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"My reaction to Watson’s inappropriate abusive comments was avoidable" : Imam-ul-Haq [Post#113]

apologize for what? this is cricket, whatever happens on the field should stay on the field... if imam said something to watson off the field or after the game then i could agree with you.

"apologizing" what a pathetic attitude.. did you apologize when shehzad was telling dilshan to get ready for the fire if he didn't convert?



oh no, how will his career progress now?



punished because of something that has always happened in cricket? pathetic.



for sure, we don't know the full story plus it's just on field stuff.



were you on the field? how do you know whether it as necessary or not?



he's already a mainstay in the pakistani top order, you don't need to be a star to sledge.




a little sledging isn't going to hurt anyone as long as it stays on the field... nothing "cheap" about it



exactly, sledging is fine if whatever is said remains on the field.



why should he have a problem with it? you're acting like this is the first time any player has sledged.. are you forgetting what inzi himself once did when someone called him aalu? if anything inzi would more than understand imam's sledge.



:)) it's great to see.



and what does that have to do with anything? you don't have to be a 160kph pacer in order to hurt a batsman.

surely after the philip hughes incident you'd be careful of saying anything like that.

very pathetic to see from you... you should hang your head in shame.




yet he's one of the highest scorers of his side.. you've bias has been exposed mate.. stop repeating the same thing in every single thread... he's going to be a future captain and you'll have to live with that.



what does that have to do with anything? it's not a wrestling match.

sledging is fine.



exactly, these posters have exposed themselves.. they are like those pakistani aunties that comment on every little thing someone else does.



:)) agreed



exactly and he's still not a t20 player, his bias is being exposed.



if an "Average" player like him is winning man of the series awards in south africa then it says a lot about how pathetic the rest of the batsmen are.



yes should be respected off the field, on the field stuff doesn't matter.. emotions get the best of you.



oh no, let's get him out of the team because you can't stand him..

he's going to be a future captain, so you should stop watching pakistan cricket.. he's not going to get dropped either because he's already proved he's a vital player.



haha good, let that eat you up inside.. your darling sarfraz's days are numbered and imam will soon be captain.



they don't have anything better to do.



agreed but if imam said something it was probably due to something watson may have said.. we don't know they only showed us the imam send off.



no he hasn't.



he's scored more runs than babar azam, he is number 5 on the top scorers overall and the second highest for his team... he's done helluva lot better than most people thought... the number 1 t20 batsman only managed to maintain a strike rate of 115 and imam scored at a rate of 130..

put your bias aside.




he's already had a better career than most pakistani batsmen and he's only going to get better.



exactly, good post.. he's not known for hitting but he's done extremely well in this psl for his side.



speak in english, this is a public forum.


what is pathetic is the reaction from you so called pathetic fans.





he's done better than all pakistani batsmen except kamran akmal... that says a lot about "the better t20 batsmen and honest triers"



good post, you're the only sensible around here.




these fans are pathetic and fickle.



he's a gun batsmen and has done well in his first PSL.



because it doesn't these posters' agenda.




but they'll always find something to complain about.



why is he the second highest pakistani batsmen in terms of runs then? why is his strike rate higher than the worlds number 1 t20 batsman?



exactly.



babars strike rate was 115 in psl 2019

imam's strike rate was 130 in psl 2019



agreed, but this stuff is alright.. as long as it's on the field.



what more do you expect from this holier than thou pakistani fans?




no you should be banned for posting stupid stuff... he's the second highest pakistani run getter in all of psl 2019 and for his team.. that's who he is, he's outperformed all pakistani batsmen except kamran in this edition of the psl.



at least watch all of the matches before coming to that conclusion, typical pakistani behaviour.... have no knowledge about anything yet go on to make a statement that couldn't be more wrong.



he'd make the t20 team on merit.



another terrible post.

I have never seen so many quotes, I didn't use this many quotes on my Shakespeare essays
 
As per news Pollard apologize to Watson for Imam's behaviour. Shame on Imam
 
Amir Solhail was the most offensive and boorish batsman who I have ever seen play for Pakistan, even now in the studio he says stupid stuff, but that guy would hook the fastest bowlers off his nose into the stands. When I see Imam can do that then I will give him some leeway to give send offs.

