NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
A bad Hair day, tbh.
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BREAKING NEWS: Hair removed from the Elite Panel
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pasag
RTDAS
Cricket Chat is no place for that style of post.
Langeveldt
Soutie
Haha, interesting stuff.. At least the guy has conviction, but he's pissing into the wind somewhat, and hes going to get soaked
pasag
RTDAS
Yeah I'd imagine the ICC would hire the best lawyers and take him to the cleaners in court if it ever gets that far.
legglancer12
School Boy/Girl Captain
DO you always Perm your Hair ?
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
I don't know if he does, but this Hair business should just curl up and dye.
legglancer12
School Boy/Girl Captain
But whts wrong with Perm ?
LA ICE-E
State Captain
i hate this guy. how does he think he's going to win the case? it has nothing to do with race as he said. he was removed because full members voted and majority didn't have faith in him to atleast umpire their games. and how would they have "confidence in him" when after the oval incident he just simply offered to resign for 500,000. he just wants money, this guy doesn't have a good character imo. this guy is just wack.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Hair has a pretty solid point regarding the comparison between the treatment of Doctrove and himself, but that's about the only good point he's got. It'd be virtually impossible to prove the ICC sacked him because of his race, because the reason they sacked him is because the majority of member nations to which the ICC is in service didn't want him to be an umpire any more. You might be able to argue that part of the reason those cricket boards made him a target over the incident is racial, but the ICC can't really take the blame for that, and they don't really have any legal obligation to keep employing him in circumstances like that.
The Doctrove case will just be argued on experience, I'd imagine. Even though there's no official recognition of Hair as the "senior umpire" from that match, there's a pretty obvious argument for why the ICC might have given Doctrove a warning but not considered it in Hair's case, even if it's bull****.
The Doctrove case will just be argued on experience, I'd imagine. Even though there's no official recognition of Hair as the "senior umpire" from that match, there's a pretty obvious argument for why the ICC might have given Doctrove a warning but not considered it in Hair's case, even if it's bull****.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Hair was removed because he didn't possess common sense, a MUST for international umpires. End of story.
Black_Frog
Cricket Spectator
(from Blog)
These are mythoughts, i have just cut and pasted this from my blog.
In August 2006, Darryl Hair was the senior umpire in the match between England and Pakistan at The Oval.
The Pakistani team was suspected of ball tampering, upon closer inspection of the match ball, Darryl Hair and is counterpart Billy Doctrove agreed that the ball had been tampered with.
The MCC "Laws of Cricket" clearly state "According to the Laws the umpires are the SOLE JUDGES of fair and unfair play."
As clearly outlined in the official MCC rule book under Law
42.3 - The Match Ball - Changing it's condition.
(d) In the event of any fielder changing the condition of the ball unfairly (as set out in Law 42.3 b), the umpires after consultation shall
(i) change the ball forwith
(iii) award 5 penalty runs to the batting side
Darryl Hair and his colleague were convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that the ball had been tampered with, and followed MCC & ICC procedure
The Pakistani Captain Inzamam Ul Huq disputed this decision, and as protest refused his team from taking the field after the tea interval. As the MCC Rule book does not refer to a team refusing to take the field, it is hard to know what procedure to follow. Ul Huq's team stayed in the dressing room for 45mins after the scheduled session start time, during which time Hair rightly awarded the bating side a penalty 5 runs, but after it was evident that the Pakistani team had no intention of taking the field again, the bails were removed and Pakistan was forfeited from the game, after which time the Pakistani team then tried to take the field.
Following this Incident, the ICC released a statement saying that they had full support for Hair's actions and they would stand by his decision.
In the weeks following the incident, Pakistani Captain Ul Huq admitted in a press conference that what he did was wrong. However, the Pakistani Cricket Board had different ideas; they cried 'Racist' and announced a boycott of any matches where Hair was scheduled to adjudicate.
Of course, this is not the first time that Darryl Hair had been put in the spot light.
In the 1995 Boxing Day Test Match at the MCG, Hair called Muttiah Muralitharan NO BALL for 'throwing'. This sparked outrage in the cricketing community, however, upon close examination by ICC officials Muralitharan's bowling action was deemed to be illegal. Of course it would be embarrassing for the ICC, the governing body of international cricket to have one of its most prolific wicket takers turn out to be a chucker. So, they re-wrote the rules to accommodate for Muralitharan's bowling action.
