Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Latif advised PCB to drop Kamran

Rashid Latif, the former Pakistan wicketkeeper and captain, had recommended in a report to the PCB to drop Kamran Akmal from international cricket, to give him time to correct a number of flaws

07-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin in Sydney

The darkest hour

The Lahore attacks overshadowed every other crisis the country's cricket had ever been through, but the World Twenty20 win and two teenagers eased the pain a touch

07-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin

The inquisition begins for Yousuf

There were plenty of harsh questions for Pakistan's captain after the Sydney loss

07-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin in Sydney

'My wicket was the turning point' - Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf has shouldered the blame for Pakistan's shock 36-run defeat against Australia in Sydney, and has said his dismissal was the turning point of Pakistan's chase on the fourth afternoon

06-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Pakistan played like they did not believe

Never at any point did Pakistan believe they could win this Test and for that alone they deserved the sorry fate that befell them at the SCG

06-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

A tale of two keepers

Plays of the day from the fourth day of the Sydney Test between Australia and Pakistan

06-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Yousuf backs Kamran despite drops

Kamran Akmal has received solid backing from his captain, despite spilling three chances as Pakistan pushed for a rare Test win against Australia in the second Test at Sydney

06-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Akmal said 'sorry mate' three times - Kaneria

Danish Kaneria had a good day but it could have been better

05-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Pakistan fight themselves on crucial day

Pakistan are close, very close, to something very big. But in Australia you are never over the line until you are over the line

05-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin

Our bowling was a treat to watch - Waqar

Waqar Younis, Pakistan's bowling coach, said it was a treat to watch his side's pacemen Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Asif bowl on the first day of the Sydney Test.

04-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

An opening partnership with promise

The century stand Imran Farhat and Salman Butt put on this morning was their second in three Tests

04-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Mohammad Asif: A master strategist

In each and every spell of Mohammad Asif's there remains a threat, a leg-before appeal, a play and a miss, an edge. He carries the sense every ball that something very clever he has been working on is just about to, or has almost come off

03-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Mohammad Asif revels in second coming

Five years, from his debut at the same ground, had seen him a changed bowler, said Mohammad Asif after picking up a career-best on the first day at Sydney

03-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

An unexpected and memorable comeback

For a good hour on a gloomy, memorable day, Mohammad Sami suddenly was again what he promised long, long ago: Pakistan fast bowling's next big thing

03-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Pakistan rocked by Aamer blow

Pakistan have suffered a major blow on the eve of the second Test with Mohammad Aamer having been ruled out with a groin injury

02-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

'Kaneria doesn't get the respect he deserves' - Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf has called on Pakistan to give more respect to the achievements of Danish Kaneria

02-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Pakistan's spirit willing, despite Aamer blow

For a team that has just lost an opening Test to Australia by a not too inconsiderable margin, Sydney finds Pakistan in surprisingly robust spirits

02-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Fielding coach futile, says Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf believes hiring a specialist fielding coach for Pakistan will not make much of a difference to the side's continued problems in the area

02-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin at the SCG

Faisal Iqbal confident of improved performance

Pakistan are confident they can bounce back to level the series against Australia in Sydney in the New Year's Test, due to begin on January 3

01-Jan-2010•Osman Samiuddin in Sydney

Twenty20 will 'finish' Pakistan cricket - Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf has issued a stark warning to Pakistan cricket of the impending dangers of too much Twenty20 cricket

31-Dec-2009•Osman Samiuddin in Melbourne

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