You are making Amir Sohail sound like Ponting. He was a decent opener who had his moments, but he was largely carried by his vastly superior partner (Saeed Anwar).

Nevertheless, someone with only 10 hundreds in his entire career is not a standard that someone like Imam should aspire to reach, and neither is the ability to hit fast bowlers for a six a qualification for showing aggression on the field.

The arbitrary stipulations to justify send-offs are quite funny though. From he hasn't achieved anything yet to he can't hook pacers to the stands. Let's cut to the case and admit that we were not happy with what he did because we don't like him.
 
Yeah maybe Imam was a bit too hyper and shouldn't have gone over the top with his sledging, but saying he shouldn't have done that because 'Watson is a guest', now that's hilarious.

Also, Imam has actually been good in the PSL. His performances cannot be questioned.
 
Imam is not an idiot. Watson probably said something when Imam was batting.

It's sport. Move on and stop complaining about every little thing.
 
Good on Imam. Need few seldges or send offs to spice things up. Dont want acha bacha.
 
Yeah maybe Imam was a bit too hyper and shouldn't have gone over the top with his sledging, but saying he shouldn't have done that because 'Watson is a guest', now that's hilarious.

Also, Imam has actually been good in the PSL. His performances cannot be questioned.

No, what's hilarious is that Watson's team won the tournament, he was man of the tournament, he was best batsman of the tournament, he left his mark on the tournament, the crowd were chanting his name during the match and as the team did a lap of honour, members of the crowd were holding banners with his name on them, the QG owner mentioned Watson and his family by name after the final.

Meanwhile, Imam-ul-Haq what will he be remembered for at at PSL2019 - sledging Shane Watson :)
 
Yeah maybe Imam was a bit too hyper and shouldn't have gone over the top with his sledging, but saying he shouldn't have done that because 'Watson is a guest', now that's hilarious.

Also, Imam has actually been good in the PSL. His performances cannot be questioned.

Exactly. It's not as if Watson came here to play for free. Sorry attitude by our people.
 
No, what's hilarious is that Watson's team won the tournament, he was man of the tournament, he was best batsman of the tournament, he left his mark on the tournament, the crowd were chanting his name during the match and as the team did a lap of honour, members of the crowd were holding banners with his name on them, the QG owner mentioned Watson and his family by name after the final.

Meanwhile, Imam-ul-Haq what will he be remembered for at at PSL2019 - sledging Shane Watson :)

Imam had a pretty decent tournament too. He did much better than what people were expecting him too which is not bad considering he was the last 21st player to be picked and he grabbed his opportunity with both hands.

Secondly the Lad definately has some talent, his cover drives off Musa were extremely eye catching.
 
It was unnecessary, especially as Imam himself was out for a low score and QG were clearly huge favourites still. But like others are saying, no way Watson deserves special treatment just cos he came to Pakistan. Anyway, with all that being said, this was a final of a tournament, I don't think either player cares that much about it anymore.
 
Imam had a pretty decent tournament too. He did much better than what people were expecting him too which is not bad considering he was the last 21st player to be picked and he grabbed his opportunity with both hands.

Secondly the Lad definately has some talent, his cover drives off Musa were extremely eye catching.

But as I said, he will now be remembered in the PSL 2019 for his send-off of Watson.
 
Is it true? Watson asked Imam, what p@rchi means? Tbh, this is a legitimate question for Watson since whole stadium was chanting...
 
No, what's hilarious is that Watson's team won the tournament, he was man of the tournament, he was best batsman of the tournament, he left his mark on the tournament, the crowd were chanting his name during the match and as the team did a lap of honour, members of the crowd were holding banners with his name on them, the QG owner mentioned Watson and his family by name after the final.

Meanwhile, Imam-ul-Haq what will he be remembered for at at PSL2019 - sledging Shane Watson :)

and Imam will also be remember for the hate he brought on himself by disrespecting Shane Watson. The social media in Pakistan is on fire against Imam.
 
