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Breaking News - Hair reinstated to elite panel
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
Wow. Left-field or what? Thought it might be a piss-take when I saw the thread title.
Suffice to say I don't think he'll be standing in any games where Sri Lanka or Pakistan play any time soon, but England-NZ & England-SA might well benefit from his services. Grandstanding prick he may be, but gets more decisions right than most umps.
Suffice to say I don't think he'll be standing in any games where Sri Lanka or Pakistan play any time soon, but England-NZ & England-SA might well benefit from his services. Grandstanding prick he may be, but gets more decisions right than most umps.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Grandstanding prick he is, and his handling of ovalgate should have seen him punished (and Pakistan punished too), but he does get most decisions right. In the end, I don't mind this for that reason.
I just don't want him umpiring Pakistan and Sri Lankan games.
I just don't want him umpiring Pakistan and Sri Lankan games.
Barney Rubble
International Coach
Ugh. Unnecessary controversy and yet more reason for the cricketing world to be split down the middle, here we come.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Haha yea. Looking forward to more Darrel Hair threads, and more grandstanding from all sides the next time he gives a high LBW or heaven forbid, sees someone from the subcontinent tampering a ball and punishes them.
Barney Rubble
International Coach
Haha, yeah. I'd love it if someone Asian was caught blatantly ball-tampering during a Hair match, but no-one believed old Darrell. 'The Ump who cried "ball-tampering!"'.Haha yea. Looking forward to more Darrel Hair threads, and more grandstanding from all sides the next time he gives a high LBW or heaven forbid, sees someone from the subcontinent tampering a ball and punishes them.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Thought it was when I saw the thread-starter, personally. 
Mitchell in CC is hardly a common occurance.BoyBrumby said:
BoyBrumby said:
silentstriker said:
If I$C$C are seriously considering putting him in Pakistan or Sri Lanka games, they're insane, for so many reasons. However, in games involving the others (not like there's any shortage of them TBH, there's England-South Africa, England-New Zealand, England-West Indies, England-India, South Africa-New Zealand, South Africa-West Indies, South Africa-India, West Indies-New Zealand, New Zealand-India and West Indies-India - that's 10 series), as ss says, there's no reason to believe he won't do a far better job than Daryl Harper, Mark Benson, Ian Howell and many besides.
Also, having always felt Hair got a little (not a massive - but a little) of a raw deal following Ovalgate, there's an element of justice for my money. His performance in the match was inconsidered, hot-headed, inconsiderate, and was the biggest piece of the puzzle that made for one of the worst incidents in cricket history. Did such a thing deserve sacking from I$C$C? Not for my money. The sensible thing would've been to calmly come out with "Darrell will not be standing in any more games involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but retains our confidence" or similar. Of course, I$C$C don't terribly often (not never, but not terribly often) come-out with sensible rulings. Better late than never I suppose, if this is indeed what's to happen. And surely even I$C$C (whoever's responsible) won't be stupid enough to ink him in for Pakistan or Sri Lanka games again.
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Except for Pakistan vs SLanka, in which case both will be equally (mis)treated.
I think
) it doesn't happen.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
I don't really care, but the idea of '6 month rehabilitation' is ridiculous.
He wouldn't have changed his views of the incidents, so having not umpire for 6 months and then return makes no sense.
Plus, if he does in fact see someone ball tamper, you'd think even Hair would probably not have the balls to actually do anything about it, particularly if they're from a sub-cont. team. I'm hardly Hair's biggest fan (reckon he's a **** of massive proportions) but if the umpire faces this much scrutiny, what's the point?
He wouldn't have changed his views of the incidents, so having not umpire for 6 months and then return makes no sense.
Plus, if he does in fact see someone ball tamper, you'd think even Hair would probably not have the balls to actually do anything about it, particularly if they're from a sub-cont. team. I'm hardly Hair's biggest fan (reckon he's a **** of massive proportions) but if the umpire faces this much scrutiny, what's the point?
In a perfect world, we would have the choice of umpires about whom there is no controversy.
Mostly that would be by having a largish pool to choose from. Given that international umpires dont grow on trees, dont see why his return is not a good thing. He is OK with half the teams, and so can be a good choice for umpiring atleast 25% of all matches.
Also IMHO, he's paid a sufficient personal price for his past actions, whether or not you believe they were badly intentioned or merely poorly carried out. Seems unfair to me to commit him to a life ban. (Unlike Bucknor situation, where his actual umpiring abilities were in question.)
Mostly that would be by having a largish pool to choose from. Given that international umpires dont grow on trees, dont see why his return is not a good thing. He is OK with half the teams, and so can be a good choice for umpiring atleast 25% of all matches.
Also IMHO, he's paid a sufficient personal price for his past actions, whether or not you believe they were badly intentioned or merely poorly carried out. Seems unfair to me to commit him to a life ban. (Unlike Bucknor situation, where his actual umpiring abilities were in question.)
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Would be quite interesting to see tbf. Would definitely show the ICC's sense of humour.