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Craig HillDisco Daryl Hair tangos straight to the bench
February 8th 2007 02:08
If Daryl Hair hadn’t already given up on umpiring international cricket again after his demotion from the elite panel of umpires then you can bet your life that the claim he and his lawyers have recently submitted in London against the ICC and Pakistan Cricket Board has ended it for him.
Coming hot on the heels of his crazy offer to resign in exchange for a severance payment his latest offering is bewildering at best.
Despite being in the right as but one of the three officials (four if you include the match referee) during the whole ball tampering fiasco that occurred in Oval Test match between England and Pakistan last year Hair needs to understand that it is time to let the issue rest.
His offer of resignation coupled with the equivalent of a ransom was merely laughed off as pure theatre and this latest development can be considered little else. All it does for Hair is prove to his naysayers that his stubborn temperament is more of a hindrance than a help and that men of that nature ought not to be umpiring international cricket.
The all powerful Asian bloc of cricketing nations have cleverly moved themselves into a position of great influence in the game. An issue affecting a Sri Lankan or an Indian cricketer is basically affecting all four countries if their voting record is anything to go by. An attack on the ICC coupled with the Pakistan Cricket Board is effectively wiping out any vague resemblance of support Hair may have enjoyed previously.
These papers will only serve as the final rights to a long overdrawn exit from the game. Hair is a good umpire but a good politician and tactician he is not.
Coming hot on the heels of his crazy offer to resign in exchange for a severance payment his latest offering is bewildering at best.
Despite being in the right as but one of the three officials (four if you include the match referee) during the whole ball tampering fiasco that occurred in Oval Test match between England and Pakistan last year Hair needs to understand that it is time to let the issue rest.
His offer of resignation coupled with the equivalent of a ransom was merely laughed off as pure theatre and this latest development can be considered little else. All it does for Hair is prove to his naysayers that his stubborn temperament is more of a hindrance than a help and that men of that nature ought not to be umpiring international cricket.
The all powerful Asian bloc of cricketing nations have cleverly moved themselves into a position of great influence in the game. An issue affecting a Sri Lankan or an Indian cricketer is basically affecting all four countries if their voting record is anything to go by. An attack on the ICC coupled with the Pakistan Cricket Board is effectively wiping out any vague resemblance of support Hair may have enjoyed previously.
These papers will only serve as the final rights to a long overdrawn exit from the game. Hair is a good umpire but a good politician and tactician he is not.
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