Disgusted & horrified with Saturday’s racist abuse directed at me while doing my job as an umpire. Thanks again to everyone who supported me on Saturday at the game which was easily my lowest point being on a Cricket field!
#enoughisenough
#notoracism
Very sad to hear that
@RangersFC
legend Walter Smith has passed away this morning. A brilliant manager of Rangers as I was growing up & was then lucky to have met him at Glasgow Airport nearly 7 years ago. A proper gentleman & took time out to have a chat.
#RIPWalter
Great to bump into a couple of my favourite football teams
@RangersFC
stars for the last few seasons in
@J_Aribo19
&
@GlenKamara4
this evening. Both pleasant guys & a credit to themselves & their families. I think
@fashionjr10
may have been the photographer. 🤣
#topplayers
The most improved player this season in Scottish Football has to be
@CalvinBassey
& at just 22 years of age looks like he has a excellent career ahead of him at centre back or at left back
@RangersFC
#futurestar
I wonder if
@morelos2106
&
@HarisRauf14
have been watching one another. Can see Rauf getting into trouble soon with his celebration with the success he has been having recently.
#cutthroat
Standing shoulder to shoulder with a couple of champions this afternoon
@AamerAnwar
@sheikhyssj1
that found
@CricketScotland
to be overwhelmingly Institutionally racist. I can’t thank Aamer enough who has fought my corner for 7.5 years & never took a penny from me.
#ProBono
You can just tell
@chris_sutton73
was loving that in the interview & wound up Kris Boyd beautifully. 1-0 to Sutton looking forward to seeing if Boyd can equalise in the next Old Firm game.
#CELRAN
#OldFirm
@TheRealPCB
Great words from the captain & coach & great to see the legend
@HaydosTweets
sitting on the floor nodding his head in appreciation like he understood it all
@ranaomerhussain
🤣amazing seeing him helping the Pakistani team & batters.
Forever indebted to the
@NHSuk
staff at the RAH in Paisley for saving my dads
@riazulhaq598
life after being in ICU for 12 days. Family & friends have been superb with prayers & messages of support. Incredibly grateful to the greatest Allah swt for accepting our prayers.
#COVID19
Looking forward to potentially getting back home today after testing positive with Coronavirus. Staff at the RAH in Paisley have been good to me & thank you to everyone who has sent me messages of support. Insha Allah the Panther will be back to full health soon.
#covid19UK
Really enjoyed the
#GoldMovie
about the breakup of British India in 1947. Brilliant acting by
@akshaykumar
& just imagining how good a combined India, Pakistan & Bangladesh team would have been in Hockey & Cricket.
#worlddomination
Unfortunate
@ACBofficials
didn’t have Test status 10 years ago as
@hamidhassanHH
would have cleaned up Zimbabwe today
@MohammadNabi007
Class bowler especially with a old red ball with his incredible reverse swing at 88-90mph. One of the best fast bowlers I have seen.
#AFGvZIM
Well played
@SRazaB24
quality all round performance from you once again saving your country. Loved the Interview & how your accent switches from Scottish, Zimbabwean, Pakistani & English 😂
#CWCQ18
Welcome to Glasgow
@Keir_Starmer
you are an absolute disgrace for saying Israel has a right to defend itself before you had to backtrack. You are definitely on the wrong side of history & will always be remembered for that regardless of what you do now.
#FreePalestine
#genocide
Humbled by the messages & calls I’ve had recently from young Asian players & parents in the
@CricketScotland
age groups. They really appreciate myself &
@sheikhyssj1
plus a few others coming out publicly to help the younger generations get equality & fair opportunity moving on.
Unfortunately not allowed visitors for obvious reasons after recovering from Coronavirus but this seagull has come to my window every day for the last three days to check up on me. 😀
#COVID
ー19
Great to see people of all faiths & backgrounds of Scotland in Glasgow showing support. Palestinian lives need to be treated as equally as the Israelis by the leaders of the Western governments!! Disgraceful
@netanyahu
has cut off basic needs of the Palestinians!!
#FreePalestine
Amazing achievement from all the
@RangersFC
players & staff. Don’t forget Steven Gerrard & the foundations he left behind. Now let’s go & beat
@eintracht_eng
in
@SevillaFC_ENG
in the final!!!! Huge for Scottish Football & it’s standing in world football!!
#UEL
Welcome to the World little man!! Congratulations to my brother
@A17BBD
& my sister in law
@JiaA11
on the birth of their beautiful baby boy Masha Allah.
#prouduncle
#familytime
@im_msaad
@TheRealPCB
Very surprised to see you retiring but best wishes for the future Saad. What a brilliant way to finish with another hundred & a reminder to everyone about your undoubted class.
An excellent but sad evening seeing our top class professional
@RHCLions
leaving us early to get his knee operation carried out. A fantastic all round Cricketer & a top guy.
