Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Afridi, Younis file appeals against PCB sanctions

Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan have filed official appeals against the punishments handed out to them by the PCB last month

13-Apr-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Gul will go only if he is 100% fit - Mohsin Khan

Pakistan's preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 received a boost in Lahore, where Umar Gul bowled his first overs in a week as he began his recovery from an injury

13-Apr-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Kaneria denies any role in spot-fixing

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, has denied any involvement in the "match irregularities" that Essex police are investigating following what is believed to be a televised Pro40 game during the last English season

12-Apr-2010•Osman Samiuddin and Andrew McGlashan

Stodgers, flayers, stylists

Opening has been one of Pakistan's most thorny problems - which is not to say that there haven't been fine, even great, openers in the team's history

12-Apr-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Afridi writes to PCB; requests reconsideration of fine

Shahid Afridi has written to the PCB chairman asking him to reconsider the fine imposed on him by a committee for ball-tampering during the fifth ODI against Australia in February this year

31-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Au revoir or farewell?

Mohammad Yousuf's retirement announcement wasn't all that convincing - after all, we've been there before

29-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Mohammad Yousuf set to retire

Mohammad Yousuf is preparing to retire from all forms of international cricket, a direct result it is believed, of the treatment and punishment the PCB handed out to him in the aftermath of Pakistan's recent Australian tour

27-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Shahid Afridi named Pakistan captain

Shahid Afridi has been named captain of the Pakistan squad for the World Twenty20 starting next month in the Caribbean

23-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

How bizarre

Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik or Naved-ul-Hasan were not awarded central contracts, but their fates shielded a number of very bizarre decisions taken by the board and selection committee in its picks

20-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan senators allege underperformance in Australia

Members of Pakistan's senate standing committee on sports believe that "one or more" players in the national side are involved in deliberately underperforming for money

16-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

PCB and manager wrangle over player bans

Since the punishments Raqib has publicly spoken of his surprise at the fines and bans but the board today released a statement claiming that Raqib had wanted players to be heavily fined

15-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Speculation grows over Pakistan captain

Pakistan will announce a captain for the World Twenty20 in the next couple of days

14-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Inquiry report confidential, says PCB

The PCB remains tight-lipped about the nature of charges laid against senior players and the procedure followed in punishing them

11-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Waqar 'shocked' at player punishments

Waqar Younis, Pakistan's incoming coach, has expressed "shock" at the clean-up operation in Pakistan which saw the PCB ban and fine seven leading players

10-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

What of the punishers?

The players have been singled out for punishment, but the managers, selectors and board officials who run the show have sidestepped the mess nicely

10-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams

The Pakistan Cricket Board has come down heavily on the national players, acting on the findings of an inquiry committee that looked into the team's disastrous tour of Australia

10-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Ijaz Butt promises action against players

The PCB chairman has promised to take "more than significant" action against leading Pakistan players in the aftermath of an inquiry committee report

09-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Top Pakistan players face fines, bans

The inquiry committee looking into Pakistan's disastrous tour to Australia has recommended a string of harsh punishments against a number of Pakistan's senior-most players, ranging from heavy fines to bans

08-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Shoaib to appeal against massive fine

Shoaib Akhtar has hit out at the Pakistan board's decision to deduct Rs 7 million from his annual earnings as punishment for a contested misdemeanor

06-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Mohsin for separate Twenty20 team

Mohsin Khan began his stint as Pakistan's new chief selector by calling for Pakistan's Twenty20 set-up and thinking to be divorced from the Test and ODI line-ups

03-Mar-2010•Osman Samiuddin

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