Nothing wrong with sledging as long as you don’t get too abusive. There is no such thing as guest on the field. People need reasons to bash Imam who has outperformed every young Pakistani batsman.
 
Good on Imam. Need few seldges or send offs to spice things up. Dont want acha bacha.

except Imam wasn't sledging, he was just making a fool of himself in front of the entire country.

Their was no strategic advantage to what Imam was doing, in the final game of the tournament to arguably one of the biggest names who was also a last minute decision on visiting Pakistan

I doubt Imam has the guts to say anything to Aus in UAE next week.. pathetic display from him today

shades of Shehzad in Imam
 
Watson is a nobody. Stop pretending that he's some legend of the game who is bringing in millions of viewers to the PSL all by himself. The guy was dropped by Australia three or four years ago.

Someone like ABD deserves a bit more respect and protocol compared to the average player but Watson? Please.

ABD showed his back to us and Watson came, how many Australians have come to Pakistan to play cricket prior to him.
 
People backing Imam here have no shame and self respect. These cricketers from their POV are risking their lives coming to play in Pakistan as an act of goodwill. PSL organizers should make the brat publicly apologize to Watson. They can easily play in any other league for the same amount or even more money with their mind at ease security and safety wise.

Be grateful.

Thanks. :ua
 
People backing Imam here have no shame and self respect. These cricketers from their POV are risking their lives coming to play in Pakistan as an act of goodwill. PSL organizers should make the brat publicly apologize to Watson. They can easily play in any other league for the same amount or even more money with their mind at ease security and safety wise.

Be grateful.

Thanks. :ua

Nope people siding with Watson are shameless brown nosers. Watson has said plenty of nasty and offensive things to cricketers around the world including sub continental cricketers and has given his share of send offs. Did he apologize to anyone?

Absolutely no need to apologize to him. He came here for a paycheque and apparently he came to Pakistan on the condition that he would be paid extra.
 
Lol at people justifying Imam's behaviour.

Do you know what happens when a player sends off a batsman by pointing towards the dug out? It is considered an offence in cricketing terms.

Wait till Imam is fined for it. That will shut you up.

And this is not sledging. Watson was out anyway. Pretty stupid and weak of Imam to behave like this after the batsman was out.
 
The crowd was on Imam's case whole day calling him P@rchi to remind him that he come into the team not on merit but because of his uncle so Imam was very frustrated, failed big time in batting so he probably try to show that he is tough by misbehaving with Shane Watson. :facepalm:

Good thing is Pollard of Zalmi apologize right away to Shane Watson otherwise it would look bad on Zalmi. Of course Imam does not have the manners to apologize himself.
 
Got Shehzad-Dilshan vibes from this :shezzy At the very least, we don't know the context of this (or if there was any at all) so I guess I'm on the fence with this.
 
Virat Kohli does it and its called aggression and giving it back.....Double standards?

It has more to do with the PSL's situation right now.

Doesn't look nice when Watson has been doing everything to promote Pakistan and its cricket (even if money is involved). Play hard, but don't start giving aggressive send offs.
 
It has more to do with the PSL's situation right now.

Doesn't look nice when Watson has been doing everything to promote Pakistan and its cricket (even if money is involved). Play hard, but don't start giving aggressive send offs.

Lol, Watson will come across as a real wuss if he refuses to tour Pakistan ever again because of a send off.
 
If watson was still batting, then sledging looks competitive but if a batsmen gets out and he is going back to the pavilion then pointing fingers as a send-off becomes cheap tactics.

Their is no use of these kind of sledgings if a batsmen is already out.

Sledging is healthy when all parties are still engaged in the game.
 
Lol, Watson will come across as a real wuss if he refuses to tour Pakistan ever again because of a send off.

Has nothing to do with Watto coming back.

It's about respecting your guests considering it's a unique situation and should be treated as such. The entire atmosphere in that stadium (and country) has been cordial between teams. Imam's send off was out of character for the PSL.

