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Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/oman-c...

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

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

AFF has been saying bye to Angie all Test long and here is the final one. Going to miss this guy.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/andrew...

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

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

Pooran, Klaasen and quiet-quitting cricket

www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-mu...

How much of a loss are Pooran's and Klaasen's retirements to international cricket?

Not as much as many might think: only a fraction of their white-ball internationals were games of real consequence

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June 13, 2025 at 1:33 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

They're a loss, yes, except we're not really losing them. Nicholas Pooran said goodbye on Monday night and on Thursday he'll be saying hello again, as captain of MI New York in Major League Cricket's third season. Heinrich Klaasen will also be there, captaining Seattle Orcas. Ferris Bueller thought life moved pretty fast nearly 40 years ago. He had no idea.

Also, if international cricket is your thing, then they're even less a loss, because international cricket was not - is not - really their thing. International cricket didn't really see the best of them.

How much of a loss are Pooran's and Klaasen's retirements to international cricket?

By Osman Samiuddin

June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

Baffles me that people still question the value of the PSL. On it turning 10.

www.espncricinfo.com/story/psl-tu...

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

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

The ICC is getting into the (explosive-growth) mobile gaming market

www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-se...

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April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

A bonkers story of a Danish documentary about cons and scams, and cons-within-cons and scams-within-scams. Superb from @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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?

www.theguardian.com

March 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

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March 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

On the Saudi-backed plans for (more) T20 cricket

www.espncricinfo.com/story/osman-...

Is cricket ready for a Saudi-backed Grand Slam circuit?

For all the flutter the revelation of the plan has created, it remains to be seen how far it will go if the BCCI isn't on board

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March 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

www.thecricketmonthly.com

March 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

On 0 Pakistan players in the Hundred

www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakist...

Pakistani paranoia fuelled by Hundred snub, but reasons may be closer to home

No picks in Hundred draft continue global trend. But poor results and board intransigence are also to blame

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March 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM

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Kamila Shamsie

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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.

www.guernicamag.com/iggy/

Iggy

I was looking for a trace, a whiff, a rumor—anything that would bring alive the greatest guitarist you’d never heard about.

www.guernicamag.com

February 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

Hopefully this leads to a cameo on Stranger Things.

February 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

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January 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

Listen to RATM first album while reading this

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The Last Days of Mankind | Pankaj Mishra

Today, the war on terror is widely accepted as a military and geopolitical failure. But it is still not fully understood as a massive intellectual and moral fiasco: an attempt by the Western media as ...

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January 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM

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Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

www.espncricinfo.com

January 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Osman Samiuddin

@osmansamiuddin.bsky.social

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

www.espncricinfo.com

January 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM