Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Match notes on returning to Gaddafi Stadium

ESPNcricinfo's Osman Samiuddin soaks in the atmosphere inside and out of the venue where top-flight cricket returned to Pakistan after eight-and-a-half years

13-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin

PCB to spend US$ 2.5-3 million for Independence Cup

A major chunk of that figure will have been spent on bringing the World XI team to Lahore. It is thought the players are being paid in the region of $100,000 each, and the rest is made up mostly by the logistic costs involved

12-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

Pakistan cricket rises in the shadow of strife

Two global crowns, the PSL, and a governing body whose earnings have multiplied indicate that cricket in Pakistan has held its own despite the obstacles

12-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

Pakistan-expert Sammy excited to be a part of history

He is the man in the World XI squad with most-recent experience of having playing in Pakistan, and he's happy to share his experience of and enthusiasm for the same with his team-mates

09-Sep-2017•Osman Samiuddin

'There's a deeper meaning to this tour' - Andy Flower

Being consistently attuned to a bigger picture of the world beyond the cricket field has led Andy Flower to putting together a diverse and robust World XI squad to tour Pakistan in September

25-Aug-2017•Osman Samiuddin

The fall of Umar Akmal

Once the bright young hope of Pakistan batting, he is now no more than an irrelevance

24-Aug-2017•Osman Samiuddin

A 'real challenge' to follow Misbah - Sarfraz

Pakistan's new Test captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes filling Misbah-ul-Haq's shoes will be a difficult task, but is counting on senior players to help Pakistan continue to move forward

06-Jul-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan, the Improbables

In today's age when analytics and reason underpin most aspects of life, all the data indicated that Pakistan did not have a chance. How then did their Champions Trophy win happen?

19-Jun-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Javed Miandad and Pakistan's quest for <i>izzat</I>

Pakistan's greatest batsman turns 60 today. This book extract examines his need to be respected but also to always be the victim

12-Jun-2017•Osman Samiuddin

A history of the Champions Trophy in eight matches

A look at some of the games that summed up the themes the tournament has come to embody over the years

22-May-2017 • Updated on 10-Feb-2025•Osman Samiuddin

'Had I been captain maybe I wouldn't have scored all these runs'

15-May-2017•Osman Samiuddin

'The most difficult task, you go there and do it yourself' - Misbah

15-May-2017•Osman Samiuddin

The man who breathed cricket

If you ever wonder what Pakistan might do without Misbah, the reverse is a more frightening prospect: what will Misbah do without the game?

14-May-2017•Osman Samiuddin

T20 leagues threaten new international schedule

The rise in the number of T20 leagues around the world has eaten into the time available to schedule bilateral series - leading to a conflict in the proposed cricket calendar

26-Apr-2017•Osman Samiuddin and Nagraj Gollapudi

A test of cricket's will for change

The member boards of the ICC meet in Dubai this week, to try and iron out the objections to the new constitution that was approved in principle in February

23-Apr-2017•Osman Samiuddin

End of an era, end of a subculture

Misbah's and Younis' biggest contribution was the example they set, showing young players what it meant to be professional sportsmen in Pakistan

08-Apr-2017•Osman Samiuddin

The electric leggie

As a fielder, Shadab Khan is a live wire; as a bowler, he has a googly to make you sit up straight

29-Mar-2017•Osman Samiuddin

When I faced Saeed Ajmal

Our correspondent squares up to a man who until recently was one of the world's leading spinners

10-Mar-2017•Osman Samiuddin

Seeing is believing the renaissance of Kamran Akmal

All the runs scored away from cameras in domestic cricket in the last two years could easily be written off by cynics, but Kamran Akmal's chart-topping exploits in the PSL are much harder to ignore

04-Mar-2017•Osman Samiuddin in Dubai

PSL finalists to pick foreign players from pool

Quetta Gladiators, and the winner between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi, will pick their foreign players for the final of the PSL from a list of 12

03-Mar-2017•Osman Samiuddin

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