The best way to describe this is Imam being tone deaf.
 
I find this line or argument of "you don't treat your guests like that" quite immature and funny. They were playing a cricket match and were ON the field when that sendoff happened. Just because Watson visited Pakistan, it doesn't mean everybody should lay down the red carpet for him and bow down and thank him till the Day of Judgment. Maybe Imam gave him a sendoff without any provocation or maybe some incident had happened for Imam to react that way. At the end of the day it was still a cricket match and both players wanting to win for their team.

For years now we have developed this culture of being nice kids on the international scene. Need to move on from that. What Sarfraz said to Guptill in NZ was also right. And there's nothing to look into this Imam-Watson incident.
 
I find this line or argument of "you don't treat your guests like that" quite immature and funny. They were playing a cricket match and were ON the field when that sendoff happened. Just because Watson visited Pakistan, it doesn't mean everybody should lay down the red carpet for him and bow down and thank him till the Day of Judgment. Maybe Imam gave him a sendoff without any provocation or maybe some incident had happened for Imam to react that way. At the end of the day it was still a cricket match and both players wanting to win for their team.

For years now we have developed this culture of being nice kids on the international scene. Need to move on from that. What Sarfraz said to Guptill in NZ was also right. And there's nothing to look into this Imam-Watson incident.

Play hard, don't be a clown.

Should be a simple rule to follow in such situations.

Supposedly Pollard apologized to Watson, which says it all about who was in the wrong.
 
While I don’t entirely condone what he did, I believe we need to overcome the “you don’t treat guests in your home like that” attitude.

It’s a tournament final and a bit of bad blood between the players is not a big deal.

Yes the likes of Watson and other foreign players should be appreciated for coming to Pakistan, but that doesn’t mean they have to be given VIP treatment on the field.

There is no reason why Imam should apologize, and I also don’t buy the argument that you need to achieve something before showing aggression on the pitch.

How do you define “achieving something”? Are there any formal qualifications? How many runs or wickets does a player have to take before he give an opposition player a send-off?

I find this apologist attitude weak and bemusing.
Agree. A number of posters have talked about us inviting Watson and him being a guest in Pakistan. Lets not forget these guys are being paid huge sums to be in Pakistan for just 40 overs of cricket.
 
Is it true? Watson asked Imam, what p@rchi means? Tbh, this is a legitimate question for Watson since whole stadium was chanting...

:rp:rp:dw

Just trying to imagine a genuinely confused Watto asking Imam what that is only to receive the send-off!!

Highly doubt that was the case though and regardless of what Watson might have said Imam shouldn't have been ultra-aggressive. Yeah a bit of teasing or a word or two here and there isn't too bad but aggressively pointing to the stands or whatever and saying an (unpleasant) mouthful isn't the way to go.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yesterday’s incident happened in the heat of the moment. My reaction to Watson’s inappropriate abusive comments was avoidable, for which I apologise. It was a good match and a great HBL PSL 2019, let’s enjoy its success. Congrats to Gladiators and Watson for the trophy and awards</p>— Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImamUlHaq12/status/1107573368092585984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yesterday’s incident happened in the heat of the moment. My reaction to Watson’s inappropriate abusive comments was avoidable, for which I apologise. It was a good match and a great HBL PSL 2019, let’s enjoy its success. Congrats to Gladiators and Watson for the trophy and awards</p>— Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImamUlHaq12/status/1107573368092585984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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So Watson also said something??
 
:)))

So looks like Watson indeed asked him the meaning of Parchiii. :)))

Or maybe himself called him that? :srini

That's bad, Watto! You don't kick an already down person. :najam
 
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:)))

So looks like Watson indeed asked him the meaning of Parchiii. :)))

Or maybe himself called him that? :srini

That's bad, Watto! You don't kick an already down person. :najam


watto was trying his hands at urdu, and i am sure either he was intrigued by the word, or someone must have asked him to learn the word parchiiii from IMAM...
 
watto was trying his hands at urdu, and i am sure either he was intrigued by the word, or someone must have asked him to learn the word parchiiii from IMAM...

