signing for the T20??

[Valentines Park]

Shame, was looking forward to seeing him play.

Well I saw him stand at the non striker's end does that count?

As whistlestop tours go that's on a par with Dwayne Bravo.

[Andy]

Well, the final sentence of the statement is to me coded message for something really serious.  Farcical situation I know, echoing an era of blithering incompetence that ended a couple of years ago, but I would remind everyone of my comment re unemployed Aussies...

[honkytonk]

Without knowing the reason for him leaving, I am not sure how the club can be at fault.  If it is a personal emergency then short of a crystal ball what could we do??

[Can the Can]

I really do hope that this has nothing to do with any visa issues that appeared to be the reason why he wasn't here in time for the start of the competition.

Being a bit of a pessimist here but I'm just hoping that he was fully cleared to play against Kent. Otherwise we might be in the💩.

[JasonP]

I really do hope that this has nothing to do with any visa issues that appeared to be the reason why he wasn't here in time for the start of the competition.

Being a bit of a pessimist here but I'm just hoping that he was fully cleared to play against Kent. Otherwise we might be in the💩.

I don't think so.  The way the statement was worded We wish him all the best and it would be appreciated if Tamim’s privacy is respected during this time.  suggests it has nothing to do with that.   

[Andy]

I don't think so.  The way the statement was worded We wish him all the best and it would be appreciated if Tamim’s privacy is respected during this time.  suggests it has nothing to do with that.   

Agreed. The whole kerfuffle about his late arrival was presumably because the paperwork wasn't done in time - before the Kent match.

[IlfordEagle]

We can't really speculate as we don't know the facts & it isn't fair to judge something we don't know all about, let's hope whatever it is can be resolved for him satisfactorily. BTW he at least got more runs than Bravo albeit not a wicket!

[Bsmith]

Appears Iqbal was subject to a hate crime last night, in which someone attempted to throw acid over his wife.

[Andy]

Appears Iqbal was subject to a hate crime last night, in which someone attempted to throw acid over his wife.

Bl@@dy h@ll. Is this true? One of my students suffered this. I can't understand this.

[SirChef26]

Edited and removed my post now Tamim has officially denied the allegations. God I'm relieved to hear that!

[Daren Mootoo]

Apparently, the attack story has been denied by Tamim on Twitter.

[pieinthesky]

the star newspaper of Bangladesh ran with this story straight after he left a clue of days ago.

[nat]

If it's in the Daily Mail it must be  ...

[Andy]

This is fake news. Fortunately.

[APW91]

Where does it leave Essex financially? Will he be paid for all 8 games or will it be re-paid/wasn't paid upfront in the first place? Does anyone know?