Osman Samiuddin

All of Pakistan seemingly loathes him for his privilege. So far that has worked out pretty well for him

Game Changer is a madcap, chaotic and often fact-free ride through the mind of Pakistan's most enigmatic allrounder

World Cup chances dim for paceman, with only two ODIs left for him to make a case for selection

Paceman returns to scene of Champions Trophy glory with hopes of emerging from lean 50-over form

The captain moving up the order is good for the team, but the strike rates of the other top-order batsmen needs quite a lot of work

Karachi serves up yet another thriller as Pakistan reach home

Osman Samiuddin, ESPNcricinfo's senior editor, picks his all-time Pakistan World Cup XI

A look at the decade before the team were forced into exile in the UAE, and the one since

The PCB chairman held that, "because ICC couldn't get the two players in a room together, they said let's charge him. And that to my mind is utter nonsense."

Everyone knows he's a quality player, and that he has areas to improve on. What are those areas, though, and is he the right man in the wrong team?

Cricket Australia has said it is not contemplating moving matches from the UAE to Pakistan, but PCB wants a recce done first

By some metrics, the young, gifted Pakistan batsman has taken on the greatest fast bowler of this century like nobody ever has

Kane Williamson's batting was inarguably great, but the captain preferred to focus on the several contributions that made up the series victory

'If I make mistakes, or it is because of me that the team is losing then I will definitely think about it, and if there is someone better than me to do the Test captaincy, then he should'

Edgbaston, the MCG, Hamilton. Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. A litany of final-day meltdowns just grew a little longer

Up-and-down pitch, sizeable deficit, great leggie at his peak. How do you take those ingredients and score a hundred of seeming inevitability?

The legspinner took just 33 Tests to reach the landmark as compared to Clarrie Grimmett's 36

This should have been a redemptive day for Pakistan's two senior batsmen, and it very nearly was, until... well, you know what happened next

New Zealand's most prolific new-ball pairing kept their series hopes alive in Abu Dhabi. It might seem odd that it was their first joint outing of the tour

His entry might mirror Wasim Akram's in terms of game-time, but Afridi has been gently lowered into the top level, rather than thrown into the pit