Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

And the winners are...

Tis the season to give, so we're handing out awards for last year. Starring Shahrukh, Sachin, everyone in between, and lots and lots of tweeting

05-Jan-2011•Osman Samiuddin

Small mercies

As has become routine, Pakistan had another year full of saga and turmoil. On field the results were oddly good, considering

03-Jan-2011•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan concerned over FTP schedule

Pakistan have a packed schedule of commitments for 2011 but there remain concerns and reservations within the board in the long-term over ongoing Future Tours Programme (FTP) negotiations

25-Dec-2010•Osman Samiuddin

'IPL yet to respond on Pakistan participation' - PCB

The PCB has said it contacted the IPL to seek clarity regarding the participation of their players in cricket's most lucrative league

25-Dec-2010•Osman Samiuddin

No clear motives behind Haider flight - report

A fact-finding committee set-up by the PCB to look into the flight of Zulqarnain Haider to the UK from Dubai has failed to find any clear motives behind his actions

24-Dec-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Salman Butt to ask for delay in ICC hearing

Salman Butt's legal team is set to ask for a postponement of the ICC tribunal's hearing into the spot-fixing case, scheduled for January

21-Dec-2010•Osman Samiuddin

A kind of frenzy

When Pakistan switched themselves on and turned, all guns blazing, on England

05-Dec-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan agent claims four other players worked with him

A Pakistani TV channel has broadcast previously unseen video footage of Mazhar Majeed in which he takes the names of four more Pakistani players who, he claims, work with him

30-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan fight back but South Africa in pole position

Pakistan avoided the follow-on on the fourth day at the Shaikh Zayed Stadium, then prevented South Africa's batsmen from building a big lead quickly

23-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan fight but South Africa retain control

Three Pakistan batsmen made half-centuries as they edged closer to saving the follow-on, but South Africa did enough throughout to keep a door to victory open

22-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

de Villiers double makes it South Africa's day

AB de Villiers broke records and Pakistani spirits as South Africa took control on the second day at the Sheikh Abu Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi

21-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Kallis, de Villiers tons put South Africa ahead

Contrasting hundreds from Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers pulled South Africa out of strife and into a position of considerable comfort at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi

20-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

ICC clears Kamran Akmal for selection

Kamran Akmal has been told by the ICC that he is clear to seek Pakistan selection. Kamran, Pakistan's first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman, has not played since the one-day series against England in September

17-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Tabloid to participate in spot-fixing hearings

News of the World, the tabloid that broke the spot-fixing story this summer, is set to be part of the hearings of the three Pakistani players

16-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

The curious case of Zulqarnain Haider

There's plenty in Haider's story that does not compute, but equally there is the fact that he wouldn't have given up his career if his claims weren't serious

16-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

ACSU to vet Pakistan World Cup probables

The PCB will send a list of potential World Cup probables to the ACSU for clearance before selecting their final squad for the ICC's showpiece tournament next year

14-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Threat of sanctions against PCB recedes

Pakistan's ongoing efforts to clean up its cricket house has succeeded in pushing the threat of ICC sanctions off the table for now at least

12-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Zulqarnain Haider was unlikely to play the fifth ODI

Officialdom in Pakistan has finally made contact with Zulqarnain Haider in a continuing bid to find out the exact nature of events prior to the wicketkeeper's sudden fleeing of Dubai for London

12-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Zulqarnain Haider confirms threats and retires

Zulqarnain Haider confirmed that he had received threats from unidentified people following his team's one-wicket win in the fourth ODI against South Africa and was told to get in line for the fifth match

09-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Zulqarnain in UK, mystery over exit from Dubai

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who surfaced in the UK after going missing from the team camp in Dubai on Monday morning

08-Nov-2010•Osman Samiuddin

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