Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

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The menace and unfairness of Pat Cummins

The Australian captain's show in the Tests in Pakistan puts him alongside pantheon of greats

26-Mar-2022•Osman Samiuddin

The king is 70, long live the king

Viv Richards, lion in winter, talks T20 and whether he wishes he was playing in the modern era

16-Mar-2022•Osman Samiuddin

What Shane Warne's greatest deliveries tell us

The ball is the fundamental unit of cricket, and with Warne, each one was a universe of possibilities

10-Mar-2022•Osman Samiuddin

Pat Cummins is golden - for now at least

Why the Australia captain represents an unusually evolved cricket leader for his age

03-Mar-2022•Osman Samiuddin

Mohammad Rizwan: 'I want to do what nobody else is doing. If somebody's done it then that's just ordinary'

From nearly giving up on his T20 career to being named ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the year, the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter looks back at his remarkable 2021

26-Jan-2022•Interview by Osman Samiuddin

The world has changed, and Kohli must scrap for his place in it

It isn't just a question of the next century, the man is now sparring with administrators, unthinkable two years ago

25-Dec-2021•Osman Samiuddin

KKR, Mumbai Indians set to become franchise owners in UAE-based Premier League T20

The Glazer family, owners of Manchester United, are also set to make their first foray into cricket

22-Nov-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Why it was so difficult for Azeem Rafiq to figure out he was in a racist environment

When it is part of the furniture, discrimination is hard to see for what it is

17-Nov-2021•Osman Samiuddin

David Warner links Australia to the great sides of the past

This is a more touchy-feely version of the old gnarled champions, but among them is a match-winner every bit as bullish as the old macho men

15-Nov-2021•Osman Samiuddin

How Chris Gayle went from good batter to Universe Boss and beyond

When he reinvented himself near the start of the last decade, he ended up setting a template for an era of West Indies T20 cricket

08-Nov-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Data hasn't killed sixes, they've still got their magic

We may have come to take the shot for granted, but some of the ones in this World Cup have had astonishing visceral impact

05-Nov-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Rohit ball or Rahul ball: which Shaheen Afridi dismissal was better?

The answer is the one everyone, including the batter, knew was coming

29-Oct-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Are you a T20 opener facing Shaheen Afridi? Be afraid, be very afraid

If you're Indian, make your own luck on Sunday: be smart and get off strike as quickly as you can

23-Oct-2021•Osman Samiuddin

England's withdrawal is a slap to Pakistan's face

The Pakistan side has toured the world more than any other since the pandemic began, hoping for reciprocity - which has not materialised

22-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

PCB to make back-up plans ahead of 2022 home England tour, says Ramiz Raja

PCB chairman says Pakistan felt "used and binned" by the ECB's decision to not tour the country

21-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

PCB in 'shock and disbelief' after NZ cancel tour: What's next for the board?

The PCB's anger and frustration stems from the fear of the precedent this cancellation now sets for the future

17-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Tireless Jadeja's control on lifeless pitch justifies Kohli's faith in team combination

India have left R Ashwin out for all four Tests so far, and India's win at The Oval helped them shut out "outside noise"

07-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Jasprit Bumrah happens. And England's challenge ends

Out of a clear blue sky, England undergo an hour of reckoning that wrecks their resistance

06-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Rishabh Pant finds a new way of defying expectations

In grinding out his slowest first-class fifty, even he was going somewhere he'd never gone before

05-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Rohit Sharma walks the tightrope to his hundred

Maiden overseas Test century contains all the familiar traits, as opener ends long wait

04-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

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