Because this first incident was against the Sri Lankan team, and now this incident was involving the Pakistani team, the apparent scapegoat is to cry 'Racist', because Darryl Hair is a white, Australian Umpire. In a world of political correctness gone mad, is it really necessary that the definition of this frequently used word be stated?
Racism: A Statement or Action that insinuates or suggests one races superiority or minority over another, a term or action that is demeaning or derogatory towards an individual or persons Race, Colour, Religion or Ethnic origin.
Tell me again how what Hair did showed evidence of Racial discrimination?
Hair has for a long time been regarded as a 'Nazi' or 'stickler' for the rules, however, to say that a person who follows official protocol and procedure is a racist, when if any air breathing, impartial human being with an IQ greater then their shoe size would make the exact same decision.
The Thing that angers me the most about this entire situation is that Hair has been made out to be the bad guy. He has been Sacked, Boned and Booted and his reputation has been shredded to bits, and he now has bugger all chance on gaining any credibility in the cricketing community again. And how many chances had Hair had to state his side of the story? NONE, ZERO, A DUCK.
After Hair Followed the MCC Handbook which says "the umpires are the SOLE JUDGES of fair and unfair play."
After The ICC said that they had full confidence in him
After the Pakistani Cricket Board labelled him a Racist
After The ICC then turned around and sacked him
After all of this, Hair has been left without a leg to stand on, and now, his only hope is to sue the ICC and the PCB for his job back.
Why is this mans reputation in tatters?
Why is this man without a job?
For a man who followed the rules, he sure is copping a hell of a lot of ****!
These are mythoughts, i have just cut and pasted this from my blog.
In August 2006, Darryl Hair was the senior umpire in the match between England and Pakistan at The Oval.
The Pakistani team was suspected of ball tampering, upon closer inspection of the match ball, Darryl Hair and is counterpart Billy Doctrove agreed that the ball had been tampered with.
The MCC "Laws of Cricket" clearly state "According to the Laws the umpires are the SOLE JUDGES of fair and unfair play."
As clearly outlined in the official MCC rule book under Law
42.3 - The Match Ball - Changing it's condition.
(d) In the event of any fielder changing the condition of the ball unfairly (as set out in Law 42.3 b), the umpires after consultation shall
(i) change the ball forwith
(iii) award 5 penalty runs to the batting side
Darryl Hair and his colleague were convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that the ball had been tampered with, and followed MCC & ICC procedure
The Pakistani Captain Inzamam Ul Huq disputed this decision, and as protest refused his team from taking the field after the tea interval. As the MCC Rule book does not refer to a team refusing to take the field, it is hard to know what procedure to follow. Ul Huq's team stayed in the dressing room for 45mins after the scheduled session start time, during which time Hair rightly awarded the bating side a penalty 5 runs, but after it was evident that the Pakistani team had no intention of taking the field again, the bails were removed and Pakistan was forfeited from the game, after which time the Pakistani team then tried to take the field.
Following this Incident, the ICC released a statement saying that they had full support for Hair's actions and they would stand by his decision.
In the weeks following the incident, Pakistani Captain Ul Huq admitted in a press conference that what he did was wrong. However, the Pakistani Cricket Board had different ideas; they cried 'Racist' and announced a boycott of any matches where Hair was scheduled to adjudicate.
Of course, this is not the first time that Darryl Hair had been put in the spot light.
In the 1995 Boxing Day Test Match at the MCG, Hair called Muttiah Muralitharan NO BALL for 'throwing'. This sparked outrage in the cricketing community, however, upon close examination by ICC officials Muralitharan's bowling action was deemed to be illegal. Of course it would be embarrassing for the ICC, the governing body of international cricket to have one of its most prolific wicket takers turn out to be a chucker. So, they re-wrote the rules to accommodate for Muralitharan's bowling action.
Because this first incident was against the Sri Lankan team, and now this incident was involving the Pakistani team, the apparent scapegoat is to cry 'Racist', because Darryl Hair is a white, Australian Umpire. In a world of political correctness gone mad, is it really necessary that the definition of this frequently used word be stated?
Racism: A Statement or Action that insinuates or suggests one races superiority or minority over another, a term or action that is demeaning or derogatory towards an individual or persons Race, Colour, Religion or Ethnic origin.
Tell me again how what Hair did showed evidence of Racial discrimination?
Hair has for a long time been regarded as a 'Nazi' or 'stickler' for the rules, however, to say that a person who follows official protocol and procedure is a racist, when if any air breathing, impartial human being with an IQ greater then their shoe size would make the exact same decision.