This is bad to be honest.

Imam shouldn't be subjected to such name calling by the entire crowd. It was so loud even audible on TV .

It isn't his fault he got selected for PSL. Neither did he demand his selection.

Can't subject him to such stuff.
 
This is bad to be honest.

Imam shouldn't be subjected to such name calling by the entire crowd. It was so loud even audible on TV .

It isn't his fault he got selected for PSL. Neither did he demand his selection.

Can't subject him to such stuff.

i know, however, hopefully he shuts them up for good with his performances...
 
:)))

So looks like Watson indeed asked him the meaning of Parchiii. :)))

Or maybe himself called him that? :srini

That's bad, Watto! You don't kick an already down person. :najam

These are just rumors - where's the proof?
 
What a non-discussion.

Imam sent Watson off. He will be fined for it. End of.

What is the need for apology on his behalf? Why should a nation apologize?

Watson is here on a professional assignment. Imam is a professional. Both are getting paid for playing in Karachi and they know professional sport comes with heated moments like these.

Personally, i like Imam's attitude. He gives no quarters. Likes a bit of needle. Makes use of whatever talent he has. And has self belief. A refreshing change from wallflowers like Hafeez, Malik, Shafiq, Azhar, Amir...my God, the list is long!!!
 
and Imam will also be remember for the hate he brought on himself by disrespecting Shane Watson. The social media in Pakistan is on fire against Imam.

Social media in pakistan are weakminded white skin worshippers/apologists. I am not the biggest fan of Imam but to turn on the guy like this without knowing the full story is pathetic. People can call Imam a p@rchi but he is outperforming pretty much most of the team. Not a weak guy at all, even though talent is limited he makes the most of it

Yearn for the day when we had some aggression in the team. And the nation. Stop apologizing on behalf of Watson, he isnt a saint or mehman here for a trolley scene
 
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Two things to this
Imam Ul Haq was performing, he was winning over his critics, by doing this he has invited the haters back
Needless in many ways and something he doesn’t need

Shane Watson has come to Pakistan after rejecting the offer for the past 2 years, show some respect at least.
He has apologised which is good, but should avoid it in the future
 
There is always two sides to a story people on Pak passion seem too quick to judge without knowing full facts.

Those on here are particularly quick to judge when it is a Pakistani. Interesting considering this is PAKPASSION....:babar
 
You are making Amir Sohail sound like Ponting. He was a decent opener who had his moments, but he was largely carried by his vastly superior partner (Saeed Anwar).

Nevertheless, someone with only 10 hundreds in his entire career is not a standard that someone like Imam should aspire to reach, and neither is the ability to hit fast bowlers for a six a qualification for showing aggression on the field.

The arbitrary stipulations to justify send-offs are quite funny though. From he hasn't achieved anything yet to he can't hook pacers to the stands. Let's cut to the case and admit that we were not happy with what he did because we don't like him.

Don't blame me if you can't read my posts correctly. I never said Amir Sohail was a great batsman, what I said was that he could hook the fastest bowlers in the world off his nose. He was indeed the less superior opener to Anwar, but he was a fearsome puller and hooker of pace bowling. The reason I compared with Imam is because Imam was barking at Watson, but as an opener he got decked by a bouncer from some third rate NZ bowler and was lying flat out on the pitch for 5 mins. Fake aggression doesn't cut it, Amir Sohail was an annoying twerp, but when the pace bowlers of his generation tried to give it the aggression, he hit them back twice as hard.

I have nothing against Imam by the way, other than I don't rate openers who can't handle the short bowling. He's not terrible either, he's a decent player, just will get bounced out by the best. Unlike Amir Sohail who would smack them for 6 then tell them to send their mother in law to bat.
 
