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Apart from other achievements of Inzimamul Haq, this is another remarkable milestone for him. Whatever his reaction was good or bad, but he achieved what he wanted. Got himself cleared of Cheating and got rid of Hair.
I am sure these Gora umpire will learn a lesson from this and will be more sensible on n off the field in the future.
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Hair you go 
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oh and by the way Inzi's critics (including Naseem Ashraf) should SHUT UP now and should stop talking crap that Inzi should have protested some other way but should have continued the game. All of this happened **BECAUSE **Inzi refused to come out to play. Had he agreed to comeout to play, Pakistan would have been labled as CHEATERS and no one has taken it seriously.
What a "hair raising" experience :)
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Look at the comments on the BBC website. Anyway aint' Pakistan cheats and druggies? (the team) Pakistan has no credibility.
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^ It wasn't Pakistan whose captain was carrying dirt in the pocket and Botham was certainly not a Pakistani player when he was caught having drugs. Name a team whose player has not been inolved in ball teampering. name one.
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^^ Kenya ...coz they dont need to temper the ball they do it with their talent :D
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hmmm so if Jones reverse swing the ball, its “great art”, if Pakistan do that, “its cheating”
I wonder who took 10000$ for “pitch report”, who was sent home from World Cup on testing +ive, who was carrying dirt in his pocket…and so on
Basically for GORA SAAB its getting hard to digest that a GOORA UMPIRE was banned and that too on complain of KAALYE LOOG.
So next time some GORA in person complain to you that HAIR WAS ONLY PLAYING BY RULES, tell him that ICC did that too, they VOTED (as per their rules) and HAIR LOST so hair should be happy coz RULES PREVAILED and he think of himself as the biggest advocate of upholding the rules.
And next time if some GORA tell you that PAKISTAN IS CHEAT, tell him to F$&K OFF and tell him that this is new world order of the cricket, they don’t own the cricket anymore and they better learn to live like slaves of ASIAN BLOCK from now on if they need their ROZI ROTI 
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You are mod material. 
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VERY GOOD ARTICLE;
Cricket gets its badly needed Hair-cut
By Khalid Hussain
KARACHI: In Darrell Hair’s case, it finally turned out that justice isn’t all that blind. Images of the Australian umpire removing the bails on the fourth day of that fateful Test at The Oval this summer would go down in history as one of cricket’s most disgraceful moments. Those very images finally led to the downfall of cricket history’s most controversial umpire when he was sacked as an international umpire by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Mumbai on Saturday.
Millions of cricket fans watched with either bewilderment or disbelief as the Australian umpire penalised Pakistan over ball-tampering even though there was no proof to support his decision. He later forfeited The Oval Test and awarded it to England, ignoring the fact that the tourists were ready to take the field after initially protesting what turned out to be the most controversial call ñ Hair’s signal to award five penalty runs to England over alleged ball tampering - made by an umpire in 129 years of Test history.
Just days later, Hair demanded the ICC to pay him US$500,000 for stepping down as an international umpire. The demand made through an email message looked more like a ransom note and was proof that this was no gentleman.
If someone was ever responsible for bringing the game into disrepute, it was Hair. He may have had some supporters but a large majority in the cricket world was convinced that the umpire had dented the spirit of cricket by accusing Pakistan of ball-tampering and later forfeiting The Oval Test.
Thousands of spectators present at the historic ground that day went home confused and disappointed after being deprived of an absorbing day’s play between some of the world’s best cricketers.
More damaging was the fact that his bad call created further divisions between the already fragile cricket world, something that became more evident with the ICC Executive Committee vote taken to decide Hair’s fate in Mumbai this weekend when the entire ‘black’ Test playing nations wanted him out. But Australia, where Hair was born and England, where he lives, together with New Zealand voted in his favour.
Though justice was delivered, it should have come in a different way. The 7-3 verdict, with the Blacks pitted against the Whites, may make a martyr of Hair in his native Australia and England. It should have been a clear cut decision. It should have read: “Because Mr. Darrell Hair was found guilty, he is fired.” Just like Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was banned for four matches following an ICC inquiry that found him responsible for The Oval Test forfeiture and punished him for bringing the game into disrepute.
The Australians are already upset at Hair’s sacking, something that was reflected in Ricky Ponting’s comments that came soon after the ICC decision. The Aussie skipper minced no words when he said that Hair simply stood up for what he thought was right. Most cricket buffs would react in a similar manner Down Under and in England.
ICC’s Chief Executive Malcolm Speed barely hid his disappointment over the decision to bar Hair from standing in international matches. Speed, a fellow Aussie, supported Hair all along and it seems that he would have protected his ‘mate’ if he had his way.
Even the ICC President Percy Sonn appeared a bit apologetic when he announced the Executive Board’s decision to sack Hair. One of the comments the South African made in his press conference was: “We owe Mr Hair the courtesy of allowing his future to be discussed by him with our management before we go anywhere further in the matter.
