Darrell Hair restored as ICC elite umpire.

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Australian Darrell Hair has been recalled to the International Cricket Council's Elite panel of umpires.

Hair has not officiated in a major match since the infamous Oval Test in 2006, when Pakistan refused to play amid suggestions of ball-tampering.

The 55-year-old was subsequently dropped from the panel.

He began a racial discrimination claim against cricket's governing body but dropped the case and has since been on an ICC rehabilitation programme.

Hair, who umpired the first of his 135 one-day internationals in December 1991 and the first of 76 Test matches in January 1992, will now be available to resume as an official in both forms of the game at international level.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7303232.stm
 
Glad that he is back but I still think that it is a disgrace that they cricket authorities didn't back him to the hilt in the first instance.
 
Heard a somewhat puzzling response on Fivelive earlier. They had an interivew with a Pakistani journalist where he stated that they did not question Darrell Hair's competence, merely that he is biased against Pakistan, India and Sr Lanka when umpiring [Contradiction me thinks]. As a result of which he should not be appointed to matches involving these countries.

With the financial clout in the subcontinent, the least bit of controversy in the future and the ICC could yet do another 180. It was a bad mess before, and may be so again.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
Heard a somewhat puzzling response on Fivelive earlier. They had an interivew with a Pakistani journalist where he stated that they did not question Darrell Hair's competence, merely that he is biased against Pakistan, India and Sr Lanka when umpiring [Contradiction me thinks]. As a result of which he should not be appointed to matches involving these countries.

With the financial clout in the subcontinent, the least bit of controversy in the future and the ICC could yet do another 180. It was a bad mess before, and may be so again.
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It's the Indians who have the clout, I think it's just the fact that the racist card was played that the ICC banned Hair from umpiring.

I heard a statement on SS News saying something to the effect that "Hair had been through rehabilitation" or something daft!
 
Ridiculous decision.The idiots on here backing this probably have no idea of the original controversy.
 
Inzaman was cleared of ball tampering, so therefore it was just one Big mistake that he made, but i think it was right for him to arise his suspicions.

I think that the scenario is just the same as poor umpiring in Indias tour of australia a few months ago.

A umpire shouldn't be banned for such a reason. If he was found to be guilty of racism then fair enough, but there has been no trial and little proof except maybe some decisions against these countries. If we start talking about that then the decisions were equally bad during india's tour of Australia, but theirs no calling of "racism" there.

In conclusion, racism has become a bit of a throw away phrase.
 
Clearin Pakistan of ball tampering was the second biggest cock up. Not backing the umpires was the first.
 
Darrell Hair to return for second Eng vs NZ test.

Umpire Darrell Hair will return to top-flight cricket in May when he stands in the second Test between England and New Zealand.

He was removed from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) elite panel after the infamous Oval Test in 2006.

Pakistan refused to continue the game after being accused of ball tampering.

Hair will stand with Simon Taufel in Manchester between 23-27 May and will also officiate in the third Test, with West Indian Steve Bucknor.

Taufel and Bucknor will umpire the first Test at Lord's, which starts on 15 May.

Australian Hair was axed by the ICC in 2006 after the Oval Test became the first in the history of the sport to be forfeited.

Pakistan were furious after being penalised five runs, with England being allowed to select a different ball.

Pakistan refused to resume play after the tea interval on day four and Hair and fellow official Billy Doctrove awarded the match to England.

Pakistan subsequently refused to take part in matches in which Hair was standing, claiming he was biased against teams from the sub-continent, and he has not umpired a Test since.

Hair began a racial discrimination claim against cricket's governing body but dropped the case and then undertook an ICC rehabilitation programme before being recalled to the panel earlier this month.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7371397.stm
 
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