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On Sunday night, as televisions beamed pictures of a joyous Pakistan team celebrating in a style that was deemed to be as offensive as urinating on the pitch or dancing a decades-old meme, one fan began tweeting pop-music analogies for every player on the winning side. For the captain, Misbah-ul-Haq, he wrote Misbah: Rohail Hyatts production career. Hes awesome, but everybody complains when they are bored. Screw everyone.For those who dont know, Hyatt produced the first six seasons of the wildly successful live-music TV show Coke Studio, which irrevocably shaped music in the region. However, by the final season, both critics and audiences felt that the show had gone boring and formulaic. It was an incredible complaint, given that even if the songs sounded familiar, season six saw them (for the first time) being performed by musicians from across the planet in conjunction with Pakistani ones. In other words, Rohail had taken an idea that grew from Pakistani culture and then showed how it could have a global relevance. Yet in the bare metrics of ratings and likes, the season was deemed subpar.Back then, music critic Safieh Shah, reviewing the season, wrote in an essay of how people become ensconced in the comforts of their jadedness, fearful of opening up their hearts and emotions... to the beauty of truth. This is what I felt [about] this season… that there is something profound that we miss when we dont know what to believe in.The idea of not being able to see when you dont believe is one that applies quite well to how Misbah led Pakistans relentless bowling attack to victory at Lords. Despite the generally excellent coverage, the analysts on Sky often seemed bemused by the field placings, and blamed the fall of English wickets to losses of concentration or judgement. It didnt help that their Pakistani analyst, Ramiz Raja, spoke bizarrely of how Pakistans bowling struggled with discipline and excessive aggression, completely missing the point.In truth, Misbahs strategy of the UAE-inspired slow-spin strangle has been written about before. The likes of Younis Khan, Saeed Ajmal and Waqar Younis are to thank for its tactical evolution. But what was special about Lords was that the same style of choking off runs and forcing the exact mistake you want, was transported to a foreign land. With possibly the most talented and balanced bowling attack he has ever had under his control, Misbah shrewdly used each them in a way where both bowler and captain showcased their styles while sticking to the plan.The wicket of Joe Root, in particular, was perhaps the most evocative, and reminded me of a song from season six of Coke Studio called Miyan Ki Malhar. Based on a melodic mode linked to the monsoons, it is performed by musicians from Serbia, Senegal, Nepal, Turkey and Pakistan. Three Pakistani women are the main vocalists, with each performing a certain part of the song. It builds up hypnotically, with intermittent sounds of thunder crashing across it, and elevates to a brief and muggy calm before crescendoing into an ecstatic and sudden sonic downpour. Pakistans dismissal of Root in the second innings built and climaxed similarly. To understand it, one must understand why Root is considered one of the best batsmen in the world. This is an age of what has been called Batting 3.0, and proactivity is at the heart of it: innings are faster and shorter, and the mantra is doing what works. Modern batsmen are used to scoring shots, and the trick is to cut off the one they need the most. In an interview last year where he broke down his tactics, Misbah said, Sometimes you see when a batsman is set on a plan, you want to mess with his mind a little. You see patterns, so you want to make him play differently, when there are chances of mistakes. Osman Samiuddin, the interviewer, added that, [Misbah] plans for wickets by not giving away runs, not by setting unusual fields or asking his bowlers to do anything fancy or cute.When Root came out to bat, he got two boundaries off his first six balls but only a single off the next 24. On the seventh ball of his innings, bowled by Rahat Ali, he first telegraphed his desire to pull the ball moving away from him to midwicket, where Yasir Shah fielded it. The hunt was officially underway.He then faced two overs of Mohammad Amir, who had undergone a remarkable transition. Struggling to find movement, Amir took on Rahats role as the dry, run-stopping bowler. Bowling over the wicket, he pitched it short of a length and let the angle take it away. For 11 balls, Root managed one scoring shot for a single, pushing at a wide delivery. The 12th ball Amir bowled to him was full and well wide of the stumps. According to ESPNcricinfos commentary, he drove at it a bit willy-nilly…[h]e wants runs. The vulnerability was now visible.The next bowler Root faced was Yasir. The legspinner began with a couple that turned away off a short length, before bowling two that kept straight and were fuller. The fifth was tossed up and broke away, and Root stepped out to drive it and found the fielder. The final ball was shorter and with far more overspin, bouncing off a length and turning into Root, who was almost tempted into a fatal cut. One run in 22 balls, and there was a dark rumbling appearing over his innings.The final act came in the next over, bowled by Rahat. By now, Root had been both starved of runs and had also been troubled by changes in length. It left his feet almost completely