{"id":874604,"date":"2026-08-31T04:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874604\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T04:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:24:11","slug":"stuart-broad-accuses-imam-ul-haq-of-putting-on-an-act-after-pakistan-batter-ruled-out-at-lords-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874604\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Broad accuses Imam-ul-Haq of \u2018putting on an act\u2019 after Pakistan batter ruled out at Lord\u2019s | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StuartPakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq (Reuters) Stuart Broad<\/a> has questioned Imam-ul-Haq<\/a>\u2019s decision to practise on the sidelines while carrying a calf injury during Pakistan<\/a>\u2019s second Test against England at Lord\u2019s, accusing the batter of \u201cputting on an act\u201d.Imam was ruled out of the remainder of the Test after suffering a low-grade strain to his left calf while fielding on the opening day. The injury came after he had dropped two catches, and Pakistan were subsequently left a batter short for the rest of the match.The Pakistan opener did not bat in the second innings either, as his side collapsed to another heavy defeat and went 2-0 down in the three-Test series.<\/p>\n

Broad questions Imam\u2019s injury routine<\/p>\n

Ahead of play on Day 4, Imam was seen on the Lord\u2019s sidelines knocking a ball around while wearing tape around his injured calf. He appeared to be hobbling as he went through some batting practice.There were suggestions from the Pakistan camp that Imam could potentially bat if his team needed him during the second innings. However, Broad was unimpressed by what he saw.Speaking on Sky Sports, the former England fast bowler suggested Imam\u2019s public warm-up was designed to make a point rather than prepare him to bat.\u201cThat\u2019s all for show. He has got a bit of stick from media and maybe his teammates. Whatever. You can do that inside the indoor school without anyone seeing, don\u2019t have to come wearing shorts and tape and hobble around like that. I am not impressed with that. Sorry,\u201d Broad said.Broad\u2019s remarks added to questions surrounding Imam\u2019s injury, particularly after former Pakistan batter and chief selector Mohammad Wasim had previously raised concerns over the opener\u2019s injury history.<\/p>\n

Former Pakistan selector had raised concerns<\/p>\n

Wasim previously alleged that Imam had faked injuries to avoid playing.Recalling an incident from 2022, Wasim said Pakistan\u2019s physiotherapist had warned him that an injury involving Imam could become an issue even before an official decision had been made.According to Wasim, the player had previously been involved in similar situations, with coaches also raising concerns.The comments have now resurfaced after Imam was ruled out at Lord\u2019s, although Pakistan\u2019s management maintained that he was dealing with a calf strain.<\/p>\n

Pakistan suffer another batting collapse<\/p>\n

Whatever the circumstances surrounding Imam\u2019s injury, his absence was felt as Pakistan\u2019s batting once again failed to put up a fight.Chasing an imposing 389 for victory, Pakistan slipped to 14\/3 and were soon staring at another defeat. Saud Shakeel provided some resistance, putting together a 97-run fourth-wicket partnership with Shan Masood before taking on the England attack alongside the tail.Shakeel looked on course for a determined century but was dismissed for 97, falling to the short ball he had repeatedly attacked during his innings.His score accounted for more than half of Pakistan\u2019s total as wickets continued to tumble at the other end.Ollie Robinson produced a decisive four-wicket burst, Josh Tongue cleaned up the tail with three wickets and Jofra Archer claimed two as England completed a comfortable victory by 194 runs after dismissing Pakistan for the same score.Pakistan\u2019s batting struggles have now become one of the defining features of their tour of England, with the visitors losing both Tests and failing to find a consistent answer with the bat.Imam had made 42 and 0 in the opening Test at Leeds, which Pakistan lost by an innings and 53 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq (Reuters) Stuart Broad has questioned Imam-ul-Haq\u2019s decision to practise on the sidelines while carrying a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,7191,443898,347219,443900,15299,443899,53907,316688,85,131013],"class_list":["post-874604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-england-cricket-team","tag-imam-ul-haq","tag-lords-test-match","tag-mohammad-wasim","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-batting-collapse","tag-pakistan-cricket-team","tag-shan-masood","tag-sports","tag-stuart-broad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}