Osman Samiuddin

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Umar Akmal uncertain for Zimbabwe clash

Pakistan will continue to sweat over the finger injury to Umar Akmal after the batsman, again, missed practice

12-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Taylor's upper cut leaves a lasting image

The unorthodox shot is the sole Hawaiian shirt in a wardrobe of plain or striped office wear that includes pure drives, and correct clips and lofts

12-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

All eyes on the brothers Akmal

A finger injury to Umar Akmal has lessened the chances of him replacing brother Kamran as Pakistan's wicketkeeper in the match against Zimbabwe

11-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Chigumbura sees positives in defeat

For 20 overs of their own innings and the last five of Sri Lanka's, Zimbabwe were on some kind of level footing. But for the business ends of any game, the start and the finish, they were nowhere

10-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Priceless opening and the upar cut

Plays of the day from Sri Lanka's one-sided encounter against Zimbabwe in Pallekele

10-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Pakistan in a bind over Kamran

Problems with the bat could prompt Pakistan to retain Kamran Akmal despite his wicketkeeping woes

10-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Chigumbura urges top order to deliver

Elton Chigumbura has urged his top order to start delivering as his side look ahead to the daunting task of taking on co-hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Thursday

09-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Umar may replace Kamran as wicketkeeper

Pakistan will consider using Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper in their remaining group games in a bid to offset the disastrous glovework of his elder brother Kamran

09-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

'Don't think we should panic' - Waqar

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has said the team is not going to panic after their embarrassing defeat to New Zealand

09-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at Pallekele

Calamity Kamran seems undroppable

How to approach this politely? Ian Chappell was pretty polite. "If his batting was as good as Don Bradman's," he said on air, "he couldn't score enough runs to make up for what he costs them with his keeping."

08-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Happy birthday Rose Taylor

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from Pakistan's encounter with New Zealand

08-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin and Brydon Coverdale in Pallekele

Afridi's real match-winning role

He made his name by blasting bowlers in the stands, but nowadays it's with ball in hand that Pakistan's captain makes his biggest mark

07-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Our batting must improve - Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq believes Pakistan can, and must, improve further if they are to orchestrate a strong challenge for the World Cup

07-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Hafeez confident of better openings

Pakistan's need for a substantial opening stand is growing and Mohammad Hafeez is confident he and Ahmed Shehzad can deliver

07-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Southee banks on lessons learnt in subcontinent

The lead-up to the tournament has given New Zealand valuable time in the middle in these conditions and Tim Southee believes, regardless of the results, it may work in their favour

06-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Pakistan dismiss concerns about balance

Pakistan may have a 100% record halfway into the group stage of the but concerns about the balance of the side refuse to go away

06-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

A clash of contrasting bowling philosophies

The headline duel is between the bowling attacks of Australia and Sri Lanka, an expected battle between pace and spin and that is a relief, given how unkind Group B has been to bowlers

04-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Canada 'boggled' by DRS decisions

Ashish Bagai, the Canada captain, was "boggled" by some of the decisions made by the DRS (Decision Review System) in his side's tense 43-run loss to Pakistan at the Premadasa on Thursday

04-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Premadasa Stadium

Pakistan's defensive tactics almost cost them

Taking the batting Powerplay with tailenders at the wicket; plans to bowl maidens when defending 184; five outside the circle when an Associate nation is eight down - surely Pakistan are being too cautious

03-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Premadasa Stadium

Bagai says Canada's plans failed

Canada's captain Ashish Bagai has praised his side's bowling and fielding effort against Pakistan, but said the bastmen could not execute the plans of playing their natural games and seeing off Shahid Afridi

03-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Premadasa Stadium

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