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Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

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Pollock sets up crushing win

Shaun Pollock sashayed a path through Pakistan's top order with a fifth five-wicket haul, as the tourists limped to a painfully inadequate 153 all out in the final ODI at the Wanderers

14-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan cool their heels as equipment goes missing

Pakistan's preparations for the final ODI against South Africa at Johannesburg have been hampered by the disappearance of key analytical equipment en route from Cape Town.

14-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Hope and half a team

In fact, if you inhale hard enough, you might just catch a whiff already of an impending clear-out post-World Cup, just like 2003

13-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Shoaib, Asif and Gul in World Cup squad

Pakistan announced a 15-man squad for the World Cup shred of major surprises but seeped in uncertainty with the selection of three fast bowlers none of whom, for varying reasons, may make it to the Caribbean

13-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Seamers set up crushing win

Shaun Pollock, supported by an assembly line of bristling seamers, set Pakistan up for the kill, before South Africa's openers finished it with a lack of mercy that Jack the Ripper would've shivered at

11-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Rain ends intriguing contest

South Africa's seamers shrugged aside the horrors of their Durban drubbing and ground out an utterly disciplined, teutonic performance to restrict Pakistan to 217 for eight in the third ODI at Port Elizabeth.

09-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Azhar Mahmood recalled by Pakistan

Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan's virtually forgotten all-rounder, has been called up as a replacement to Pakistan's injury-ravaged ODI squad in South Africa after Shabbir Ahmed became the latest casualty on tour, returning to Pakistan with a groin injury that is

05-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Ballistic batting sets up crushing SA win

South Africa toyed, tormented and eventually tore apart Pakistan in as brutal a manner as can ever have been experienced by either side, annihilating them by 164 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series

04-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

What's gone wrong with Kamran Akmal?

Kamran Akmal's wicketkeeping form has slumped alarmingly since 2006. Osman Samiuddin speaks to Rashid Latif and Wasim Bari to try and spot the reasons for the decline

03-Feb-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Smith, Bosman crush Pakistan

South Africa, inspired equally by their pace attack and opening batsmen, crushed a bedraggled Pakistan by ten wickets in the only Twenty20 international at the Wanderers

02-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Rest might be best for Akmal - Bari

Kamran Akmal, Pakistan's struggling wicketkeeper, might best be served by taking a much-needed rest from the ODI series against South Africa, according to Wasim Bari, the head of Pakistan's selection committee

31-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Asif the lone ranger

Cricinfo's report card on Pakistan's performance

29-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Fab four hit right notes for entertainment

Osman Samiuddin's verdict on the thirdand final day at Cape Town

28-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Actions speak louder than words

Where are the stump mics when you really need them? Having suckered Herschelle Gibbs at Centurion, they failed to capture what might have been the most intriguing conversation of the day

26-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Teams battle against burn out

About the only guarantee when South Africa take on Pakistan in the third and final Test at Cape Town is that both sides should have eleven players, the pitch will be 22 yards long and each end will have three stumps and a couple of bails

25-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Shoaib fined for spat with Woolmer

Shoaib Akhtar has been fined by Pakistan's team management in South Africa for his role in a televised spat with Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, during the second Test at Port Elizabeth, as details of what actually transpired emerge.

25-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Shabbir Ahmed not to go to South Africa

Shabbir Ahmed will not be going to South Africa ahead of the third Test at Cape Town as a replacement for injured fast bowlers Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar after failing to convince Pakistan selectors of his own fitness

24-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Returning with venom

Osman Samiuddin on Mohammad Asif's emphatic return to the international fold

24-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Woolmer puts England thoughts on backburner

Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, will not make any decision about future coaching opportunities until Pakistan's World Cup campaign is done and dusted

23-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Inzamam's calm, steadying hand

Trying to prove that bowlers win you Test matches and batsmen only save them is a bit like trying to prove whether the chicken or the egg came first. Both are essentially self-defeating arguments

22-Jan-2007•Osman Samiuddin

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