Darryl Hair removed from ICC umpire panel.

mike65

Breaking news just on fivelive. No surprise really, any contentious decision he made in the future would be challenged.

Mike.

county

mike65 wrote:

Breaking news just on fivelive. No surprise really, any contentious decision he made in the future would be challenged.

Mike.

i wonder did he get his huge pay off he was looking for?

DMC

mike65 wrote:

any contentious decision he made in the future would be challenged.

That should read any contentious decision any umpire makes....

The ICC still haven't changed any rules.

All a team has to do is have a strop, go off the field, the referee doesn't agree with the umpire, and all you get is 5 ODI's worth of a ban.

Imagine if Gary Pratt is in the England dressing room in Brisbane in a couple of weeks. What would Ponting do?

Hair might get the money now... what a shambles. :mad:

mike65

Point taken

Mike.

DMC

Um, that did sound as good as it meant to be, sorry Mike!

Interesting to note that in the Screws this week, the umpires are considering striking in support of Hair.

No quotes to firm that up, but its a consideration I wouldve thought of if I were an ump.


Umpires in Hair strike
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/sport/sport3.shtml

By David Norrie

DARRELL HAIR'S sacking by the ICC could lead to a revolt by the governing body's own elite panel of umpires.

The ICC axed the Aussie — involved in the Pakistan ‘Tampergate' row — from standing in future international matches, even though he is contracted until March 2008.

ICC president Percy Sonn confirmed: "The board have come to the conclusion we have lost confidence in Mr Hair.

"He will not be appointed to officiate at any further international games up to the end of his contract."

This follows The Oval Test, which was forfeited by Pakistan after the umpires changed the ball because of alleged tampering.

Pakistan skipper Inzaman Ul-Haq was later cleared of ball tampering, but banned for bringing the game into disrepute after his side failed to reappear following the tea interval. Later emails also revealed Hair was discussing a £260,000 pay-off with the ICC.

Many feel Inzaman's disciplinary hearing was a whitewash — and this decision shows the split in world cricket with the four sub-continent countries, backed-up by South Africa and Zimbabwe, holding sway.

Hair may take legal action — and the axing may provoke fellow umpires into action.

Ex-England skipper Graham Gooch said: "It's a sad day for cricket. You have to accept the umpires' decisions."

mike65

No probs!

Mike.

Marshy

Another twist in the whole Darrell Hair escapade today. He's been reinstated on the ICC's elite panel of umpires.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7303232.stm