Hair will be 'kept away' from Pakistan matches

[Lara400]

ICC clarifies situation

Hair will be 'kept away' from Pakistan matches

Cricinfo staff

March 19, 2008



Dave Richardson said that the ICC did not 'want to put umpires in an almost impossible position where any mistake they might make would be under such scrutiny that the pressure becomes impossible' © Getty Images



As expected, the ICC has confirmed that Darrell Hair will not be asked to stand in any international matches involving Pakistan.

The ICC announced yesterday that Hair would be available to umpire major matches again after completing a mutually-agreed rehabilitation period. It followed his effective removal from big-time cricket in the aftermath of the forfeited Oval Test in 2006.

"We will probably keep him away from Pakistan matches where we can," Dave Richardson, the ICC's general manager cricket, told the BBC. "We don't want to put umpires in an almost impossible position where any mistake they might make would be under such scrutiny that the pressure becomes impossible."

An ICC spokesman told Cricinfo there was no condition attached to Hair's return. "However, in making umpires' appointments a certain amount of common sense is applied," he added. "There is enough pressure on umpires without us contributing to it by appointing them to inappropriate matches or games that will heap undue attention on them."

Richardson, though, dismissed suggestions Hair would be kept away from games involving other Asian countries. "It's pointless having an umpire on the Elite panel who is excluded from umpiring certain teams. There are always going to be stages in an umpire's career when he is not flavour of the month, but he will come up against an Asian team at some stage.

"Darrell Hair over time seems to polarise opinion, but a lot of his supporters will feel it is justified to bring him back and that he was unjustly kept on the sidelines in the first place. He's good to talk to on the pitch, he's very good with the player and gets the majority of the decisions right."

© Cricinfo

[UP]

Good he better should stay away from Pakistan as far as possible

[Saj]

If I were him I'd advise him to keep away from Pakistani cricket fans too.

[Hash]

Originally Posted by Saj If I were him I'd advise him to keep away from Pakistani cricket fans too.

and that includes me.

I wonder if he is planning on moving back into his house on Mill Road in Lincoln. The one upon which the high street shops back into.....that elegant victorian home of his.

[Imran_The Man!]

Originally Posted by Saj If I were him I'd advise him to keep away from Pakistani cricket fans too.

I've got my rotten tomatoes ready.

[Braveheart]

Please let him Umpire in Pakistan!!
He will be 'cacking bricks' when he hears a few bangs 'conveniently' dotted around the ground as a reminder of our hatred for this 'smug' buffoon.

That'll teach him.

[observer1]

Would have been Better if he was "Kept" away from Cricket all-together

[Daoud]

Originally Posted by Hash and that includes me. I wonder if he is planning on moving back into his house on Mill Road in Lincoln. The one upon which the high street shops back into.....that elegant victorian home of his.

Hes been living in Sydney for a while. Wish the newspapers revealed where this heroic Aussie battler lives

[DHONI183]

That will be good for both the parties .

[switchblade]

Isn't Hair supposedly hated by the Sri Lankans for the Murali no-balling incident, what did he do to Pakistan ?

[Swaraj!!]

Hmmmm ...... here goes the chance for tabloid glory for the next year. I guess will have to rely on Indians for all the useless juicy fireworks and cricket related off-field howlings for this year too.

[Raul Madrid]

Originally Posted by switchblade what did he do to Pakistan ?

you been in a coma for the last 3 years?

[pakistanbest]

good ridance that the fat bastd is not gonna harm the pakistani's again cause if he will he will get done over

[Random Aussie]

Originally Posted by Daoud Hes been living in Sydney for a while. Wish the newspapers revealed where this heroic Aussie battler lives

Lucky we have a more responsible media than that. Stick to burning effigies in your own damn country and keep the hostility way away from Oz thank you.

[moumotta]

Originally Posted by Random Aussie Lucky we have a more responsible media than that. Stick to burning effigies in your own damn country and keep the hostility way away from Oz thank you.