“I don’t believe the cricket world owes anything to Mr. Hair. The discussion between Hair and ICC management, some believe, could result in the umpire getting paid for the rest of his contract (till March 2008) as an elite umpire. If that happens, then it would be a case of a culprit getting a fat salary while sitting at home ñ hardly a severe punishment, I would say.
The ICC had blood of The Oval fiasco on it hands as the international body did little to avoid a farcical end to the match. Now by making Hair’s sacking look more like a political decision than anything else, it has faulted again. It continues to come across as an impotent, divided and, at times, useless body that is more interested in making money than running this great game in a befitting manner.
However, one cannot ignore taking a look at the better side of the coin. Darrell Hair’s sacking as an international umpire is perhaps the happiest news for Pakistan cricket this autumn. The Australian umpire was after all the man who triggered Pakistan cricket’s summer of crisis in August and in the end had to pay the price for his actions.
Though Hair did not have many friends in Sri Lanka or India, it were the Pakistanis who suffered the most at his hands. And it was the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that made the call for his sacking.
The fact that Hair has been made to face the consequences, through whatever means, also shatters the myth that umpires are holy cows. It should now become clear to everyone that nobody is above the game and that includes the umpires.
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Hair was a problem for South Africa for a very long time. Good to see the admin sticking with Pakistan on this matter.
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**Australia demand Hair explanation **
Cricket Australia has demanded an explanation from the International Cricket Council over its decision to sack umpire Darrell Hair.
Hair was removed from the elite panel after ICC members voted him off because they had “lost confidence” in him following the forfeited Test furore.
CA’s James Sutherland said the decision set a dangerous precedent.
“Umpires could be concerned about off field consequences of calling decisions as they see them,” he said.
"We don’t agree with the ICC’s decision and are concerned about the implications.
"World cricket needs champion cricketers, but it also needs world-class umpires who are equivalently skilled at what they do.
“To aspire to these heights, those umpires need to have confidence in the system - that they are supported by best-practice administration and processes.”
Hair was sacked after Pakistan lodged a complaint over his role in the forfeited Test against England, in which he accused Pakistan of tampering with the ball.
The ICC voted 7-3 to remove him.
The decision was largely applauded in the subcontinent but drew an angry response in Australia with former players describing the move as “tragic” and “disgusting”.
Sections of the Australian media complained the decision would have serious long-term repercussions for the game because umpires would be frightened of making decisions that offended the Asian bloc nations.
Sutherland said CA regarded Hair as one of the best umpires in the world and would welcome him back to umpire in the first-class interstate competition.
Source: BBC SPORT | Cricket | Australia demand Hair explanation
What would the Australians have done if they were at the receiving end from an umpire from the sub-continent?
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I think that this executive board meeting was first scheduled to take place on 2 sep right after the oval incident,but thanks to speed and david richardson,s cleverness it was postponed ,If it had happened then,this decision would have taken place then and there,and maybe inzi too could have escaped the ban,but Dumb Pakistani Cricket board again showed no brain and let it happen.Anyway better late than never,
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Yet another twist to the tale,
http://content-pak.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/267653.html
Leaked report adds to confusion
Hair praised by ICC immediately before being sacked
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Darrell Hair: ICC report will give him more food for thought © Getty Images
The ICC might have washed its hands of Darrell Hair, but the elite umpire just won’t go away as quietly as the mandarins in Dubai must have hoped he would.
A week after being told that he would not be allowed to officiate in another international match, rumours continue to rumble that Hair might be seriously considering suing for damages. Hair’s case appears to have been strengthened by leaked reports in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph which state that he received an excellent rating from the ICC immediately before the infamous Oval Test last August. The ICC report effectively ranked Hair as second best in the world, and on decision-making statistics alone, measured from video evidence, he was rated top, with 253 correct out of 263 - a success rate of 95.5%.
The newspaper claims to have a copy of the ICC’s individual report on Hair in which states that “you do not shirk your responsibilities in this area, putting your faith in the process to get the correct outcome.” It continues: “Your pragmatic approach to problem-solving has enabled you to find commonsense solutions that arise. You display a first-class knowledge of laws and regulations.”
Cricket Australia has demanded that the ICC explain the decision to sack Hair, but as yet there has been no public response.
In the same paper, Robert Craddock wrote that if the case did go to court then “the ICC will have a major challenge explaining how a man ranked the world’s No. 2 umpire one season could be dumped out of the game the next … by throwing Hair out of international cricket, the ICC has also completely undermined its own staff.”
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I think same statistics could be easily used against him too. Though his correct decisions rating is 95%, but if we look at all the videos of the games he officiated when Asians, or non white teams (others team than Aussies, English or New Zealanders) are playing, it will easily confirm his biased for non white. Since in cricket there is no room for racisms, and if such a competent individual is behaving like this against these teams, then he doesn't deserve to be officiating in gentlemen games.
I am sure ICC didn't saked him for being incompetent in the since of making judgement of correct out and not out; they saked him because of his rude behaviour on the field against certain races and teams. Additionally, it was confirmed when he alleged a team without any solid proof. I think PAK spoiled everything for ICC, first by starting this episode and then not going to civil court for sueing Hair for defaming whole nation.