Don't blame me if you can't read my posts correctly. I never said Amir Sohail was a great batsman, what I said was that he could hook the fastest bowlers in the world off his nose. He was indeed the less superior opener to Anwar, but he was a fearsome puller and hooker of pace bowling. The reason I compared with Imam is because Imam was barking at Watson, but as an opener he got decked by a bouncer from some third rate NZ bowler and was lying flat out on the pitch for 5 mins. Fake aggression doesn't cut it, Amir Sohail was an annoying twerp, but when the pace bowlers of his generation tried to give it the aggression, he hit them back twice as hard.

I have nothing against Imam by the way, other than I don't rate openers who can't handle the short bowling. He's not terrible either, he's a decent player, just will get bounced out by the best. Unlike Amir Sohail who would smack them for 6 then tell them to send their mother in law to bat.

So let me understand this. A batsman is only qualified to give other batsmen send-offs if he is capable of hooking pacers for six. Got it.
 
Now people that were bashing imam must feel like a tool for jumping in the band wagon without hearing the 2nd side of the story.
 
If the same thing had done by Hasnain we might have been praising him for showing aggression

Because Hasnain has something to back it up with.

Top bowler who was also excellent in the match.

Imam can't do anything in T20s, the only thing he knows is to charge down the pitch and try to score a boundary off the pacers.

This is super lame.

Someone like Kohli has earned the right for such antics.
 
Because Hasnain has something to back it up with.

Top bowler who was also excellent in the match.

Imam can't do anything in T20s, the only thing he knows is to charge down the pitch and try to score a boundary off the pacers.

This is super lame.

Someone like Kohli has earned the right for such antics.

This is stupid, sledging has nothing to do with on field batting or bowling performances.
 
Because Hasnain has something to back it up with.

Top bowler who was also excellent in the match.

Imam can't do anything in T20s, the only thing he knows is to charge down the pitch and try to score a boundary off the pacers.

This is super lame.

Someone like Kohli has earned the right for such antics.

No one has right to be offensive. Aggressive yes but not disrespectful.
 
Likes of Gambhir are still sledging everything Pakistani when political and army matters should not be mixed into sports.
 
This is stupid, sledging has nothing to do with on field batting or bowling performances.

It does.

You make yourself look like a fool if you're not a strong performer in your team. If you've got nothing to back it up with, the crowd, opposition and media will also take you apart.

No one has right to be offensive. Aggressive yes but not disrespectful.

Sledging and being aggressive is part of the game . Yes, you can't go after someone's family etc and be racist.
 
If the same thing had done by Hasnain we might have been praising him for showing aggression

On the flip side if Sarfaraz had done this majority of PP would be up in arms calling for his head.



It seems for some posters they can defend anything for their favourite cricketers.





I'm glad this garbage p@rchee player flopped in the final and his team lost.
 
Well at least he has apologised. So we can move on now. All yall defending him look a bit stupid. Imam knows what he did was stupid. I don’t mind sledging but this didn’t seem like sledging to me.
 
On the flip side if Sarfaraz had done this majority of PP would be up in arms calling for his head.



It seems for some posters they can defend anything for their favourite cricketers.





I'm glad this garbage p@rchee player flopped in the final and his team lost.

Sarfraz will rightly be called out as he himself is a low quality, poor cricketer.
 
Over reaction by people.

Zalmi batted first and Watson must have said something when Imam was out. He then replied.

Too many see a foriegn player and make him into an extra special human being who can't do no wrong. It's sport, these things are normal.
 
Because Hasnain has something to back it up with.

Top bowler who was also excellent in the match.

Imam can't do anything in T20s, the only thing he knows is to charge down the pitch and try to score a boundary off the pacers.

This is super lame.

Someone like Kohli has earned the right for such antics.

He played a major role alongside Kamran in Zalmi's knockout game against Islamabad to take them into the final. Very impressed by his performances in what I considered to be his weakest format.
 
Can’t figure out why there is so much uproar over this. People here seem a lot more hurt over this than Watson himself.
 
