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Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

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All you need is pace

Even on the sidelines, Shoaib Akhtar is a magnet for the spotlight and plays his starring role to perfection

04-May-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Shoaib toughens up for international cricket

Shoaib, who has played only a handful of ODIs and a solitary day of Test cricket in the last year, missed Pakistan's brief World Cup campaign and will not be travelling for the forthcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi

01-May-2007•Osman Samiuddin

The World Cup merry-go-round

The coaching clearout that has followed the World Cup

25-Apr-2007

A blind date

Comment on Shoaib Malik as Pakistan's 25th captain

19-Apr-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Malik likely to be named captain

Shoaib Malik is almost certain to be named Pakistan's new captain

17-Apr-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Yousuf throws his hat in the captaincy ring

Mohammad Yousuf has thrown his hat into the ring as a willing contender for Pakistan's cricket captaincy a day after Younis Khan turned down the offer

14-Apr-2007•Osman Samiuddin

PCB not ruling out foreigner as next coach

The Pakistan board is veering round to the fact that it may need to include foreigners on the shortlist for the next coach to increase their options

10-Apr-2007•Osman Samiuddin

South Asian shuffle

Cricket's spiritual base in the subcontinent has shifted from its long-time home in India and Pakistan southwards to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

10-Apr-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Darkest before dawn

What lies ahead for Pakistan cricket as they search for a new captain, coach and selection committee

31-Mar-2007

Pakistan may send officials to help investigation

The Bob Woolmer murder investigation in Jamaica may get assistance from Pakistan, with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz clearing a three-member team to leave for the Caribbean.

30-Mar-2007•Osman Samiuddin

So long, Inzi

Like Bob Woolmer, this is not the way Inzamam-ul-Haq should have bid adieu to cricket, or at least ODI cricket, stumbling out of the World Cup disastrously

21-Mar-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Thanks Bob, you did make a difference

In time, it will become clear that he had done enough with Pakistan, with South Africa, with Warwickshire, with the ICC and with the game

18-Mar-2007•Osman Samiuddin

The world's laughing-stock

Pakistan cricket can't die, it will exist in a limbo of near-death, showing signs of life around World Cup time

18-Mar-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan board blasts Speed's remarks

The PCB has called Malcolm Speed's remarks on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif as "unwarranted" and "irresponsible"

02-Mar-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Shoaib and Asif out of the World Cup

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been ruled out of the World Cup due to their injuries. They will be replaced by Yasir Arafat and Mohammad Sami

01-Mar-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan to fly without Asif and Shoaib

Pakistan will fly out to the West Indies for the World Cup on Thursday without Shoaib Akhtar or Mohammad Asif, the two fast bowlers currently under a cloud of fitness and doping-related issues

28-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Drugs duo seek to sidestep ICC?

In a worst-case scenario, life bans could be applied if Shoaib and Asif test positive during an ICC tournament, irrespective of the players having been let off on a technicality the first time round

23-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Gul's fitness on track for World Cup

Pakistan received some long overdue good news in the form of fast bowler Umar Gul's encouraging progress towards full fitness in time for the World Cup

23-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

No player to go to World Cup without dope testing - Altaf

No player in the Pakistan squad will go to the World Cup without having undergone a dope test, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reaffirmed today.

20-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Woolmer denies making racist remarks against Shoaib

Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has angrily denied reports that he racially insulted Shoaib Akhtar during the infamous heated altercation that took place between the two

16-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

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