The Thing that angers me the most about this entire situation is that Hair has been made out to be the bad guy. He has been Sacked, Boned and Booted and his reputation has been shredded to bits, and he now has bugger all chance on gaining any credibility in the cricketing community again. And how many chances had Hair had to state his side of the story? NONE, ZERO, A DUCK.
After Hair Followed the MCC Handbook which says "the umpires are the SOLE JUDGES of fair and unfair play."
After The ICC said that they had full confidence in him
After the Pakistani Cricket Board labelled him a Racist
After The ICC then turned around and sacked him
After all of this, Hair has been left without a leg to stand on, and now, his only hope is to sue the ICC and the PCB for his job back.
Why is this mans reputation in tatters?
Why is this man without a job?
For a man who followed the rules, he sure is copping a hell of a lot of ****!
legglancer12
School Boy/Girl Captain
all this has been covered and could be found on previous threads. Hair is a Biased bigot who should have been kicked out long before. He also thinks he is bigger than the game and has no common sense. Hair's co-umpire suggested that they should continue playing with the same ball and did not agree to brand Pakistan cheats. Also ICC match referee listened to all the evidence and declaired that their was no conclusive evidence that the ball was tampered.
Bottom Line hair is an Jackass !
Black_Frog
Cricket Spectator
i had the pleasure of speaking with Darryl Hair prior to this happeing, and he is a top bloke who has the upmost respect for the game, however much of a rule nazi he may be.
bottom line, the MCC rules states that THE UMPIRE IS THE SOLE JUDGE and often state the criteria for a certain rule as being IN THE OPINION OF THE UMPIRE.
ICC has NOT followed the very foundations of it's legislation.
Everyone who has ever played the game at any level would be able to tesify that you need a 'nazi' umpire every now and then to keep the game and players from getting too far out of line.
bottom line, the MCC rules states that THE UMPIRE IS THE SOLE JUDGE and often state the criteria for a certain rule as being IN THE OPINION OF THE UMPIRE.
ICC has NOT followed the very foundations of it's legislation.
Everyone who has ever played the game at any level would be able to tesify that you need a 'nazi' umpire every now and then to keep the game and players from getting too far out of line.
Black_Frog
Cricket Spectator
because some twit cam up with the brilliant idea that because Hair is a white Austrlian, and has taken action against a Sri Lankan and now Pakistani's, this is somehow evidance of racial discrimination and villafication, on which grounds he was dissmissed from the elite panel.
have we all forgotten that Ul Huq is the one to blame in all of this?
if he haddnt had a sook and just taken the field again, this wouldnt have been blown out of proportion.
ball tamering is a serious accusation, and so Hair & Doctrove had to have been conviced beyone all resonable doubt that the ball had been tampered with to some degree.
in law 42.3 b; it is unfair for anyone to rub the ball on the ground for any reason, interfere with any of the seams or surface of the ball, use and implement, or take and other action whatsoever which is likely to alter the condition of the ball, except as permitted in 42.3 a.
any of these things is ball tampering, and Hair, as the senior umpire and stickler for the rules would NOT act without consultation and sufficient evidence.
I agree, racism has nothing whatsoever to do with this. but the PCB has decided to brand him that, and mud sticks.
have we all forgotten that Ul Huq is the one to blame in all of this?
if he haddnt had a sook and just taken the field again, this wouldnt have been blown out of proportion.
ball tamering is a serious accusation, and so Hair & Doctrove had to have been conviced beyone all resonable doubt that the ball had been tampered with to some degree.
in law 42.3 b; it is unfair for anyone to rub the ball on the ground for any reason, interfere with any of the seams or surface of the ball, use and implement, or take and other action whatsoever which is likely to alter the condition of the ball, except as permitted in 42.3 a.
any of these things is ball tampering, and Hair, as the senior umpire and stickler for the rules would NOT act without consultation and sufficient evidence.
I agree, racism has nothing whatsoever to do with this. but the PCB has decided to brand him that, and mud sticks.
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LA ICE-E
State Captain
ah inzamam just protested like sri lanka did when the murli thing happened. and the ball tempering was proven wrong...whats the differece between australian white and white stupid really...its hairs fault and he's paying for it...it was decided by all the full members on vote. so it has nothing to with race or one region its all bull **** by hair over shadowing attentions from kenyas WLC win to him.
Black_Frog
Cricket Spectator
i'm saying that Hair has done everything by the books and he should not be paying for it with his job or reputation.