Desicritics Comments on Pakistan Cricket: Umpire Alleges Ball Tampering: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?

Comment by sizeaspem

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:53:58 EDT

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Comment by Sujatha

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:05:01 EDT

"ICC: Hair wanted $500,000 to quit". Yeah, I just saw that! Wonder on what grounds.

Comment by temporal

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:02:02 EDT

he wants $500,000! ICC: Hair wanted $500,000 to quit Friday, August 25, 2006 Posted: 1538 GMT (2338 HKT) LONDON, England -- International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has revealed that Australian umpire Darrell Hair offered to resign after the ball-tampering affair this week in exchange for 'a payment of $500,000.'

Comment by Sujatha

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:29:42 EDT

NDTV is reporting that Hair offered to resign on August 22nd.

Comment by Sujatha

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:12:16 EDT

Update 3: ICC Hearing postponed. ICC Chief Match Referee not available for hearing.

Comment by temporal

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:33:19 EDT

desh: that is what i meant by 'our clout' in another comment elsewhere:)

Comment by Desh

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:07:38 EDT

Between Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India - we probably command over 60-70% of the World Cricket's resources and audience. Its time the Asians just put the foot down and asked for Hair to be cut to size.. instead of indulging in this needless .. er. Hair-splitting of the laws and rules!! In case the English havent gotten it.. its over 60 years now since they trudged back from this place bag and barrel!! Cheers, Desh Drishtikone.com

Comment by temporal

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:43:21 EDT

The flip side of the argument was expressed most eloquently by Simon Barnes in The Times, who wrote: "So now we know it. Officials are more important than players, laws are more important than people, one man's vanity is more important than the pleasure of millions." and they are still not talking about his blatant racist attitude against teams from the subcontinent

Comment by Sujatha

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:13:55 EDT

Update 2: Hair defends his actions. "People who know me and the sort of person I am know I would not take action unless I really thought it was necessary," said Hair. "I stand by what I have done but if anything comes out at the inquiry that proves me incorrect I would accept that too. The process would have been followed.

Comment by temporal

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:55:18 EDT

ICC is acting Imperial it desperately needs a valve job;)

Comment by Sujatha

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:49:24 EDT

Update: Woolmer says Pakistan will pull out of the one day match series if Inzy is found guilty.

Comment by Mayank Austen Soofi

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:51:06 EDT

Aaman, it was Awwal Number. Dev Anand, Aamir Khan and Aditya Pancholi.

Comment by Aaman

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:47:27 EDT

What was that Dev Anand movie about terrorism and cricket?

Comment by Mayank Austen Soofi

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:11:37 EDT

An umpire with a not-so-soft corner for non-whites; a team that has a tainted past with cricket ball; and then include the background setting of a Mullahaized Pakistan and an England still recovering from terrorist threats and unable to make out of its Muslims. You bet it makes for an engrossing show. Am I getting it right? Or am I just needlessly inserting so many burning issues of the day? After all, its just cricket!

Comment by Sujatha

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:27:47 EDT

t, there are a couple of pieces at least that trace Hair's prior decisions. The ICC has so far sided with Hair with Pakistan. Hopefully someone will get to the bottom of this issue and let the game go on. It's so silly for everyone to want to play the game but the umpires.

Comment by temporal

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:39:05 EDT

thank you suj: one things that everyone back pedals about and have yet to see this openly in print is mr. hair's racist decisions sure he courts controversy but has it occurred to folks that most of his controversies involve brown players? umpires are supposed to be fair -- no pun intended -- if his past is an indication he is far from it!