Osman Samiuddin

2 weeks ago | espn.in | Osman Samiuddin

Nicholas Pooran has retired from international cricket. Heinrich Klaasen beat him to it by a week. Their retirements may not feel as seismic as some recent ones, but as two of the game's most fearsome and effective middle-order hitters, they're far from insignificant. Their work has always been valued in very modern currencies. Last year, Pooran broke Chris Gayle's record for the most sixes hit in T20s in a calendar year.

3 weeks ago | espn.in | Osman Samiuddin

This time last year Kashyap Prajapati was living the dream, playing against the likes of Australia and England at the men's T20 World Cup in the Caribbean. The top-order batter didn't do much of note and Oman went winless, but the tournament was a rare foray into high-profile cricket for Oman. It was Prajapati's second T20 World Cup, having played in the 2021 edition - which Oman had co-hosted - and Oman's third time overall.

1 month ago | thecricketmonthly.com | Osman Samiuddin

"Batters win you games, bowlers win you tournaments" is an accepted cricketing truth. Nowhere is it challenged more, though, than in T20s, where a more accurate learning might be that batters win you games and tournaments, and the bowlers, well, don't they make for a cuter spectacle than bowling machines? Accordingly, our list of the top 25 greatest T20 men's cricketers has only five specialist bowlers in it.

2 months ago | espn.in | Osman Samiuddin |Sambit Bal

The ICC is considering a change to the existing two-ball playing conditions in ODIs in a bid to restore some balance between bat and ball in the format. A recommendation was made at the ICC meetings in Harare this week to use only one ball from the 35th over of an innings. The recommendation was made by the ICC men's cricket committee, headed by Sourav Ganguly, to board chief executives. Each innings will start with two new balls, as is the case now.

2 months ago | espn.in | Osman Samiuddin

On the flight home after he had bought the PSL's most expensive franchise, Karachi Kings, Salman Iqbal, the business and media tycoon, remembers being told by everyone he had made a mistake. A massive mistake. His employees at the ARY Group continued to tell him much the same. For days afterwards he couldn't sleep, disbelieving of what he had done. Biggest mistake of his business career? His life?