Is ICC going to Investiage Hair?

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PCB considers disrepute charge against Hair

Shahryar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, has said that his board has not ruled out calling on the ICC to investigate Darrell Hair with a view to seeing if he should be charged with bringing the game into disrepute.

What we have done is to already ask the ICC [before the hearing] to investigate Mr Hair’s conduct in the match for bringing the game into disrepute. All this we are seeing, the expense, lawyers, coming all the way from Pakistan, who is responsible?

“It is for the ICC to say whether or not this is to be investigated and what the outcome will be. We asked the ICC before the hearing and they replied to us saying they would not do it now, implying that would have to wait for hearing, so our request is already well. So for me to say we would not press further is not correct.”

Khan made quite clear his board’s feelings about Hair, telling the media at The Oval that they did not want him appointed to officiate in matches involving them, but he repeatedly refused to explain the basis for those objections.

I can tell you that we have already informed the ICC before this hearing that we wouldn’t like to have Darrell Hair umpire out matches," said Khan, "not only for the Champions Trophy but also until his contract runs out.

"Let me say, we have never raised any objection to any elite or international umpire. We have a problem [with Hair], I’m not saying we will have to live with it forever, but we’ve asked the ICC to please be sensitive with their appointments

"It’s not right for me to say at the moment. All I can say is that we objected to him, not just recently, but over a long period of time. "

Khan added that it was only Pakistan matches he didn’t believe Hair should stand in and drew the comparison with Sri Lanka following the Muttiah Muralitharan affair in 1995. "Our demand was that he should not umpire our matches. We can’t speak for other countries.

"When Sri Lanka had a problem with Hair in 1995 he wasn’t posted to Sri Lanka for eight years. The ICC maintains, as it did then, that no country has the power to say umpire X will stand and umpire Y won’t. This is not for us to say where umpires stand, and we respect that.

"But I think when you have a consistent problem with an umpire the ICC must look at it. I think the ICC was right with Hair and Sri Lanka, but with us when we conveyed this view through umpires reports we then had Darrell Hair four times in succession. We feel very aggrieved at that.

“Here are we are, we have a problem with an umpire from his attitudes - not technically - but why post him. In four consecutive series in one year Mr Hair was standing in our matches. It was a timebomb waiting to go off.”

SOURCE: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/260801.html

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PCB should file an official complaint about Hair and insist to remove him for its elite panel. If ICC failed to take any action against Mr. $500,000 for bringing game to disrepute, then PCB should threat and go all out and sue him in the court for calling Pakistan cheaters when they were innocent.

I bet Mr. Hair will loose all of his remaining hair in each case he has to face. Inzi has got what he deserved, Pakistan also lost the match which it was poised to win. No we have nothing to loose, but its Hair's turn to taste the red pill.

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Better yet, Take Hair to court for a grievance lawsuit ..

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:rotfl:

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:smilestar: ^^

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Pakistan considering action against Hair

LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman (PCB) Shaharyar Khan said it stood by its request for an inquiry into the conduct of umpire Darrell Hair during last month’s ‘forfeit’ Test at The Oval, saying it was possible a disrepute charge against the Australian could yet be levelled.

His comments came after Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was cleared Thursday of ball-tampering but banned for four one-day internationals for bringing cricket into disrepute.

Pakistan twice refused to take the field after tea on the fourth day, a stance that saw star batsman Inzamam banned after a two-day International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing at The Oval concluded Thursday.

They did so in protest at the decision of umpires Hair and West Indies’ Billy Doctrove to penalize them five runs for ball-tampering earlier in the day.

Their stand saw Pakistan forfeit the match - the first time this had happened in 129 years of Test cricket - and England were awarded a win which gave them the series 3-0.

Soon afterwards Shaharyar called for an inquiry and on Thursday he told reporters at The Oval: "What we have done is to already ask the ICC (before the hearing) to investigate Mr Hair’s conduct in the match for bringing the game into disrepute.

“It is for the ICC to say whether or not this is to be investigated and what the outcome will be. We asked the ICC before the hearing and they replied to us saying they would not do it now, implying that would have to wait for hearing, so our request is already well. So for me to say we would not press further is not correct.”

Khan, who indicated that on the basis of the summary judgment they’d received Thurdsay the PCB would not be appealing against Inzamam’s ban, reiterated his country’s strong objections to Hair, saying they had a problem with the Australian’s “attitudes”.

" I can tell you that we have already informed the ICC before this hearing that we wouldn’t like to have Darrell Hair umpire out matches," said Khan. "Not only for the Champions Trophy but also until his contract runs out (in 2008).

"Let me say, we have never raised any objection to any elite or international umpire. We have a problem (with Hair), I’m not saying we will have to live with it forever, but we’ve asked the ICC to please be sensitive with their appointments.

“All I can say is that we objected to him, not just recently, but over a long period of time.”

Khan made a comparison between the present situation and what happened to Hair after he no-balled Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing in 1995.

"Our demand was that he should not umpire our matches. We can’t speak for other countries. When Sri Lanka had a problem with Hair in 1995 he wasn’t posted to Sri Lanka for eight years.

"The ICC maintains, as it did then, that no country has the power to say umpire X will stand and umpire Y won’t. This is not for us to say where umpires stand, and we respect that.

"But I think when you have a consistent problem with an umpire the ICC must look at it.

"I think the ICC was right with Hair and Sri Lanka, but with us when we conveyed this view through umpires reports we then had Hair four times in succession. We feel very aggrieved at that.

"Here we are. We have a problem with an umpire from his attitudes - not technically - but why post him. In four consecutive series in one year Mr Hair was standing in our matches.

“It was a time bomb waiting to go off and it did go off.”

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I personally dont think so ICC will take any serious action against Hair :halo:

~~~ Missing someone ~~~
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Now Pakistan got a good case and they should press charges against him in a civil court in UK and ask for compensation for legals fees including traveling of many officials and players, and damage done to image of the country. Additionally, they should ask for compensation for the distress it caused Pakistan players in light of unexpectency of the tour and now financial losses associated with Inzi absence from the ICC trophy, reduction in Pakistan chances of winning ICC trophy and thus loss in term of advertising rights etc as a winner of the ICC trophy.

They have huge case and should ask for all these compensations that must be in millions.

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^^ I agree as I posted the same in the the sticky., but from what is coming out in the papers in the aftermath of the ruling, I believe, ICC will not take any action but let HAIR be dropped from its ELITE panel and be done with it. This in itself will be worth it for INZI's ban. The ban ofcourse is more of a face-save for ICC rather than a defence for HAIR.
So if they actually take action, such as investigating him , it would be a pleasant surprise!
:)