immobile, and he attempted a terrible shot at the first ball he faced, which seamed away from him. The next ball was shorter, and pitched outside the leg stump for a change. With his feet now in concrete, Roots attempted pull was barely a waft and the ball ballooned to the waiting Yasir. Cue the downpour.The ESPNcricinfo commentary described it as the second time Root had given his wicket away, yet in truth it had been slyly taken away from him. The plan had been to force him to play his release shots off the wrong ball, from the wrong position. The world saw Roots crestfallen face and diagnosed a lack of concentration.Meanwhile, Misbah twirled his moustache, and perhaps took solace in the fact that like Rohail, he was producing something far more valuable than those in the present could appreciate. Cheap Air Max 95 Ireland .J. -- Pitcher Carl Pavano is retiring after 14 major league seasons. 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PITTSBURGH -- The Cincinnati Reds havent had a whole lot to celebrate recently, which is why they took a little extra satisfaction in how they ended their five-game losing streak.Rookie Jose Perazas sacrifice fly snapped a ninth-inning tie and lifted Cincinnati to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, giving the Reds just their third win in 12 games.Eugenio Suarez hit a leadoff single off closer Tony Watson (2-5), advanced to second on Ramon Cabreras sacrifice bunt, took third on Tyler Holts single and scored on Perazas liner to center field.It just shows you that we dont give up, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips said. We try to win every game. Were in a lot of games, but we just dont finish. But today, we got to finish and it really shows that we have a heart.Andrew McCutchen pulled the Pirates into a tie in the bottom of the eighth with a sacrifice fly off Raisel Iglesias (3-1). Iglesias hit the first two batters in the ninth but escaped a bases-loaded jam by getting Josh Harrison to pop out and pinch-hitter Adam Frazier to fly out.What I was really pleased with is we bring in Iglesias there in the eighth and our guys immediately came back, Reds manager Bryan Price said. So, theyre right there with their best pitcher on the mound, their best relief pitcher, in that situation, after kind of a bummer, giving up the lead, and then coming back is big.Harrison swung at the first pitch, even after Iglesias wildness, but did not second guess his decision.He threw me a slider and I thought it was a pitch I could drive, Harrison said. I just got under it. If I hit another half-inch or so on the bat, it could have been a sacrifice fly and we win the game. I wasnt upset about it. It was a hittable pitch and I didnt get the job done.Joey Votto had three hits for the Reds, Suarez had two and Phillips hit his 10th home run, a leadoff shot in the seventh off Jared Hughes that put Cincinnati ahead 3-2.Gregory Polanco had three hits, including two doubles, but couldnt stop the Pirates from losing for the ninth time in 11 games as they continued to fade from the National League wild card race.Harrison and Jordy Mercer added two hits each. Harrison extended his hitting streak to nine games with an RBI double in the third that drew the Piirates into a 1-1 tie.dddddddddddd He scored on McCutchens sac fly after leading off the eighth with a single.Reds rookie starter Tim Adleman allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings with three walks and no strikeouts. He picked off two runners and had two hits, doubling in the third inning and scoring the games first run on Vottos single. He hit an RBI single in the fourth to snap a 1-1 tie.When asked if Adleman could potentially be used as a pinch-hitter, Price cracked, He will, in probably the 34th inning of an extra inning game.Pirates rookie left-hander Steven Brault remained winless in five career starts, giving up two runs and five hits in five innings while walking two and striking out two.TRAINERS ROOMReds: LHP John Lamb, who made 14 starts for Cincinnati earlier this season, was originally supposed to be recalled from Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday but has been shut down for year because of a stained flexor mass in his elbow.Pirates: RHP Gerrit Cole (elbow inflammation) threw a 32-pitch bullpen session before the game and said he is ready to be activated from the DL on Monday night and start at Philadelphia. He has been out since Aug. 25. ... LF Starling Marte (back spasms) missed his fourth straight game.HERITAGE NIGHTAs part of an African-American heritage celebration, both teams wore replica Negro League uniforms with the Reds representing the Cincinnati Tigers and the Pirates representing the Homestead Grays.Former Pirates player personnel director Tyrone Brooks, who was hired earlier this year by Major League Baseball as senior director of its new front office and field staff diversity pipeline program, took part in pre-game ceremonies.UP NEXTReds: RHP Robert Stephenson (2-1, 3.12 ERA) will make his fourth career start Saturday night and the rookie is coming off his first loss when he gave up two runs in 5 1/3 innings to the New York Mets on Monday.Pirates: RHP Drew Hutchison (1-0, 4.97) will make his debut with Pittsburgh after being called up Tuesday from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he was 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in seven games following his acquisition from the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade Aug. 1. ' ' '