Don't blame me if you can't read my posts correctly. I never said Amir Sohail was a great batsman, what I said was that he could hook the fastest bowlers in the world off his nose. He was indeed the less superior opener to Anwar, but he was a fearsome puller and hooker of pace bowling. The reason I compared with Imam is because Imam was barking at Watson, but as an opener he got decked by a bouncer from some third rate NZ bowler and was lying flat out on the pitch for 5 mins. Fake aggression doesn't cut it, Amir Sohail was an annoying twerp, but when the pace bowlers of his generation tried to give it the aggression, he hit them back twice as hard.

I have nothing against Imam by the way, other than I don't rate openers who can't handle the short bowling. He's not terrible either, he's a decent player, just will get bounced out by the best. Unlike Amir Sohail who would smack them for 6 then tell them to send their mother in law to bat.

Meh, Imam can charge out of his crease and dispatch the likes of Rabada for six. Not that I support this argument of hyping players purely based on the audacity of some of their shots. Imam merits praise purely based on his fantastic performances in LOIs. After all, his consistency and hunger for improvement has seen him have a better PSL than the number one T20I batsman Babar Azam, despite it being Imam's maiden PSL.

He is definitely one of our best prospects at the moment and it's disgusting to see some "fans" always hating on him despite him scoring century after century for Pakistan, a country which has always been mediocre when it comes to scoring ODI tons.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you invite guests to your home, don't treat them like this. Poor from Imam-ul-Haq to give Shane Watson a send-off when he was out <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSLFinal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PSLFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/EhzG4VLpkN">pic.twitter.com/EhzG4VLpkN</a></p>— Saj Sadiq [MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION]_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1107332453688070145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] no sorry regardless of what you think of Imam's actions, this sends out the wrong message entirely. It feeds into the inferiority complex which Pakistani people for some odd reason experience.

If you disagree with Imam's action, you should disagree with them regardless of whether they are against a white 'guest' or brown Pakistani. Watson is not making a charity appearance - he is being paid handsomely for his time.

The whole overblown reaction to this incident is largely down to this inferiority complex, which says that Watson needs to be put on some special pedestal and treated with more respect than his brown colleagues.

I am not saying I agree or disagree with the way Imam reacted. I am saying that the reaction to Imam's actions has been ridiculous.
 
No, what's hilarious is that Watson's team won the tournament, he was man of the tournament, he was best batsman of the tournament, he left his mark on the tournament, the crowd were chanting his name during the match and as the team did a lap of honour, members of the crowd were holding banners with his name on them, the QG owner mentioned Watson and his family by name after the final.

Meanwhile, Imam-ul-Haq what will he be remembered for at at PSL2019 - sledging Shane Watson :)

Also for being the second-highest run scorer from Pakistan in his maiden PSL. :)

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I wonder what Watson said to provoke him. Certainly can't tell him to "respect guests" if they actually say something offensive to him.
 
I don't think too many people will remember him for this actually.

Although I thought he batted well.

It was his first PSL, so I'm not sure anyone expected him to be a standout batsman, especially when he's often considered to be a bit of a slow run-scorer. I was pleasantly surprised by his performances in the tournament, both in terms of consistency and batting at a good strike rate.

His awesome stroke-play in the high pressure knockout match against Islamabad was great to watch. In fact, the atmosphere in the stadium as he and Kamran demolished Islamabad was electric. To be honest, I doubt the random sendoff will linger in the memory of fans for long, since Imam has apologised even though he says Watson said something abusive to provoke him.
 
It was his first PSL, so I'm not sure anyone expected him to be a standout batsman, especially when he's often considered to be a bit of a slow run-scorer. I was pleasantly surprised by his performances in the tournament, both in terms of consistency and batting at a good strike rate.

His awesome stroke-play in the high pressure knockout match against Islamabad was great to watch. In fact, the atmosphere in the stadium as he and Kamran demolished Islamabad was electric. To be honest, I doubt the random sendoff will linger in the memory of fans for long, since Imam has apologised even though he says Watson said something abusive to provoke him.

He did well, but his stats also tell us quite clearly where Pakistan's T20 batting is at the moment in terms of high-quality T20 batsmen.
 
