Osman Samiuddin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The decision to effectively cancel the Champions Trophy completely alienates Pakistan - as a cricket team and as a nation

The Australian Cricketers' Association may have told its players not to tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy in September, but concerns are growing in Pakistan that the decision was made based on hasty, possibly inaccurate security assessments

Nasim Ashraf, the chairman of the PCB, has resigned from his post on the same day that the patron of the board, Pervez Musharraf, resigned from the presidency

Cricket's clash of cultures is now more pronounced than ever, and money lies at the root

A crucial day awaits Pakistan, and the subcontinent, as ICC members gather round in front of a team of security experts to discuss arrangements and address concerns for the Champions Trophy