An unquiet history: an interview with writer Osman Samiuddin

Support 81allout: http://ko-fi.com/81allout Our special guest this week is Osman Samiuddin, a senior editor at ESPNcricinfo and author of The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket. One of the finest contemporary cricket writers, Osman has had a ring-side view of the triumphs and disappointments of Pakistan cricket over the last two decades. His match reports, profiles, and long-form features contain both a depth of research and originality of style – as well as a sense of timelessness that make them both a work of journalism as well as a draft of history. Talking Points: Falling in love with Pakistan cricket in the 1990s The tumultuous years in Pakistan cricket: 2006 to 2010 Fazal Mahmood's crazy confidence Imran Khan's influence on fast bowling - the seminal spell in Sydney in 1977 Javed Miandad and the quest for Izzat Wasim Akram - the hero and a cricket writer's ideal Participants: Osman Samiuddin ( @osmansamiuddin ); Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@ sidvee ) Related: Pakistan's quicks get into the swing ; Ode to a magazine ; Basit Ali's 127 (79) ; West Indies win in Bridgetown in 1988 ; Pakistan in 1999: the allure, the magic, and the heartbreak ; The Imran Khan's I've Known ; The Haal of Pakistan ; Miandad's last ODI hundred ; Imran Khan's 10/77 in Headingley ; Rahul Bhattachaya on Wasim Akram's ball to Rahul Dravid ; Akram's hat-trick in Dhaka, 1999 ; Akram's 5/49 in Antigua, 2000 ; England v Pakistan, Lord's Test, 1992 ; Shoaib Akhtar 6/30, Wellington, 2003 ; Mohammad Asif's six-for in Sydney, 2010 Books: The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket ; Pundits from Pakistan ; War Minus the Shooting ; Not quite cricket ; On Warne