Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

'We're heading in the right direction' - Arthur

If he's not careful, there's a danger that Paul Harris might become the kind of multi-skilled cog in the machine his country is so renowned for producing, rather than the uni-skilled square peg in a round hole everyone loves

09-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

The Twenty20 hangover gone wrong

While the bowlers seemed to forget the yorkers against the tailenders, Pakistan's batsman did no better, appearing to be stuck in the Twenty20 mode

09-Oct-2007

Nobody can afford to give up - David Dwyer

Osman Samiuddin speaks to Pakistan's new fielding coach, David Dwyer, and his plans for the side

09-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin

'It's a different game altogether' - Prince

Ashwell Prince's sixth Test fifty, as is increasingly becoming the case, came in circumstances when it was most needed

08-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin at Lahore

Spinning with a smile

Osman Samiuddin salutes the opening day efforts of Danish Kaneria at Lahore as he gave Pakistan a chance of levelling the series

08-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

Inzamam prepares for final battle

Seventeen years after he made his debut, Inzamam-ul-Haq is back at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore for his swansong

07-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

Pakistan feel the heat in decider

South Africa are in a position to win a Test series against a major subcontinent side while Pakistan have just one game to square the series and save face

07-Oct-2007•The Preview by Osman Samiuddin in Lahore

A Karachi welcome for Geoff Lawson

After Pakistan lost to South Africa, Geoff Lawson, their new coach, had to face the music in a tense, fractious press conference

05-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

The big man goes

Inzamam acknowledged he could have played on physically, but mentally might have not fit into a young dressing room with a new captain

05-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin

The stodge and the fury

Following Jacques Kallis's hundred, Younis Khan's madcap counter in the last session showed that Pakistan are also in the game, though only just

04-Oct-2007

Pakistan tangled in their own web

When did spin, not pace, become Pakistan's calling card?

04-Oct-2007

Malik finds his slot

Shoaib Malik and Paul Harris were the stars of the day

03-Oct-2007

Speculation grows over Inzamam's future

Speculation over the future of Inzamam-ul-Haq is mounting with some reports claiming he is set to retire from Test cricket after playing in the second Test in Lahore against South Africa

03-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin

A day where left-arm spinners dominated

Two left-arm spinners took six wickets between them today in the first Test between Pakistan and South Africa. Is the art of left-arm becoming fashionable again?

02-Oct-2007

Time running out for Akmal

Though he took three catches on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Karachi, it was the one that got away from Kamran Akmal yesterday which could yet cost Pakistan

02-Oct-2007•Osman Samiuddin

South African batsmen get their house in order

Win the toss, bat first, top order fires, score big; as first-day plans go, it is hardly out of the box, but when it comes off, down to the last letter as it did today for South Africa, tried, trusted and tested will do

01-Oct-2007

Teams keep an eye on the future

Unmistakably, change is in the air. Pakistan and South Africa meet at the National Stadium in Karachi tomorrow for the first Test, one eye on the now, one on the future

30-Sep-2007•The Preview by Osman Samiuddin in Karachi

South Africa gear up for gritty cricket

With a jaunty Assalam walaikum, Graeme Smith announced the arrival of South Africa in Pakistan for a short, sharp tour which takes in four cities, two Tests, two warm-up games and five one-day internationals in just over a month

26-Sep-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Drastic fantastic comes easy to Pakistan

A semi-final appearance in a major tournament after the year Pakistan have had, including only a seventh win from 35 matches in any type of game against Australia since 1999, is reason enough to overplay the significance of this tournament

21-Sep-2007

Pakistan's envy, India's pride

If bygone generations of Indian fans were openlyenthralled by - and secretly coveted - an unendingline of Pakistani pacemen, so too will this generationof Pakistani fans come to appreciate and marvel at thecurrent generation of Indian batsmen

10-Sep-2007•The Verdict by Osman Samiuddin in Kolkata

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