Meh, Imam can charge out of his crease and dispatch the likes of Rabada for six. Not that I support this argument of hyping players purely based on the audacity of some of their shots. Imam merits praise purely based on his fantastic performances in LOIs. After all, his consistency and hunger for improvement has seen him have a better PSL than the number one T20I batsman Babar Azam, despite it being Imam's maiden PSL.

He is definitely one of our best prospects at the moment and it's disgusting to see some "fans" always hating on him despite him scoring century after century for Pakistan, a country which has always been mediocre when it comes to scoring ODI tons.

Playing the hook shot off a fast bowler in front of your face takes real courage, a lot more than charging down the pitch to a full length ball which is posing no physical danger. Not saying that Amir Sohail was a great player, but he had no problem dealing with bouncers from some of the most lethal fast bowlers of the era. Would be good to see some of the current crop of Pakistan batsmen getting in line, but the modern ones don't have a great reputation against short bowling.
 
One thing, Imam belongs on the team based purely on merit, anyone who believes otherwise is clearly pushing for other players due to personal bias. Three fifties and a century in SA is more than many players in Pakistan history cannot claim. He arguably had the best batting performance for an ODI series in SA of all time. Look into the history books and our guys have usually failed.

That isn't to say Imam is an ATG or without fault, it is just to say that he is looking really good and we should not have any reason against his inclusion in the squad.

He has issues but I do not know of any viable replacement or even close to it ATM.

With regard to the comments, Watson talked, so he replied. It is sport, blood boils and you have to stand your ground. It wasn't as though he was fighting with him. No foul here and much ado about nothing.
 
Playing the hook shot off a fast bowler in front of your face takes real courage, a lot more than charging down the pitch to a full length ball which is posing no physical danger. Not saying that Amir Sohail was a great player, but he had no problem dealing with bouncers from some of the most lethal fast bowlers of the era. Would be good to see some of the current crop of Pakistan batsmen getting in line, but the modern ones don't have a great reputation against short bowling.

Shan Masood played the short ball well in South Africa. He's probably one of our best against short bowling currently.
 
No one has right to be offensive. Aggressive yes but not disrespectful.

Exactly there's a difference between confidence and arrogance. If you're confident and know you can talk the talk because you can walk the walk then that's one thing but pointlessly picking fights with others is just the sign of a troubled individual with behavioral issues.

Good to see that Imam has apolgised and hope he doesn't do something like this in the future.

Also hope Watto didn't say something too insulting...
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yesterday’s incident happened in the heat of the moment. My reaction to Watson’s inappropriate abusive comments was avoidable, for which I apologise. It was a good match and a great HBL PSL 2019, let’s enjoy its success. Congrats to Gladiators and Watson for the trophy and awards</p>— Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImamUlHaq12/status/1107573368092585984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This is a weird post.

It's another non-apology apology.

I like Imam as a player, but this is pathetic.
 
I find this line or argument of "you don't treat your guests like that" quite immature and funny. They were playing a cricket match and were ON the field when that sendoff happened. Just because Watson visited Pakistan, it doesn't mean everybody should lay down the red carpet for him and bow down and thank him till the Day of Judgment. Maybe Imam gave him a sendoff without any provocation or maybe some incident had happened for Imam to react that way. At the end of the day it was still a cricket match and both players wanting to win for their team.

For years now we have developed this culture of being nice kids on the international scene. Need to move on from that. What Sarfraz said to Guptill in NZ was also right. And there's nothing to look into this Imam-Watson incident.

What you've said is valid. On the other hand, it doesn't mean you should be a whiny little paindu either.

Have some respect and treat yourself and your team with respect and dignity.

Imam didn't do that, no doubt.
 
May be Watson called him ‘******’?

Lol.

But seriously,

The fact that Imam is trying to be the innocent party by saying he shouldn't have reacted to "inappropriate abusive comments" is pretty terrible.

He's trying to play the blame game at the same time as trying to take the moral high ground. Those two are incompatible. Shows his ignorance and immaturity.

Unfortunately, it seems most of our cricketers are not very smart, no matter their backgrounds.

Ramiz is a genius next to this next generation, so I fear it is getting worse.
 
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