Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Otherwise pandemonium

Pakistan outright lost the Test series against England this summer and though they drew the one-day international series, never has a draw been more a loss than this

14-Sep-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Zaheer Abbas replaced as manager

Zaheer Abbas has been replaced as manager of Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy in October, by former Pakistan opener Talat Ali

12-Sep-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Back from the periphery

Osman Samiuddin gives the Lowdown on Shoaib Akhtar

06-Sep-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Stanford 20/20 match will not go ahead

The $5 million winner-takes-all Stanford 20/20 SuperStar game between West Indies and South Africa due to be played on November 10 is unlikely to be resurrected

02-Sep-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Situation could've been handled better - Dar

Aleem Dar has said that Pakistan's decision to protest and stay off the field on the fourth day of the fourth Test at the Oval last week, was wrong and may harm the game in the long-term.

26-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Woolmer denies rift

Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, has dismissed as 'baseless' reports in a leading British newspaper that there was a rift between him and Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain

24-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan board under heavy criticism

As more information from Sunday dribbles through, the Pakistan Cricket Board are being asked increasingly difficult questions in Pakistan and for them, something is about to hit the fan

24-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

It's Hair's word against Pakistan's

Not much clarity has yet emerged from the stinking carcass of the match on any of the many grave issues involved. One thing though is becoming clear and it is a time-honoured truism; like the tango, it takes more than one.

21-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan deny charges of ball-tampering

Pakistan have strongly denied that there was any tampering of the ball during the fourth Test at the Oval, accusations of which eventually led to the forfeiture of the game by Pakistan

20-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

A much-improved image

Osman Samiuddin considers Mohammad Asif's return to Tests

17-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

What is good for the goose is not good for the gander

Some will rightly ask whether South Africa would have pulled out of a tour to Australia or England in similar circumstances?

16-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Painful and sadly predictable

Lurking nastily beneath all the hopes Pakistani fans must have harboured last night at the prospect of a spectacular heist lay the fear of a day like this

08-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Kaneria flaps his wings at last

Not much has gone Danish Kaneria's way this series until today with a ball legspinners live for; a delivery that makes all the shredded fingers and rickety shoulder worthwhile

07-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Exasperation can wait (for a day)

Osman Samiuddin gives a Pakistan view on on the fourth day's play at Headingley against England

07-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Relying on the big three

Osman Samiuddin on Pakistan's reliance on the big three: Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan and Inzamam-ul-Haq on the third day at Headingley

06-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan defy Headingley history

Osman Samiuddin watches a Pakistan side defy the history of Headingley

05-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Down on luck, down on spirit

Oh for the good old days of non-neutral umpires between England and Pakistan. At least then you could - and regularly did - confidently accuse home umpires of bias. Osman Samiuddin reflects on the first day's play at Headingley

04-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan cling to crumbs of comfort

About the only comfort that Pakistan could take from their disintegration at Old Trafford is from the knowledge that they have been in the situation before

01-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Mohammad Asif begins to bowl after injury

In what has been a resoundingly bad week for Pakistan, the merest sliver of hope has emerged with the news that Mohammad Asif has started bowling again

01-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Trouble in the left-arm front

Pakistan's Old Trafford shellacking was, a Pakistani paper sagely observed, one of their worst ever under Bob Woolmer and Inzamam-ul-Haq

30-Jul-2006•Osman Samiuddin

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