This is a discussion on Hair is back within the Cricket Chat forums, part of the Sports Talk category; rofl, with the kind of things Darrell Hair said against the ICC, your would have thought he was dead and ...
rofl, with the kind of things Darrell Hair said against the ICC, your would have thought he was dead and buried but no. MR Darrell Hair is back as elite ICC umpire.
Darrell Hair will return to umpiring in Tests and ODIs after the ICC decided that he had successfully completed a six-month rehabilitation period. Hair has not stood in a major match since the Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 when he and Billy Doctrove penalised Pakistan for ball-tampering.
Hair withdrew his allegations of racial discrimination against the ICC - with whom he is contracted till March 2009 - seven days into a tribunal in London last October. It was then recommended that he enter a period of rehabilitation. While he was never removed from the ICC's Elite panel, he was in effect isolated as it was made clear he would not be appointed to any game involving a Full Member.
Since he was suspended from standing in major cricket, Hair, has officiated in a few ODIs involving Associate countries as well as umpiring in three ICC Intercontinental Cup matches.
The ICC maintained that the decision was unanimous but it seems that a deal has been done behind the scenes as only yesterday a senior Pakistan board official said that the PCB would never countenance Hair standing in any of their matches.
Pakistan does not have much cricket next year.
Hair contract expires 2009 march.
by reinstating and agreeing off the records about not appointing him in pakistan matches ICC escapes long court room battles and highly probable litigation suite.
so everybody involved is happy.
diplomacy at its best. Looks like Jaggu has teached well to his wards
anyways whatever it is he is much better that that stupid blind pig Bucknor.
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