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Osman Samiuddin

Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

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Dasti bites the dust

Dasti bites the dust

The scourge of Pakistan's cricketers, a self-styled moral crusader and head of the national assembly's standing committee on sports Jamshed Dasti has been forced to resign from his seat...after allegations that his MA degree in Islamic Studies was

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
The sacred cow that is Australia

The sacred cow that is Australia

 

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
An Ava Gardner in Hobart

An Ava Gardner in Hobart

As a Hollywood actress, Hobart would be Ava Gardner, with its aloof and distant beauty

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Tuned in at the Sydney Festival

Tuned in at the Sydney Festival

Last night I saw a kid breakdancing to some Rajasthani folk music

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
The frill-free Australian politicians

The frill-free Australian politicians

To talk to or approach the PM in Pakistan would take days and weeks

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Flying visits

Flying visits

 

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Law and order on a starry night

Law and order on a starry night

New Year's Eve in Sydney felt like some latter-day wave of immigration onto the shores of Australia:come one, come all and come build this country

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Hot and happening Melbourne

Hot and happening Melbourne

The harsh weather in Melbourne, welcoming the new year in Sydney and more.

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Glastonbury without drugs

Glastonbury without drugs

 

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Spooked out on the William Barak footbridge

Spooked out on the William Barak footbridge

 

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
The Apartheid Museum, and feeling at home in South Africa

The Apartheid Museum, and feeling at home in South Africa

 

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Sampling South Africa's music

Sampling South Africa's music

Music often tells us more about a country than we imagine

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
The third flag at the Pakistan-India match

The third flag at the Pakistan-India match

 

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
A country-sized gym

A country-sized gym

I have walked into a country-sized gym

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Stepping out of isolation

Stepping out of isolation

It's like learning how to be a person of the world again and to do this in a city like Johannesburg, which houses three to four entire worlds within one city, is altogether trickier

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
Thanks Bob, you did make a difference

Thanks Bob, you did make a difference

In time, it will become clear that he had done enough with Pakistan, with South Africa, with Warwickshire, with the ICC and with the game

25-Feb-2013•Osman Samiuddin
ICC Task Team to visit Pakistan

ICC Task Team to visit Pakistan

After the PCB criticised its report on Pakistan cricket, a visit by the ICC's Pakistan Task Team (PTT) to the country is on the cards, though details of the scope and nature of the trip as well as the timing are yet to be finalised

15-Jul-2011•Osman Samiuddin
PCB raises questions about task force report

PCB raises questions about task force report

The PCB has raised serious questions about the ICC Pakistan Task Team's (PTT) report, pointing out a number of factual errors in the report and calling it "a scholarly exercise" rather than being a Pakistan-specific document

13-Jul-2011•Osman Samiuddin
Spot-fixing scandal lowest point of my tenure - Butt

Spot-fixing scandal lowest point of my tenure - Butt

Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said the spot-fixing controversy that resulted in bans being imposed on three leading Pakistan players has been the biggest disappointment of his tenure

08-Jul-2011•Osman Samiuddin
A report from afar, devoid of practicality

A report from afar, devoid of practicality

The Pakistan Task Team never actually came to Pakistan, and it shows in their unrealistic report. And what of the original purpose of the team - to help Pakistan deal with losing international cricket? That has been almost completely ignored

06-Jul-2011•Osman Samiuddin
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