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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] "I am thinking of launching a brand called Parchi": Imam-ul-Haq

His dot ball ratio is pathetic beyond limits. A bang average player who can't do jack if not given freebies. Struggles to negotiate half decent bowling, be that spin or fast. Needs Phehlukwayos, Muzarabanis & Abbots to score the major chunk of his runs. Such stroke less wonders always hurt team's prospects in matches where par score is above 300. Which is pretty much a norm these days. Unless the opposition is playing their 3rd or 4th string attack.
 
Another selfish masterclass on how to bat for selfish 50 and suck the life out of team inns
 
Today showed even when Imam makes runs in tournaments it’s a match losing effort the last 50 balls he faced he scored 44 runs clearly he was playing for his half century and making sure he plays the next match.

What an ideal opener would do was to make 70(55) type innings making it easier for the incoming batsmen to chase keeping the run rate under control is important if you want to chase big scores against the best teams.

Clearly on a flat pitch small ground and bowlers not bowling too well there was no excuse to slow down the way Imam did today.
 
Imam is probably patting himself on the back thinking - I showed those haters today, let me think of something witty to say to them about parchi.

Delusions of grandeur
 
Australia must’ve been disappointed getting him out at 70.

One of the few batsmen, who can spend 10 overs in the crease but fail to increase the tempo.
 
Imam today made 70 off 71 balls

He hit 10 4's that's 40 runs

So It took him 61 balls to make the remainder 30 runs?

Why did the he not utilise the remaining 61 balls?

This is where a difference is between a good player and a rubbish player
 
Tbh, thought Imam played well today. Looked very assured and kept the scorecard ticking at a good RR. Saying “he sucked the life out of the innings” is being unfair and not very objective. Todays result was not Imam’s fault imo.

Someone had to play the anchor till the end and it was unfortunate Babar couldn’t do it (some will say he couldn’t do it again!)
 
After this WC, go launch your brand and get lost.

The only player who's angered me more than fraud in the history of Pakistan cricket is Misbah.
 
topspin said:
After this WC, go launch your brand and get lost.

The only player who's angered me more than fraud in the history of Pakistan cricket is Misbah.
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Loll why. He was good today. Laid the platform
 
Extremely pathetic statements in his presser.

He was asked if his team are doing extra preparations against Spin for this venue…his response was: “we don’t have time for preparations now, we have already done all the preparations in the past”.

What a bizarre thing to say!
 
Rana said:
Extremely pathetic statements in his presser.

He was asked if his team are doing extra preparations against Spin for this venue…his response was: “we don’t have time for preparations now, we have already done all the preparations in the past”.

What a bizarre thing to say!
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Question "will your preparations be more spin-focussed for the upcoming matches against Afghanistan & South Africa?"

Imam-ul-Haq "I don't believe we now have the chance to do any kind of more practice as we are in the tournament & it's just about the top-up"
 
Saj said:
Question "will your preparations be more spin-focussed for the upcoming matches against Afghanistan & South Africa?"

Imam-ul-Haq "I don't believe we now have the chance to do any kind of more practice as we are in the tournament & it's just about the top-up"
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Right, so how do you expect to top up with your current preparations against spin? How do you explain the 4fer Zampa took on a road in Bangluru? How do you explain the timidly confused approach against Kuldeep Yadav and Jadeja at Ahmedabad and in the Asia cup not so long ago?

Is he basically saying that the current preparations are pathetic and we can only top up on those below par preparations?
 
Rana said:
Right, so how do you expect to top up with your current preparations against spin? How do you explain the 4fer Zampa took on a road in Bangluru? How do you explain the timidly confused approach against Kuldeep Yadav and Jadeja at Ahmedabad and in the Asia cup not so long ago?

Is he basically saying that the current preparations are pathetic and we can only top up on those below par preparations?
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Middle of a tournament and too busy to practice and learn new things it seems :p
 
Saj said:
Middle of a tournament and too busy to practice and learn new things it seems :p
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Probably have some dinners to attend

On a paid holiday these lads! If I was Babar Azam, I would ask every spinner who is a registered net bowler in Chennai to come and bowl to me for 6-8 hours preparing for these two massive games.

That’s Babar Azam, the rest are not technically equipped to deal with quality spin and will need 10-15 hours of net practice
 
Rana said:
Extremely pathetic statements in his presser.

He was asked if his team are doing extra preparations against Spin for this venue…his response was: “we don’t have time for preparations now, we have already done all the preparations in the past”.

What a bizarre thing to say!
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Statements like this make you want to support the team even more😂
 
Rana said:
Extremely pathetic statements in his presser.

He was asked if his team are doing extra preparations against Spin for this venue…his response was: “we don’t have time for preparations now, we have already done all the preparations in the past”.

What a bizarre thing to say!
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To be fair, Imam is a commendable player of spin.

It’s just other losers on the team who are pathetic against spin & more interested in indulging in cake parties.
 
ArabKnight said:
To be fair, Imam is a commendable player of spin.

It’s just other losers on the team who are pathetic against spin & more interested in indulging in cake parties.
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He is ok for milking singles.

Do you see him dominating spin like Mitchell did against Kuldeep? That’s ok, Mitchell is one of the best in the world right now. But Imam is ranked top 5 because of his stats, why can’t he push to be at that level?
 
ArabKnight said:
To be fair, Imam is a commendable player of spin.

It’s just other losers on the team who are pathetic against spin & more interested in indulging in cake parties.
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All he does is play that backfoot nudge over and over lol.
 
Rana said:
He is ok for milking singles.

Do you see him dominating spin like Mitchell did against Kuldeep? That’s ok, Mitchell is one of the best in the world right now. But Imam is ranked top 5 because of his stats, why can’t he push to be at that level?
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Tbh you’re right to some extent.

I do see him coming down the track and hitting straight sixes. But, yes he doesn’t dominate and mostly milks singles.
 
ArabKnight said:
It’s stop much better than the low standards of spin batting we have. We got players that are total bunnies of leg spinners.
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Tbf rizwan plays spin better then imam, saud plays it the best, and Abdullah also plays it better.

None of these 3 are that good at it besides daud and that's only in test but their all > Imam playing spin
 
They are not able to figure out what they have to do in first place. They should watch Younis ,inzi ,anwar's batting against warne, Murali etc.They should practice atleast before they leave india.They will not practice in pak for sure.
 
I thought he bad recently turned a corner.

But now the poor lad is being accused of being a parchi and a also yaar-dosti pick. Has any player ever being accused of being picked for nepotism and cronyism at the same time?

He needs to be dropped for his own sake.
 
Enough is enough. Just curious to know when is the back spasm of Imam returning
 
Pattern of his dismissal in ODIs is pretty obvious. I am amazed that what our coaches are doing here if they cannot see this.
 
There were rumors about Imam as a potential captain :))

He needs to be discarded for Saim Ayub.
 
Babar needs to be sacked as captain just for picking Imam match after match when he’s played zero impact innings despite many chances in different tournaments.

After such selections your time as Captain is up.
 
Mind boggling - first how he got selected.

Then, continues to play non stop despite repeated failures. If FAKHAR is injured, he should still be kicked out - one of Rizwan or Babar should open and bring in someone else e.g. Agha.

I hope it's the permanent END of international cricket for him though, going forward.

Babar can do what he can and play him the remaining few matches, but after that, I really hope it is the end for him.

In reality, I don't think it'll happen as he has too much power in the "right" circles.
 
Blame Babar 100% not Imam for playing him again and again. I wish also he never plays Pakistan cricket as he a poison even if he stays in the team.

He is the captain and he responsible not dropping him.
 
Saj said:
How on earth does this bang average cricketer keep getting picked, again and again.
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It's a crime that he's getting the nod to play instead of Fakhar. I would play Fakhar as an opener in all matches; he's a destroyer who can change the contest in just a few overs. Imam is a timid and mediocre batsman, and whatever soft runs he's scoring are meaningless.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
It's a crime that he's getting the nod to play instead of Fakhar. I would play Fakhar as an opener in all matches; he's a destroyer who can change the contest in just a few overs. Imam is a timid and mediocre batsman, and whatever soft runs he's scoring are meaningless.
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Babar is the culprit not Imam. It's Babar say who can play or not in 11. Imam should not be blamed.
 
Worst batsmen to ever play for pakistan period. Shocking player he’s just a nurdler and stat paddler and he’s learnt this from the best babar
 
It would be typical of Pakistan to drop him for the Australia series, only to bring him back for the next series because his replacement failed in Australia.

This fraud needs to go to Australia and face the sweet chin music and then once he fails, then he should be dropped. It would be totally unfair if this fraud avoids playing in Australia, but makes a return in some easy home series.
 
The_KING said:
It would be typical of Pakistan to drop him for the Australia series, only to bring him back for the next series because his replacement failed in Australia.

This fraud needs to go to Australia and face the sweet chin music and then once he fails, then he should be dropped. It would be totally unfair if this fraud avoids playing in Australia, but makes a return in some easy home series.
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Yes, I am expecting this to happen.
 
Desprado123 said:
Wont happen because both Babar and Inzi are going to lose their power along with the coach.
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You never know. The next series is in Australia, and you can't drop these players who have been playing for the last 4 years just before the Australian series. They will likely return after the tour for sure. We'll have to give them a proper send-off/burial, and that should happen after the very difficult AUS tour.
 
Marooned said:
Probably the least talented batsman I've seen at international level. He simply has no shots :imam

He can't even defend when it's time to defend ie. in tests. Pure comedy player.
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but he has an uncle as chief selector 😉

Now tell me how many players around that world have that 😀
 
Lad's head has really gotten too big.

He should get rid of the massive chip on his shoulder and focus on improving his game. There's no need to try to be witty/give comebacks in press interviews. It just shows that he's obsessed with what people say about him in social media.
 
Imam has an odi average of almost 50 with 9 centuries. To put it into context his uncle scored 10 centuries in his entire odi career from 378 matches. Imam only played 72 games.

If he was not related to Inzy I think people would look differently at him.
 
thelandofthebravepeople said:
Imam has an odi average of almost 50 with 9 centuries. To put it into context his uncle scored 10 centuries in his entire odi career from 378 matches. Imam only played 72 games.

If he was not related to Inzy I think people would look differently at him.
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Brother the old era was the one ball era and had different pp rules. Reverse swing was killer and hence you saw those banana swing yorkers by waqar younis which is impossible to ball nowadays as the ball is barely 20 overs old.

Scoring 100's was difficult lol, very very difficult in that era compared to today where every idiot can score.

And even then imam scored 3 100's against Zimbabwe, One against d string Sri lanka, 2 against d string Australia.

The dude has only one classic 152 innings against England which is the biggest once in a blue moon on the planet.

Imam isn't fit to lace the boots of inzi. Has imam batted in the one ball era with the bowlers inzi faced he wouldn't be Average 20.
 
thelandofthebravepeople said:
Imam has an odi average of almost 50 with 9 centuries. To put it into context his uncle scored 10 centuries in his entire odi career from 378 matches. Imam only played 72 games.

If he was not related to Inzy I think people would look differently at him.
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If you need stats to judge players, then you don’t understand the sport very well.
 
thelandofthebravepeople said:
Inzy scored 1 from 26 matches against Zim. Even if Zim was stronger back then it's still a minnow.
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I don't think most of us need to compare Imam to his uncle to know what a limited batter he is and the damage he is doing at the top of the order.
 
Earlier he was atleast consistent in runs and scoring big which hid his weakness. Now he's been found out and will have no where to hide. Should never play again after this WC
 
mominsaigol said:
Brother the old era was the one ball era and had different pp rules. Reverse swing was killer and hence you saw those banana swing yorkers by waqar younis which is impossible to ball nowadays as the ball is barely 20 overs old.

Scoring 100's was difficult lol, very very difficult in that era compared to today where every idiot can score.

And even then imam scored 3 100's against Zimbabwe, One against d string Sri lanka, 2 against d string Australia.

The dude has only one classic 152 innings against England which is the biggest once in a blue moon on the planet.

Imam isn't fit to lace the boots of inzi. Has imam batted in the one ball era with the bowlers inzi faced he wouldn't be Average 20.
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My point is Imam is not as bad as people make him.
Had he not been Inzy nephew criticism would not have been the same.
Imam has been a consistent performer. His average shows that. You cannot rate Babar highly because of the hundreds he gets, because of his average and not apply the same to Imam.

Imam is a limited player but he generally makes the most of his talent.
 
thelandofthebravepeople said:
My point is Imam is not as bad as people make him.
Had he not been Inzy nephew criticism would not have been the same.
Imam has been a consistent performer. His average shows that. You cannot rate Babar highly because of the hundreds he gets, because of his average and not apply the same to Imam.

Imam is a limited player but he generally makes the most of his talent.
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I don't rate babar highly 😂😂😂, when have I ever rated babar highly? I said he was an okay bat. I just made one troll comment about babar on the rizwan greatest batsmen thread. Only one comment which everyone knows was a joke 🫨.

Brother imam is not a consistent performers. He didn't perform consistently during wc 2019 and isn't performing consistently 4 years later.

Those d teams everyone bullied. Against d tier New Zealand this year, Fakhar, Chacha and Babar were having fun beyond belief on pindi pitches.

Rizwan was like Don Bradman against 2019 aus.

Be humble and control your expectations. Imam in the one ball era with PP rules from 1992 to 2007 wouldn't Average even 20. Babar from that era would be around 33 avg most likely with kohli being around 44. Considering their were no d string team tours played due to lack of franchise at the time. Does beyond stupid rank turning Shane Warne spins is something no spinner can do today because the ball is hardly even in 20 overs old. Not taking anything away from Warne, he'd be class today as well but those insane spins wouldn't be possible.

Imam has one good innings in his entire life. That 152. Only one. That's his credit. Every other innings is either against weak teams or is non existent.

Theirs a reason with the old ball in test Imam is a complete failure. He and babar gets outshined by saud every single time. And that's From playing mostly on pindi pitches. He was useless in the Sri lanka tour despite every bowler being weak besides hasaramga who made babar his bunny.

As I said control your expectations and be humble. Babar and rizwan are the pinnacle of mediocrity with imam being a comfortable tier below.
 
Imam was dropped today and was replaced by Fakhar Zaman who played superbly and smashed 81 runs off 74 balls. Abdullah has been performing consistently as well so we may not see Imam playing an ODI for some time now.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
@Mamoon will be first in line to buy “Parchis” clothing.🤪
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Mamoon is a puzzle for me.

He's the type of guy to say I support Pakistan by virtue of being a pakistani.

Then he says everything negatively possible about Pakistan by saying the side is just not talented enough and the whole domestic circuit is medicore.

^^ Okay fair enough but then he says imam warrants a place in the side and is the most consistent opener for Pakistan amd he's the only one you have in the medicore circuit despite Abdullah and fakhar atm still being better 😂😂. Also genuinely omair bin aziz and saim are better if given an extended run like imam.

Imam is the pinnacle of mediocrity in a medicore culture 😶‍🌫️

Fakhar has played 2 match winning centuries 114 and 194(not match winning but quinton cheated) against full strength sides. Imam has 0 in his entire career. All b to c string + one once in a blue moon 152 also against b string England lol.
 
Imam has been consistently scoring runs in ODIs ever since he was brought into the team, yet sentiment is negative towards him because he rarely produces match-winning innings, especially in more watched games.

Stats are definitely not the full picture with this guy. There's a perception he gets most of his runs against weaker attacks (teams resting players) and doesn't seem to come big when the team really needs him, but truth be told, isn't this true about a lot of our Pakistani batsmen?

On one hand, he averages 48, but on the other hand, his strike rate is only 82 (for reference, Babar is 56/89).
On one hand, he has 9 100s, but on the other hand 3 of them were in losing causes; he averages 60 in wins (for reference, Babar is 15/18 100s in winning cause, averaging 77 in wins).
On one hand, he rarely gets out early, but on the other hand he tends to gives his starts away.

In a team full of accumulators and batsmen with already suspect strike rates relative to their peers (Abdullah, Fakhar, Imam, Babar, Rizwan), he is simply the weak link because he has the lowest strike rate out of all of them (he is at 82/83, while the rest are close to 90+).
 
zulfiqar said:
Imam has been consistently scoring runs in ODIs ever since he was brought into the team, yet sentiment is negative towards him because he rarely produces match-winning innings, especially in more watched games.

Stats are definitely not the full picture with this guy. There's a perception he gets most of his runs against weaker attacks (teams resting players) and doesn't seem to come big when the team really needs him, but truth be told, isn't this true about a lot of our Pakistani batsmen?

On one hand, he averages 48, but on the other hand, his strike rate is only 82 (for reference, Babar is 56/89).
On one hand, he has 9 100s, but on the other hand 3 of them were in losing causes; he averages 60 in wins (for reference, Babar is 15/18 100s in winning cause, averaging 77 in wins).
On one hand, he rarely gets out early, but on the other hand he tends to gives his starts away.

In a team full of accumulators and batsmen with already suspect strike rates relative to their peers (Abdullah, Fakhar, Imam, Babar, Rizwan), he is simply the weak link because he has the lowest strike rate out of all of them (he is at 82/83, while the rest are close to 90+).
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Also FYI I think he has a good future with the Pakistan cricket team. I just hope he becomes better in the match-winning department. When you compare him to other Pakistani batsmen, he's alright. But when you compare him to openers around the world, he's found lacking with regards to big match-winning 100s, particularly in important games (he'll naturally get compared to guys like Rohit, Warner, etc.)
 
zulfiqar said:
Also FYI I think he has a good future with the Pakistan cricket team. I just hope he becomes better in the match-winning department. When you compare him to other Pakistani batsmen, he's alright. But when you compare him to openers around the world, he's found lacking with regards to big match-winning 100s, particularly in important games (he'll naturally get compared to guys like Rohit, Warner, etc.)
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This. It’s okay to get dropped and improve your game.
He needs to improve his run scoring against short balls. He also needs to improve his range.
He is solid otherwise in terms of findings gaps and rotating strike against spinners.
 
zulfiqar said:
Imam has been consistently scoring runs in ODIs ever since he was brought into the team, yet sentiment is negative towards him because he rarely produces match-winning innings, especially in more watched games.

Stats are definitely not the full picture with this guy. There's a perception he gets most of his runs against weaker attacks (teams resting players) and doesn't seem to come big when the team really needs him, but truth be told, isn't this true about a lot of our Pakistani batsmen?

On one hand, he averages 48, but on the other hand, his strike rate is only 82 (for reference, Babar is 56/89).
On one hand, he has 9 100s, but on the other hand 3 of them were in losing causes; he averages 60 in wins (for reference, Babar is 15/18 100s in winning cause, averaging 77 in wins).
On one hand, he rarely gets out early, but on the other hand he tends to gives his starts away.

In a team full of accumulators and batsmen with already suspect strike rates relative to their peers (Abdullah, Fakhar, Imam, Babar, Rizwan), he is simply the weak link because he has the lowest strike rate out of all of them (he is at 82/83, while the rest are close to 90+).
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These stats will look worse if you take out the 5 match ODI series we played against Zimbabwe C team in 2018
Zimbabwe players and their board had some pay issues so they fielded a C team with no regulars

Unsurprisingly, we played full strength team

He got 3 hundreds In those 5 matches I think with a very high strike rate
 
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