Did you check what is the Islamic view on burning effigies.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by switchblade Isn't Hair supposedly hated by the Sri Lankans for the Murali no-balling incident?

Yes. It appeared to Hair that Murali was chucking, so he called him, and called him, and called him again. It's what umps are supposed to do: uphold the Laws of Cricket.

However, Murali then got the ICC to change the Laws so that he could carry on bending his elbow without being called.

[filosofee]

Back to Hair, he's found his course at Sydney Uni, part of his rehabilitation, useful:

Darrell Hair has admitted he can be "stand-offish" and has vowed to improve his communication skills after being reinstated as a Test and one-day international umpire. Hair is back after being demoted following his role in the forfeited Pakistan-England Test in 2006, but he believes it is time to "move on". "Well it caused me a lot of stress, I suppose it caused a lot of people some stress along the way," Hair told Sydney radio 2KY. "The laws now have been changed to take those decisions out of the hands of the umpires and I fully support the way that that's going to happen in future. So, it's time to move on. The ICC ruled Hair's "rehabilitation", which included a course at Sydney University, has been completed and he remains contracted for another 12 months. "Every day in life you like to pick up something and move forward," he said. "So I won't say my whole attitude to umpiring has changed but I think I have picked up a few things that are going to be very helpful to me in the future. "Probably just ... having a broader understanding of what everybody else is thinking and the old communication issue of making sure that what you say and what you want is understood by the other people. I've always been a little bit ... stand-offish in that I've always preferred to let them play the game themselves and only get involved when things go overboard but maybe there's a case to be made for a little bit more work in that area." The ICC will keep Hair away from games involving Pakistan, who are upset with the official's elevation. "I've got no comment on anyone else's reaction really," he said. "I'm just going to look after my own patch and go out there and umpire the matches that I'm appointed to and do that to the best of my ability, which is what I've always done."

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/co...ry/343247.html

[filosofee]

Originally Posted by Robert Yes. It appeared to Hair that Murali was chucking, so he called him, and called him, and called him again. It's what umps are supposed to do: uphold the Laws of Cricket. However, Murali then got the ICC to change the Laws so that he could carry on bending his elbow without being called.

Robert, why have the ICC withheld Porter, Elliott and Hurrion's study during the 2004 Champions Trophy?

This is their statement on the researchers report: "We do not think it would be correct to release the figures publicly without the prior consent of the individual bowlers and the researchers themselves. This consent has not been obtained."

Why would the researchers not give consent? I can see why individual bowlers would not.

Could it be that Murali is not the only one who bends 14/15 degrees? If that's the case then why aren't umpires picking it up more often?

[Daoud]

Originally Posted by filosofee Back to Hair, he's found his course at Sydney Uni, part of his rehabilitation, useful: http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/co...ry/343247.html

What, his rehab was conducted at my uni. I wish I had known so I could have gone and met the great man in the flesh

[12thMan]

there is a rumor on bbc that Hair might umpire in Eng-NZ 3rd test. I don't see that happening as the umpires get assigned before the series and unless a umpire has to go away the replacement is made

[Imran_The Man!]

Originally Posted by observer1 Would have been Better if he was "Kept" away from Cricket all-together

Exactly.

If he's not good enough to umpire in tests involving one test playing nation, he's not fit to umpire tests involving any of them.

[RaoSB]

Good decision on part of icc by keeping him away from pakistani team
But he should be keep away from pakistan as well in champions trophy which will be played here in pakistan because pakistani peoples better knows how to deal with person like Darell Hair.

[Hash]

Originally Posted by RaoSB Good decision on part of icc by keeping him away from pakistani team But he should be keep away from pakistan as well in champions trophy which will be played here in pakistan because pakistani peoples better knows how to deal with person like Darell Hair.

we should reject his visa if the ICC appoint him for the champions trophy. I don't want that scumbag setting foot and corrupting our soil with his filth.