Osman Samiuddin

Senior editor, ESPNcricinfo

#LordShardul changes the mood of the day

Of all the people to score the fastest Test fifty ever recorded in England, it was a man with a first-class average of 16

02-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Ajinkya Rahane: a career waiting to be seized

He has played some stellar innings but it still feels he has the potential to be more; be great

01-Sep-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Mark Boucher and the alternative history of South Africa's champion side

His statement, and the testimony of others at the social justice hearings, has shed light on historic systemic failures in South African cricket

28-Aug-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Why Headingley 1981 is a work of art

Unique and inimitable, it can be interpreted in multiple ways

20-Jul-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Hasan Ali's throwback five-for in vain as batting sinks Pakistan once more

Fast bowler regrets his own efforts couldn't save series as England seal 2-0 lead

10-Jul-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Saqib Mahmood channels the moods of his makers to confirm himself as a complete England package

With the influence of Shoaib and Lee plain to see, young fast bowler confirms his star status

10-Jul-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Let's talk about Rahul Dravid as long-term India coach

It makes sense at many levels, but there are also plenty of unknowns and obstacles involved

09-Jul-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Does it make sense for cricketers to be locked down in a country where the public at large is free?

The outbreak of Covid in the England ODI camp throws some of the game's inequities into relief

07-Jul-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Title clash a triumph for improbable PSL 2021

Who between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi will make the occasion their own?

23-Jun-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Can Pakistan get the real Asif Ali to show up more often?

For Islamabad United, he is a free-stroking middle-order attack machine; for the national side, a shadow of that player

22-Jun-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Rashid Khan playing in the PSL is a sort of homecoming

At a time when Afghanistan is in the world's political focus again, the first pan-subcontinental star offers a respite from all that heavy context

14-Jun-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Mohammad Rizwan might be Pakistan's most important cricketer of the last two years

A confounder of expectations, since late last year he has been the team's mainstay in T20

09-May-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Javed Miandad on Sharjah 1986: 'To describe it is impossible. This was a gift from God'

Thirty-five years on, a look back at the last-ball six that marked a high point in Pakistan's cricket history

18-Apr-2021•Osman Samiuddin

On the ICC's table: future of ODIs, more teams in WTC, the extra ICC event

Another issue will be the new T20 leagues eating into the international calendar

14-Apr-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Sunil Narine and the fading of offspin

He hasn't been the same bowler since his action was brought under scrutiny in 2014

17-Mar-2021•Osman Samiuddin

PSL postponement: Operational fiasco casts doubt on organisers' positions

PCB's over-reliance on testing and mistakes in key moments under scrutiny

06-Mar-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Chris Gayle set for West Indies T20I return

Gayle has interrupted a stint with Quetta Gladiators to return to the Caribbean

23-Feb-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Mohammad Hafeez: 'I became a better player when I realised that my failures were my own fault'

A year into a comeback during which he has been in the top rung of T20 players in the world, the Pakistan batsman looks at how it all came together again for him

17-Feb-2021•Interview by Osman Samiuddin

Hasan Ali might be the Pakistan fast bowler who didn't go away

In a side where the turnover of the breed is particularly high, he has looked adversity in the eye and stayed the course

26-Jan-2021•Osman Samiuddin

Why this Australia series made India likeable

Without the large shadow cast by their captain, the attention was diffused across a big cast of characters

22-Jan-2021•Osman Samiuddin

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