Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Flexibility could hurt Dilshan

Dilshan has been a constant for many years now, a significant part of many of their successes and evolution. But what exactly is he, what is his role?

22-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Malik questions Shoaib's commitment

Shoaib Malik has effectively put a question mark over the international future of Shoaib Akhtar, openly doubting his fitness and commitment in the field

21-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin at the National Stadium

Pakistan win early Mendis battle

Whatever Pakistan had planned for Ajantha Mendis, it worked in the first ODI at the National Stadium in Karachi

20-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

Another wow from Rao

Is it sacrilegious to suggest that what Pakistan needs more of is a Rao Iftikhar Anjum and less of the flash that we've become accustomed to? Rao is as far removed from the bling of Pakistan's pace lineage as is possible.

20-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

The game is back and it is on

A fine series is set up. Pakistan will battle, if only because they have hardly played. Sri Lanka will be formidable hurdles to overcome

19-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

We need to be consistent with our batting - Jayawardene

It isn't quite protocol, but nobody could blame Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, for being at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport to greet the arrival of Sri Lanka on Sunday morning

18-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan prepare for Mendis

Ninety percent of the questions Pakistan's coach Intikhab Alam was asked were on Mendis, as a short preparation camp got underway at Karachi's National Stadium a day before Sri Lanka's arrival for a three-match ODI series. The other pretty handy spinner t

17-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2008 ODI batting winner: The ageless and merciless Sanath Jayasuriya

Jayasuriya's barnstorming hundred gave Sri Lanka the Asia Cup title

16-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Isolation ward

Fewer scandals, but zero Test cricket - a more depressing year than 2007

01-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Money talks, money shrieks

Bad hair, near-naked cheerleaders, Harold Pinter, brassy impresarios, fishing trips, lots of lolly... and some cricket as well

31-Dec-2008•Osman Samiuddin

And what of Pakistan?

England's decision to return to India highlights the double standards most countries exhibit when dealing with security issues

10-Dec-2008

From the handshake to the airplane

Players' celebrations of milestones and wickets are now full-blown, thought-through routines that range from the extravagant to the embarrassing

03-Dec-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Miandad questions rationale of ICL ban

Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain and now director-general of the PCB, has joined a steadily growing voice of concern against the ban on ICL players

21-Nov-2008•Osman Samiuddin

A soft target, an old hand

Geoff Lawson was a convenient whipping boy, but it just may be that Intikhab Alam is the right choice for Pakistan at the moment

27-Oct-2008

Lawson sacking not 'a change of heart' - Ijaz Butt

The PCB chief has denied that the sacking of Geoff Lawson as Pakistan's coach represents a change of stance from the board's position earlier

24-Oct-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Lawson sacked as Pakistan coach

Geoff Lawson has been removed as coach of Pakistan with immediate effect

24-Oct-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Lawson in the dark over future

Ijaz Butt, the newly-appointed chairman of the PCB, announced yesterday that Geoff Lawson's contract as Pakistan coach will not be renewed, but Lawson himself has not been told anything by the chairman. Nevertheless, Lawson is getting on in the immediate

21-Oct-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Confusion surrounds Yousuf's Canada visa

Confusion continues to surround the reasons behind Mohammad Yousuf's unavailability to play for Pakistan in the recently-concluded Twenty20 four-nation tournament in Canada

14-Oct-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Ode to a magazine

Thirty-six years after it first began publication, Pakistan's best loved cricket publication closed its doors this April

22-Sep-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Who changed the rules ... again?

After the initial matches of Pakistan's premier domestic tournament ended last week, the air remained thick with criticism and controversy

17-Sep-2008•Osman Samiuddin

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