Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Haris Sohail breaks through with innings of unhurried intelligence

He learned plenty about batting at Test level during Pakistan's tour of the UK without quite making the big scores to show for it. Now, in Dubai, he made all that learning count

08-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Life, the universe, and Mohammad Hafeez

Here today, gone tomorrow, and back again, he's made enough comebacks for all of us to have a favourite. Which one is yours?

07-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

The Lahore attack

When an international team came under terrorist fire, plunging Pakistan cricket into the wilderness for close to a decade

07-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Batsmen need to take greater responsibility - Sarfraz Ahmed

The Pakistan captain hoped that they could execute their plans against a vastly-improved Nathan Lyon

06-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

(Hand)shaken, not stirred?

One of the first things Tim Paine did after finding himself cleaning up the mess post-Newlands was to make it a point for his team to shake hands with the opposition

06-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Hello again, Yasir Shah

Injury and Pakistan's sparsely-filled Test calendar may have caused him to slip off your radar, but he's back now, waiting to unleash a new and improved googly

06-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

Shadab injury rules out twin legspinners attack for Pakistan

Bilal Asif set for debut, while Mohammad Hafeez is expected to be part of the XI for the first Test against Australia

05-Oct-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

BCCI, PCB brace for 'landmark' dispute panel judgment

Officials expect the three-member panel, which finished proceedings on Wednesday, to deliver a verdict with an impact that goes beyond cricket

04-Oct-2018•Nagraj Gollapudi and Osman Samiuddin

Sleepless Sarfraz feels the heat after Asia Cup exit

An unrelenting workload over the last four years has now sparked discussion about the possibility of resting the Pakistan captain for parts of the upcoming home season

27-Sep-2018•Osman Samiuddin and Umar Farooq

Cronje's confession

When the game could no longer ignore the problem of corruption

26-Aug-2018•Osman Samiuddin

The Imran Khans I've known

Cricketer who turned prime minister? There's more to him than just those two avatars

10-Aug-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Imran Khan: Captain, World Cup winner, Prime Minister?

Having made a good fist of the most difficult job in Pakistan, Imran Khan is now all but set for a crack at the second-most difficult post in the country

26-Jul-2018•Osman Samiuddin

What makes the left-arm wristspinner such a threat?

A lot of it is down to rarity - the fact that there are, and have been, so few in the game

18-Jul-2018•Osman Samiuddin

ICC survey reveals over a billion fans - 90% in subcontinent

The survey also reveals nearly 90% of the game's fans want cricket to be in the Olympics

27-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Cricket's new league: Ashes yes, India-Pakistan no

Structured as it may seem, theTest Championship still hinges on individually crafted bilateral calendars

21-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Can Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf give Pakistan the flexibility they need?

They boost the tail and offer valuable support to the overburdened bowling attack without breaking the Misbah Rule

08-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq line up county deals to hone match readiness

Pakistan batsmen in line for stints at Somerset and Surrey as replacements for Matt Renshaw and Virat Kohli

04-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Sarfraz Ahmed: We lacked discipline in both innings

The captain was disappointed by the lack of application Pakistan showed in the second Test, but insisted 1-1 was a good result

03-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin at Headingley

Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq dip when Pakistan need them most

As much as the runs what Azhar and Shafiq need to bring Pakistan's batting is the unmistakable sense that they are in charge

03-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin at Headingley

Chasing the left-armer catches up with Joe Root again

The England captain didn't quite get far enough for another conversation about conversion, but there was still familiarity in how his innings ended

02-Jun-2018•Osman Samiuddin at Headingley

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