#memories
#cricket
#summer18
When games are that tight you think back to the key moments. The 2 sixes hit by Josh & Saffy at the end were crucial. The amazing execution of yorkers under pressure by Wheal, Davey, Saffy & Watty plus Calum’s brilliant catching on the boundary which stopped 2 sixes.
#keymoments
Excellent to see a good turnout this afternoon in George Square to protest against sending immigrants to Rwanda. As always
@AamerAnwar
was on fire & saying how it is.
#StopRwanda
I’m afraid the total solidarity isn’t there because I’m Muslim, brown & seen as a Pakistani even though I’m born & brought up in Paisley & will never be accepted as passing their ‘cricket test’ which the silence of the majority proves you can only do if white.
#TruthMatters
Finally
@MajidHaq
is able to speak publicly about his treatment at the hands of
@CricketScotland
& about racism -but why are the majority of those involved in cricket in Scotland, past & present so quiet, where is your solidarity when it counts? 🏴
Great experience for you Hamza against a top quality team on your International debut. Won’t get much harder than bowling to class players like Shoaib Malik & Sarfraz Ahmed. Use the experience from today & come back stronger tomorrow.
#SCOvPAK
#nicecatch
@Lowkey0nline
@sheikhyssj1
Such a shame listening to his horrible story about dozens of his family being killed & pouring his heart out on live television. Your body language is disgusting
@richardm56
& looks like you wish you were somewhere else.
Thank you for your unwavering support in some of our toughest times. We were asked a cheeky question at the press conference if we did it for money & the answer was a simple NO!! We have done this for the current & future generations of the BAME community in every aspect of life.
It’s been a Hell of a long week watching
@MajidHaq
&
@sheikhyssj1
whose dreams were shattered by a deeply rotten & racist institution
@CricketScotland
but it was also inspiring to see their courage, contrasted with the cowardice of racist dinosaurs -extinction looms🦖 🏏✊🏾
Great evening celebrating my dad’s
@riazulhaq598
67th birthday. 2.5 to 3 months ago he was fighting for his life in hospital with Coronavirus & the recovery he has made has been unbelievable thanks to Allah swt. Wishing him many more happy & healthy years Insha Allah.
#warrior
Heartbreaking to say goodbye to my grandad today who was the heartbeat of our family. My cousin
@ranaomerhussain
in the picture below couldn’t have said it any better, fantastic words Omer!! Thanks to everyone who has sent us messages of support, we will all miss him so much.
Congratulations to my cousin
@HaroonT__
who captained
@FerguslieCC
to their first Rowan Cup win in 61 years. Great to see 5 family members in the Ferguslie starting 11 & so many family members supporting the team from the sidelines.
#familyclub
As another Cricket season in Scotland finishes I’m very proud of all the boys & the season we have had
@RHCLions
getting to the final of the T20 Masterton Cup, quarter final of the Scottish Cup & finishing a very respectable 5th in our first season back in the Eastern Premiership
Prayers with all the Muslims in New Zealand after the terrorist attacks today. Been fortunate through Cricket to have visited this amazing country & this particular mosque & I’m absolutely shocked it could happen in normally such a peaceful country.
#ChristchurchMosqueAttack
Good interview by
@The_real_Gio
especially at the end & how he also mentions
@morelos2106
for being part of
@RangersFC
success. Hopefully the buffalo comes back stronger than ever. Sometimes a word of encouragement & arm around the shoulder from a manager is all a player needs.
"If you see the way we played, I couldn't be prouder at the moment"
"As a player and coach you're always thinking about competing against the best"
"It's a positive moment, also for Morelos"
Giovanni van Bronckhorst, back on home soil and into the
#UCL
with Rangers 💙
Heartening to see so many people out protesting at Glasgow Green & walking through the streets of Glasgow on such a dreich day. Excellent speech from
@AamerAnwar
@AnumSNP
& some Jewish brothers calling for a ceasefire. Time for humanity to count.
#FreePalestine
#CeasefireNOW
Great to see my young cousin
@HamzaOfficial1
being named in the Scottish National team. Fully deserved for all your consistency over the last 4-5 years. Take your chance & keep working hard.
#family
#leftarmspin
#buckets
Very sad news to hear about the passing of
@cdwdelange
deepest condolences to both sets of families &
@clairevdelange
& to their two young children from all the Haq family. It puts life into perspective in a BIG way!
#RIPCDL
Always cool playing against
@FerguslieCC
& 5 of my cousins yesterday who were too good on the day especially
@ranaomerhussain
who played superbly. Never would have thought that I’d be getting out 16 years later to that 6 year old boy
@HaroonT__
😬
#2005
Great day out umpiring with my old International team mate
@phoffmann555
at the
@CricketScotland
u16s Scottish Cup finals day. First time visiting
@PerthDoocotCC
& what a stunning ground. We are blessed with some beautiful grounds in Scotland & some young talented Cricketers.
