals at Lords, but never a Test innings. Might there be a flutter in the stomach when the 42-year-old freshman first steps out later this week?No nerves. Thats something you always wait for. Its a big occasion, everybody wants to play at Lords. If a cricketer has just started playing, its his wish that he can play at Lords. Its an opportunity, to perform well here and get respect in the eyes of every spectator and every supporter. These opportunities give you the chance to prove yourself.The end of road may be nearing but that is surely something Misbah will never stop trying to do. ' ' '