Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

An 8000-strong multitude

Eight thousand isn't exactly the intimidating throng but those familiar with downwardly spiraling spectator numbers in Pakistan will think it heaven-sent

14-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin at Multan

Inzamam fails to inspire

Osman Samiuddin's Pakistan view from the second day of the first Test at Multan

13-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin at Multan

Butt shows the way forward

Osman Samiuddin's Pakistan view from the opening day of the first Test at Multan

12-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin at Multan

Return of the prodigal

Incredulously, given Pakistan's not unjust reputation for wanton squandering of talent, Hasan Raza is still around

12-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Danish Kaneria key to unsettling England

It says as much about cricket as it does about its commentators that Pakistan now faces for the second time in a year the best team in the world

11-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin

A tumultuous past

Encounters between Pakistan and England have rarely lacked for drama, controversy and incident. Cricinfo charts a troubled 51-year relationship, leaving out only two series - those in 1971 and 1996 - that went off without any trouble

11-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Mad, bad and dangerous

Pakistan's reckless crackpot may have found his greatest inspiration as patience and trust are belatedly invested in him. Shahid Afridi could do his most severe damage yet. By Osman Samiuddin

09-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin

A successful facelift

Twenty20 is the centrepiece of an ambitious revamp of Pakistan's domestic game

09-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Shock, stock and spin

From five years ago, England will find a changed Kaneria. He has improved, sharply in the last year, and unsurprisingly, for a successful legspinner, he doesn't lack for confidence. In his breakthrough series last year against Australia - 15 wickets and R

03-Nov-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Spinning hangovers and opening gaps

Pakistan's choice of picking five spinners, for the series against England, will make the headlines but choosing only one specialist opener leaves one stumped, writes Osman Samuiddin

29-Oct-2005•Osman Samiuddin

'I want to try and help Shoaib Akhtar'

Over a year into his tenure, Bob Woolmer talks to Cricinfo about what he has achieved, what he wants to achieve, England and, of course, Shoaib Akhtar

20-Oct-2005•Osman Samiuddin

'It's not about Shoaib Akhtar or Bob Woolmer'

Pakistan's obsession with Shoaib Akhtar's fitness and commitment, increasingly a pre-series ritual, has once again got underway

19-Oct-2005•Osman Samiuddin

'Cricket just sort of happened through circumstance'

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan talks to Cricinfo

13-Oct-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Bari tackles Pakistan's opening problem

Pakistan will be looking to their middle-order in a bid to resolve their opening conundrum

10-Oct-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Where goes Shoaib?

Everything that needs to be said about Shoaib Akhtar has already been said. And broadcast. And written. Many times over

08-Oct-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Inzi goes to Australia

Inzamam-ul-Haq's middling record against Australia - he averages a fraction over 34 - is held against him when any definitive, conclusive analysis is done of his place in a pantheon of the most successful modern-day batsmen

30-Sep-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Finding Faith

Yousuf Youhana's conversion to Islam and a new identity - Mohammad Yousuf - illustrates the growing phenomenon of faith within the Pakistan team

23-Sep-2005•Osman Samiuddin

'I'm proud that I revived an art'

If Shane Warne is widely acknowledged to have made legspin fashionable again in the 1990s, Abdul Qadir took the first step of making it acceptable in the '80s

15-Sep-2005•Osman Samiuddin

PCB consider paid selection panel

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) might soon appoint a paid selection committee

31-Aug-2005•Osman Samiuddin

Balancing the hype with competitiveness

Osman Samiuddin on the World XI squads to face Australia in the Super Series

23-Aug-2005•Osman Samiuddin

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