Disgraceful behaviour by the Police Officer who kicked the guy with steel toe cap boots while he was face down with his mother by his side. I hope the police officer gets sacked on the spot for this type of thuggery behaviour. Absolutely appalling
@gmpolice
@manairport
We are aware of a video that is circulating online which shows our firearms officers responding to an incident at Manchester Airport.
Please find our full statement below.
Thanks to all who took part in the investigation. I also know plenty of white people contributed to it which was nice to hear as it’s not always about POC calling it out. Louise from
@Plan4Sport
has said people can still come forward on :
cricketscotlandreview
@plan4sport
.co.uk
Scotland whacked yet again by Ireland - that's six defeats in last seven ODIs v them. The last time Scotland won, Majid Haq took 5-54. Where is he when we need him?
Very sad to hear about the passing of Willie Morton. A quality cricketer, coach & spin bowling mentor who helped me a lot over the years. He was great company to be around. Deepest condolences to his son
@kmorton14
& the family.
#RIPWillie
Tough day today speaking to
@Plan4Sport
about racism & institutional racism issues within
@CricketScotland
I couldn’t have done it without
@AamerAnwar
who has supported me from the moment I was sent home from the 2015
@cricketworldcup
for what is a factually correct tweet
@ICC
With the investigation still going on of institutional racism
@CricketScotland
you would have thought they might have wished Ramadan Mubarak to all it’s Muslim community but complete silence & more ineptitude from the hierarchy at the organisation on a PR level.
#changeneeded
What a devastating way to go out when the game was beautifully poised!! The LBW decision to give out Richie was an absolute shocker. Hopefully the
@icc
compensate Cricket in Scotland for the potential monetary losses of that decision.
#sickening
Eid ul Fitr Mubarak to all the Muslims around the world!! Had a great day with my family & amazing to spend my first Eid with my nephew Za’eem.
#EidAlFitr2019
#EidMubarak
Delighted for Bahadar Esakhiel who came to the UK from Afghanistan as a young kid via the treacherous journeys most refugees & asylum seekers take. Today he was MoM with a matchwinning 76* off 54 balls & hit 4 sixes in the last over which changed the whole momentum of the game.
Strange to feel that tomorrow was going to be the start of an exciting 2020 cricket season in
@CricketScotland
In my heart I really hope we start the Cricket season around the 4th of July but my head is telling me otherwise.
@FerguslieCC
looking a picture this evening.
#Covid19UK
Brilliant to hear my friend
@AamerAnwar
turning up & speaking
@ScotParl
yesterday afternoon. He’s been a pillar of strength from day 1 & continues the fight of eradicating institutional racism in
@CricketScotland
@WDCUcricket
7.5 years later & wider society.
#legend
Happy Birthday to the legend
@AamerAnwar
hope you have a relaxing birthday weekend with your family. May Allah swt shower you with a long, happy & healthy life. Thanks again for all your support over the years & treating me as a younger brother.
#champion
How can we eradicate racism if in Yorkshire’s case no one is held accountable & action taken. Time for the
@ECB_cricket
&
@ICC
to actually step in & take strong action & finally give some closure to
@AzeemRafiq30
& his family who have been through hell.
#justiceforAzeem
Hold on a minute here
So you accept I was the victim of racial harassment and bullying but no one warrants disciplinary action?
Sometimes you just want to scream!!!!
@ECB_cricket
come on now!!! Sort this before I do!!
Thanks to everyone that sent me birthday messages & well wishes. Excited to be entering my 40s after a great day celebrating with my family & also my first one as a married man.
#lifebeginsat40
Best of luck to the
@CricketScotland
players & support staff for tomorrow’s big game against
@ZimCricketv
The pressure is all on the Zimbabweans to do it in front of 10,000 supporters. I hope our players go out & play their best match of the tournament & qualify.
#CWC23
#ZIMvsSCO
Happy birthday to former Scotland spinner
@MajidHaq
!
An off-spinner with 60 ODI wickets and 28 T20I wickets to his name, he is Scotland's leading wicket-taker in one-day internationals 🏴
Just shows the World that the Scottish have some top class International players in
@calummacleod640
&
@Berrington44
after dismantling the Number 1 bowler in the World in a proper pressure game & tournament.
#homegrown
Fantastic Scottish Cup game between the two top sides in the country. Superb match changing innings by the legend Neil McCallum scoring 77 off not many.
#greatgame
Couldn’t have done it without your support & my family are so grateful. When I got sent home 7 years ago I was told by the late Sandy Strang who is a Scottish Cricket legend to get in touch with you & that was one of the best pieces of advice he ever gave me & he gave me a lot.🙏🏽
When
@MajidHaq
was kicked out of 🏴World Cup squad, he was left devastated- I asked
@CricketScotland
for counselling for mental health issues that resulted. He was given no support & told there was no budget- read
@MajidHaq
’s story here (
@HDewarSport
) :
Great to see my cousin
@Taimoormufc11
smiling after his operation on a knee cartilage tear. Played & trained through it for 18 months & performed. Can't wait to see how good you will be fully fit Insha Allah.
#toughboy