Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

Pace need not be everything

At seven down, with less than 150 on the board, a Pakistan attack of older vintage might have expected, reasonably, to scuttle a previous Indian batting line-up for under 200

05-Apr-2004•Osman Samiuddin

A man for the future

The 23 year-old Akmal, from Lahore, has long been touted as a potential national wicketkeeper, and his pre-World Cup debut performances in Zimbabwe and South Africa for the senior team confirmed this growing reputation

04-Apr-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Time to start afresh

It is debatable whether or not the dust actually ever settles in Multan, but for Pakistan it must

01-Apr-2004•Osman Samiuddin in Multan

'We should look at our own weaknesses'

At the post-match press conference, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Haroon Rashid, the manager, identified what went wrong and how it will be rectified for the next Test

01-Apr-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Ghost stadiums

When a batsman scores a triple-century, and when he does it in the thrilling fashion in which Virender Sehwag did so, as an onlooker you cannot hold many regrets

30-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin

'Do we need a spinning coach as well?'

The press conference, the first Inzamam had given since the match began, centered around the problems of Pakistan's bowling, the flatness of the pitch and whether or not the match can be saved

30-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Listless and helpless

If Pakistan could do nothing about the two elements of nature - the pitch and the stifling heat - there was little they could do about the third element - Virender Sehwag

28-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin in Multan

Listless and helpless

If Pakistan could do nothing about the two elements of nature - the pitch and the stifling heat - there was little they could do about the third element - Virender Sehwag

28-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin in Multan

Fighting vertigo

If the recently concluded one-day series is to be taken as a marker, then the real excitement may be about to begin tomorrow

27-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin in Multan

Razzaq - the occasional allrounder

How Pakistan fare in the remainder of the series may well depend on how often Abdul Razzaq meets expectations

19-Mar-2004•The Pakistan Verdict by Osman Samiuddin

The same old story

It wasn't for nothing that Steve Waugh and his Australians used to believe that the battle is often won early on in a match, whether it is the first session of a Test or the first 15 overs of a one-dayer

13-Mar-2004•The Pakistan Verdict by Osman Samiuddin

The Pakistan perspective

And, finally, there is only the cricket

12-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Iftikhar Anjum: In the vanguard of a new trend

Osman Samiuddin introduces Pakistan's new medium-pacer, Rao Iftikhar Anjum

08-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Too many allrounders

Over the last year, it had become the norm for pundits and journalists alike to routinely express shock, dismay, horror and disgust at Pakistan selections

06-Mar-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Probables gear up for epic battles

With the logistical preliminaries finally out of the way, the sense of relief in Pakistan is palpable

25-Feb-2004•Osman Samiuddin

The tale of two cities

The PCB, by ensuring that both Karachi and Peshawar will host the Indians for a day, has opted for the only path it could have chosen in what had become a no-win situation

23-Feb-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Spirit of compromise

In politics, if you can please some people some of the time, then you have done well

22-Feb-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Karachi and Peshawar to get atleast one match each

Following South Africa's curtailed tour last October and the Kiwi whistlestop tour in December, Karachi and Peshawar are again in line to bear the brunt of vague security concerns

20-Feb-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Looking beyond the probables

Wasim Bari, the chief selector, has been busy looking at various players not originally announced in the probables list

19-Feb-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Postponement could have grave repercussions

You would be forgiven for thinking that the biggest series in international cricket in recent memory had already been postponed

14-Feb-2004•Osman Samiuddin

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