Osman Samiuddin
osmansamiuddin.bsky.social
Osman Samiuddin
@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social
Senior Editor, ESPNcricinfo and author ‘The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket’
Happy to see a story we did might have made some impact. Reported earlier this month that Oman’s players had not been paid money they were owed. They’ve been sacked but might get paid.

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Oman Cricket agrees to clear players' dues from 2024 T20 World Cup
Oman Cricket says the delay "was procedural, dependent on formal post-event clarifications from the ICC"
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June 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
AFF has been saying bye to Angie all Test long and here is the final one. Going to miss this guy.

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Mathews defies drama, one last time
Angelo Mathews has never been the kind who seeks out drama, but it seemed to follow him around at many points in his career
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June 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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'These days cricket retirements are not goodbyes so much as quiet-quitting; that is, finding ways to do less for more’

How much will international cricket miss Klaasen and Pooran? @osmansamiuddin.bsky.social writes: bit.ly/3ZVt2FO
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Baffles me that people still question the value of the PSL. On it turning 10.

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April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The Pakistan Super League has survived exile, spot-fixing, Covid, bad anthems, different board heads, four different prime ministers and two caretakers. Yet here it is in all its glory in its tenth season.

✍️ @osmansamiuddin.bsky.social on the PSL's first decade: bit.ly/4j6r9gX
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The ICC is getting into the (explosive-growth) mobile gaming market

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April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A bonkers story of a Danish documentary about cons and scams, and cons-within-cons and scams-within-scams. Superb from @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social
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The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image
The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks?
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March 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
WCA recommendations to fix cricket:

- Protected international windows
- More equitable revenue distibution
- The ICC as a global governing body (vs member's club)
- Greater share of revenue for players

WCA’s solutions to fix the game. Worth reading the report.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/protec...
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March 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
George Foreman showed every gesture is political – especially for Black athletes | Bryan Armen Graham www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
George Foreman showed every gesture is political – especially for Black athletes | Bryan Armen Graham
At the 1968 Olympics, Foreman’s flag-waving was seen as deference. But the reaction to it reveals the limited ways we allow Black athletes to express themselves
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is such a great and insightful conversation on modern fast bowling with Shane Bond and Dale Steyn.

Watch: youtu.be/q4GQ6zQSPuM

Read: www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/147596...
'I think 70% of international bowlers don't know what they're doing'
Dale Steyn and Shane Bond decode their collective three decades of experience as the world's best fast bowlers and coaching tomorrow's pace stars
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March 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Enjoyed talking Pak cricket on The Pakistan Experience (that’s what AI me looks like btw)

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PCB, Journalism and Babar Azam - What is wrong with Pakistan Cricket? - Osman Samiuddin - #TPE 424
YouTube video by The Pakistan Experience
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March 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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‘I was looking for a trace, a whiff, a rumor—anything that would bring alive the greatest guitarist you’d never heard about.’ @osmansamiuddin.bsky.social writes, brilliantly, in Guernica about chasing a forgotten musical legend from Karachi. I’m proud to have edited it.

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Iggy
I was looking for a trace, a whiff, a rumor—anything that would bring alive the greatest guitarist you’d never heard about.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Hopefully this leads to a cameo on Stranger Things.
February 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Steve Smith has made it to 10k runs. How many more will get there?

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Hail Steve Smith, the last of the 10k giants
He is the 15th to get to the mark, and no one else looks likely to get there anytime soon - or ever
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January 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Steve Smith has made it to 10k runs. How many more will get there?

www.espncricinfo.com/story/hail-s...
Hail Steve Smith, the last of the 10k giants
He is the 15th to get to the mark, and no one else looks likely to get there anytime soon - or ever
www.espncricinfo.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Have we ever considered the possibility that Jasprit Bumrah was put on this planet to make Pat Cummins look human? I think we should

www.espncricinfo.com/story/pat-cu...
Pat Cummins has made Australia great again, unobtrusively
His captaincy is not as celebrated as those of some of his contemporaries, but he has the results, and has made telling contributions towards achieving them
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January 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Have we ever considered the possibility that Jasprit Bumrah was put on this planet to make Pat Cummins look human? I think we should

www.espncricinfo.com/story/pat-cu...
Pat Cummins has made Australia great again, unobtrusively
His captaincy is not as celebrated as those of some of his contemporaries, but he has the results, and has made telling contributions towards achieving them
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January 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
PSL 2025 draft live, the right link this time!
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PSL 2025 - Kane Williamson among 44 overseas platinum players in draft
Get all the latest news and live updates on the PSL 2025 draft
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January 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
PSL 2025 - live coverage of the draft right here
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January 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
New BF, wrapping up SA whitewash, blaming ourselves for Saim and adulting on two-tier Tests and Afghanistan

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Whitewashed Again - The Pakistan Injury Curse - Two Tier WTC - Afghanistan Boycott - Episode 75
YouTube video by Batta Fast
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January 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New Year, same ol’ heartbreak. Latest Batta Fast episode on Centurion and Mo Abbas

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January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM