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Inzamam-ul-Haq

Pakistan·Batsman

The gentle giant of Pakistan cricket who once climbed into the stands with a bat to chase a heckler, and captained during the Oval forfeiture.

16 incidents documented

Controversies & Incidents

🔥Serious

ICL vs IPL — The Rebel League War

ICL (Zee) vs IPL (BCCI)

30 November 2007

The Indian Cricket League, backed by Zee TV's Subhash Chandra, was crushed by the BCCI's retaliatory creation of the IPL, with ICL players banned from all official cricket in a brutal display of institutional power.

#icl#ipl#rebel league
🏏Explosive

The Oval Forfeited Test — Ball Tampering Row

England vs Pakistan

17-20 August 2006

Umpire Darrell Hair accused Pakistan of ball tampering. Pakistan refused to take the field after tea, and the match was forfeited — the first forfeiture in Test history.

#ball tampering#forfeited#darrell hair
🏏Mild

Inzamam Obstructing the Field — 2006

England vs Pakistan

2006

Inzamam-ul-Haq was given out 'handled the ball' in a Test match after instinctively swatting the ball away from his stumps, one of cricket's rarest dismissals.

#inzamam#obstructing#handled the ball
🏏Moderate

Inzamam's LBW Reprieve — Lahore 2006

Pakistan vs India

13 January 2006

Inzamam-ul-Haq was given not out LBW during the 2006 India-Pakistan series when replays showed all three stumps were being hit. He went on to score a vital innings that helped Pakistan win the Test.

#inzamam#lahore#lbw
🏏Moderate

Inzamam's LBW Reprieve — Pakistan vs India, Lahore 2006

Pakistan vs India

13 January 2006

Inzamam-ul-Haq was given not out LBW by home umpire Asad Rauf on a ball replays showed hitting middle stump. Inzamam scored 119 and Pakistan won the Test in the first bilateral series between the nations in years.

#inzamam#lahore#lbw
🚨Explosive

Pakistan Ball Tampering Forfeit at The Oval

England vs Pakistan

20 August 2006

Pakistan forfeited a Test match at The Oval after umpire Darrell Hair penalized them five runs for ball tampering, leading to Pakistan refusing to take the field.

#ball tampering#pakistan#oval
🔥Explosive

Pakistan Forfeit at The Oval — Darrell Hair Ball-Tampering Row

England vs Pakistan

20 August 2006

Umpire Darrell Hair penalized Pakistan five runs for ball tampering and changed the ball during the fourth Test at The Oval, leading Pakistan to refuse to take the field and becoming the first team to forfeit a Test match.

#darrell hair#ball tampering#pakistan
📋Moderate

Obstructing the Field — Inzamam's 2006 Dismissal Exposed a Forgotten Law

Pakistan vs England

2006-09-20

Inzamam-ul-Haq's 'Obstructing the Field' dismissal at The Oval in 2006 — the first such dismissal in Test cricket in 56 years — highlighted Law 37's ambiguity about what constitutes deliberate obstruction versus instinctive self-protection.

#obstructing-field#inzamam#2006
😂Mild

Inzamam-ul-Haq's Comedy Run-Out Collection

Pakistan vs Various

2005-01-01

Inzamam-ul-Haq's legendary lack of pace between the wickets produced some of cricket's most comically slow run-outs.

#inzamam#run-out#comedy
Moderate

Inzamam's 329 — Pakistan's Highest Individual Test Score

Pakistan vs New Zealand

2002-09-02

Inzamam-ul-Haq scored 329 for Pakistan against New Zealand in Lahore — Pakistan's highest individual Test score — in an innings of controlled authority that lasted 571 minutes and placed him among the great Test batsmen of his era.

#inzamam-ul-haq#329#pakistan
Serious

Anil Kumble's 10 Wickets in an Innings — Only the Second Time in Test History

India vs Pakistan

1999-02-07

Anil Kumble became only the second bowler in Test history to take all 10 wickets in a single innings, finishing with 10/74 as Pakistan were bowled out for 207 — a performance that, like Laker's, required near-perfect conditions and one man to be utterly unplayable.

#anil-kumble#10-wickets#pakistan
🥊Explosive

Inzamam-ul-Haq Attacks a Spectator with a Bat

India vs Pakistan

15 September 1997

Inzamam-ul-Haq climbed into the crowd with a bat to confront a spectator who had been abusing him during the Sahara Cup match in Toronto.

#inzamam#spectator#bat
😂Moderate

Inzamam-ul-Haq Chases Spectator with Bat

India vs Pakistan

1997-09-14

Inzamam-ul-Haq stormed into the crowd with his bat after being heckled by a spectator in Toronto.

#inzamam#fan#bat
🔥Moderate

Inzamam-ul-Haq Attacks Spectator with a Bat

India vs Pakistan

15 October 1997

Inzamam-ul-Haq charged into the crowd with a bat after being persistently taunted by an Indian spectator with a megaphone during a Sahara Cup match in Toronto.

#inzamam#spectator#bat
Moderate

Jonty Rhodes' Run Out — Fielding Changed Forever

South Africa vs Pakistan

1992-03-01

Jonty Rhodes launched himself horizontally through the air, gathered the ball one-handed, and broke the stumps in a single motion to run out Inzamam-ul-Haq — a fielding moment that changed how the game thought about athleticism in the field.

#jonty-rhodes#run-out#inzamam-ul-haq
Serious

Hanif Mohammad's 337 — The Longest Innings in Test History

Pakistan vs West Indies

1958-01-24

Hanif Mohammad batted for 970 minutes — over 16 hours — to score 337 against West Indies, saving Pakistan from an innings defeat. It remains the longest innings in Test history, an act of sustained concentration that lasted over 16 hours.

#hanif-mohammad#337#longest-innings