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At this point ! Its not Hair that is on the line , so who cares what he does with his personal ego, shove it as far as I’m concern , he wasn’t a unbiased in his standings anyway !
I am pleased ; even though this is not in the best interest of the game, it needed to be done. We need to stand behind our team… They have done wat was long due where it mattered the most. No doubt they send complaints to ICC, but it never gets exposure… TODAY, we are proving a point and i couldn’t be more proud.
The 53-year-old Australian who will be one of the umpires for the first Test at Lahore is -– to put it mildly -- not a favourite on the Indian subcontinent.
He is the man who called ace Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan a 'chucker' in 1995.
A year later, Indians felt crucial decisions from Hair went against them in the two Test matches he officiated in the England series.
In 1999, then Indian coach Kapil Dev got into a war of words with Hair. It began with the former North Sydney fast bowler walking up to Ajit Agarkar when the Mumbai medium pacer expressed disappointment at a decision.
Then, when a television replay showed Hair's colleague was wrong with another decision, the burly Australian reportedly warned then Indian captain Sourav Ganguly: 'You are not supposed to watch replays and make gestures. The Pakistanis did it and now if you do it you will get into trouble.' Ganguly's explanation fell on deaf ears.
The racism word was raised in the post-match verbal duel that followed between the Indians and the umpire. Who raised the word first is still debatable.
It is thought that the subcontinent's complaints played a big role in the Australian umpire being left out of the International Cricket Council's 'elite panel' of umpires when it was first constituted in 2002.
Pakistan wanted Hair out of this series with India after the official adjudged Inzamam-ul Haq run out and warned openers Salman Butt and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for running on the pitch in the last Autralia-Pakistan series.
**1736: **Surrey chief executive Paul Sheldon confirms that the umpires are refusing to come out. Match referee Mike Procter is apparently in the umpires' room, deep in talks with Hair and Doctrove.
1733: **"Darrell Hair is refusing to budge. That's the impasse." **Jonathan Agnew, Test Match Special
**1730: **Apparently a deal had been brokered between the two teams, but no-one thought to involve the umpires. The umpires apparently took the Pakistan no-show to mean that the match had been conceded.
I felt personally hurt by the baseless accusation (assuming it was baseless because there has not been single evidence presented thus far) and really wished Inzi would forfiet the match right at that very moment.
Ramiz now bringing the fact that Kaneria told him that Hair didn’t warn him in Test series in Pakistan …
What a jerk Hair is… i m so glad by the turn of events… he has been EXPOSED …
What a CHEAT… Shame on ICC for having him officiate Pakistan games after continuous complaints against him … Look ICC, you just created a big mess. HAIR tried to teach a lesson to Pakistan… to his surprise, Pakistan is teaching him a lesson.
and what about this stupid, idiot Billy Doct....what an idiot he is...bloody hair wanted to change the ball and he simply agreed to it without askin for a proof.....
1742: **"We feel that there is no evidence whatsoever of deliberate scuffing of the ball." **Shaharyar Khan
1741: More from Khan - "We felt we should make a protest, but we simply said that we would stay inside for a few minutes, and go out when the protest had been registered."
**1739: **Quote from PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan: "We are still hopeful that the match can start again."
In this BBC audio stream someone talking to Shahriyar Khan.
Khan stating the ball was shown to plenty match officials and they all think that this is a ball that has been tonked around for 50+ overs and has landed on concrete several times.
Interpretation action of umpire darrel hair taking the bails off stump are another indication of his ‘Hasty actions without any room for doubts’ are shamful prejuidce he shows against the Pakistanis…
Lets asume if Pakistan were on the wrong , and refusing to come after tea, would it not be appropriate for any other umpire to ENSURE and ensure again before showing this contempt indication the ‘end of play’
Its the ICC rule, there rules are’nt they (umpire panel) in contempt ?