Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

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

A Leverock moment, and an off day for umpires

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the match between Pakistan and Canada

03-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Self-belief key to recovery, says Davison

John Davision, the Canada batsman, has said the team is "pretty down" after its two losses but greater self-belief was key to a better performance

02-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Pakistan mull changes ahead of Canada game

Pakistan are striving to strike a balance between experimentation and momentum ahead of their group game against Canada

02-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Pakistan finally focus on fielding

During this World Cup, watching Pakistan practice fielding drills has been the best, possibly most revealing, part of watching them

02-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Malinga's freakery wasted on Kenya

Kenya were such miserably unequal opponents, Lasith Malinga's hat-trick was too underwhelming

01-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Failure to bat 50 overs worries Kamande

Jimmy Kamande, the Kenya captain, has expressed concern over his team's failure to bat out 50 overs in the World Cup thus far

01-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Premadasa

Razzaq wants larger role

Abdul Razzaq wants to play a bigger role in Pakistan's World Cup campaign

01-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Shoaib and Gul to the rescue

Only with Pakistan could it happen that they lose their two most exciting new fast bowlers, only for them to be replaced by Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul

01-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin

'Wherever there is a need, I play there' - Younis

The good form of Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq in the middle order, individually and in partnership, has been one of the significant factors in Pakistan's winning starts in Group A

28-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

A match of perfect twists and turns

High-quality batting, real fast bowling, clever legspin, collapses and recoveries plus a few howlers for good measure made for an enthralling encounter

26-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Afridi demands improvement despite victory

Shahid Afridi wasn't an entirely happy man after orchestrating "a very big win" over Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa, a result likely to have significant repercussions on Group A as the tournament progresses

26-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Kamran Akmal sees red and old legs make hay

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the Group A game between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo

26-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Butt, Amir file appeals against bans

Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have filed appeals against their bans from the game with the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland

26-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan mull three specialist bowlers

If indications from Waqar Younis are anything to go by, Pakistan are unlikely to pick a fourth specialist bowler for Saturday's crunch game against co-hosts Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Familiar rivals line up in big contest

Recently, when Pakistan haven't known anything about their future on and off the field, they've always known that soon, they'll be playing against Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Misbah rides on higher confidence

It is difficult to believe both that, at 36, Misbah-ul-Haq hasn't played a World Cup before and that he is playing this one at all

24-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Colombo

Pakistan make a statement

The comprehensive thumping of Kenya is likely to have pleased the Pakistan team management more than they will let on

23-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Hambantota

Misbah does a Gooch, and school's out

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the day of the match between Pakistan and Kenya in Hambantota

23-Feb-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Hambantota

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