Darrell Hair the Racist Cheater
Just a few moments ago, Pakistan while playing in the 4th Test Match vs England on the 4th day has been accused without evidence of ball tampering. Darrell Hair who has repeatedly been a very biased umpire ruling many times against the cricketers of the Indo-Pak region has yet again proved his bias today. The ball under question was about 54 overs old and at this stage was naturally reverse swinging, this raised suspicion in the mind of Darrell Hair and he replaced the old ball offering the choice of the new ball to the batsmen who naturally selected a better ball. In this accusation the English batsmen were also awarded five penalty runs. All commentators were also surprised to see this decision and the TV crew has still yet to produce any hint of such ball tampering despite the presence of over 10 24 cameras fully focused on the field
I would like the Pakistani community to raise hell and push the ICC to ask for proof of ball tampering, it is actually accusing the Pakistan team of cheating without even a hint of false play (unless they show the evidence), if they find no evidence and this is based on a hunch decision by Darrell Hair then we must ask for his expulsion from the cricket world immediately.
Latest Update:The Match was forfeited and awarded to England, I now strongly stress that Pakistan should ask for an UNCONDITIONAL APOLOGY from Darrell Hair for falsely accusing the team for cheating. Lets not buckle under the Gora pressure
UPDATE: After a lot of closed door meetings at The Oval the Pakistani team had finally accepted to come on to the field, but as soon as they emerge from the dressing room they are greeted with a lot of booing by the English crowd, once on the field the Pakistani team was sent back into the dressing room as the Umpires have ruled the match stands forfeited. This mess is bound to get worse.
UPDATE 2: It appears as if the ICC still has not issued any official clarification apart from a brief comment that there are intense negotiations underway and there might be chance for play tomorrow. In my opinion its a good time for Pakistan to stand tall and push for some serious apologies across the board
UPDATE 3: It’s just been noted that the ICC office will be closed tomorrow. “The day has been declared a holiday in Dubai to mark the Ascension of the Prophet (PBUH). The office will be open as normal on Sunday 20 August (8.30am - 5pm) and, after the day off, it will reopen at 8.30am on Tuesday 22 August.” — Cricinfo. WOW this is going to get really interesting, someone needs to wake up and solve this mess even if it means calling someone to work on a holiday in Dubai.
UPDATE 4: The status of the match is being reviewed; they may strip it of Test status - that’s all we know from the meeting so far. Darrell Hair has gone home, If they have to do have to appoint a new umpire, to call it a Test match could prompt anarchy. There is speculation among the press corps that Darrell Hair may be replaced mid-Test. It’s up to the ICC to decide whether they can change the rules mid-match, but that could set a dangerous precedent. — Cricinfo
UPDATE 5 The fourth and final test has been called off — Cricinfo. I hope that Pakistan gives the ICC a tough time and seriously lodges its protest against Darrell Hair for making a mockery of the Pakistan name and the cricketing world.
UPDATE 6: The test match has been awarded to England as the umpires decided that Pakistan forfeited the match. In a very idiotic joint statement by PCB & ECB they have also decided to forfeited the match. Its sad to see it come to such an end, I strongly stress that Pakistan should ask for an UNCONDITIONAL APOLOGY from Darrell Hair for falsely accusing the team for cheating. Lets not buckle under the Gora pressure
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Dr. Sahib do not involve sports with politics(don’t accuse one of racism) though I myself am quite frustrated with that decision but then its just sports.
InshaALLAH we will win despite of that…
PPH - I’m all for keeping an open mind about controversial decisions in sports, but this decision is a blatant accusation against Pakistan accusing them of cheating without credible evidence, no pictures no video, just the suspicion of a raised seam, which can happen to any cricket ball after 54 overs and a deteriorating pitch. A simple changing the ball could have served the same purpose but to award 5 runs is like accusing the Pakistani team of cheating.
All Pakistanis already know the repetitive bias decisions by a select few Gora Umpires against brown skin cricketers.
I understand your frustration and cricket is my passion too(I spend $$ to watch :-() but I guess we should wait for the end of day statement. And Now they are not coming out. Excellent Sunday’s beginning :) for me
WOW.. at the moment its getting to become a huge huge controversy.. but wait.. Zaheer Abas has just shaken hands with English Board Chief, anda thumbs up sign has been displayed from the Pakistani camp.. I hope better news follows
Its a huge fiasco - the crowd is booing the Pakistan team when it has accepted to take on the field. And even yet there has been no statment from the Refree to what has been calimed by Hair. And now the Umpires have refused to resume play - as they seem to have called off play before the Pakistan team was urged to appear on the field
Makes my blood boil
Why did they come on field again ? Now Hair has refused to come . Great :-)
I think it was good that the Pakistan team came out even as a gesture, as it drove a good message across the world that Pakistan was ready to play, this is yet another checkmate - further incriminating Darrell Hair. *snicker*
Dr. Sb, i totally agree with you and i think there should be loud protest against that racist.
but i think ICC has been very very weak in resolving this issue. What in the world is match referee doing.. i dont understnad. and PCB.. why didn’t they refused to accept Mr. Hair in any match involving Pakistan? Sri Lanka has done it. if they can do it.. why can’t we.
Hair always tries to get involved in controvercies, His receord is not good enough to suggest that he is a good umpire.
One of the guys on the blog (mentioned below) wrote that he’s there in Oval and according to him from 4pm to 6 pm not a single announcement was made by the officials and spectators were in total confusion, no one had a clue that what was going on.
He added thats why PAKISTANI players were booed by the spectators becuz ppl thought it was Pakistani team that didnt come out on time and that pakistani players were reluctant to come play further.
Just heard Sharyar’s interview on BBC (Chairman PCB), he said that umpires didnt even allow Inzy to check the ball, in reply to the question that who decided to stay in the dressing room Chairman replied that all the team members were agreived but Inzy was really incensed and he decided to record a protest against umpires’decision by staying in the dressing room.
Cricket BLOG LINK,
http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2006/08/20/the-issue/
Darrell Hair is a racist MFSOB. I think we shouldnt continue with the series till Hair publicly appologizes for his racist attitude.
Kashif I second that proposal
The People of Pakistan demand that Darrell Hair issue an unconditional public apology for his actions otherwise Pakistan should forfeit the entire series
BREAKING NEWS THE TEST MATCH HAS BEE CANCELLED.
WHAT CAN WE SAY A SAD DAY IN CRICKET, PAKISTAN ON THE VERGE THEN ALL THIS OCCURS DUE TO A FAT RACIST SLOB. LIVING IN ENGLAND IT HAS ADDED A BITTER TASTE TO THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT , DUE TO RECENT OCCURANCES WHICH INCLUDE THE ARRESTS OF THE BRITISH PAKISTANIS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
CAST YOUR MIND BACK TO THE ASHES LAST YEAR THE AMOUNT OF REVERSE SWING THE ENGLAND BOWLERS WHERE ACHEIVING HAD NOT BEEN WITNESSED FOR OVER A DECADE AND NOT ONCE WAS THERE ANY MENTION OF BALL TAMPERING. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE LIVING IN AN INJUST WORLD PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
Breaking news
9.10pm After the news that the Test was off there are again further conflicting reports coming out of the The Oval with sources saying the match is still on. The amazing events continue to unfold
Yikes and it gets better :) what a roller coaster of a ride - thanks for keeping us updated Verysmart
the bus for birmingham leaves at 1900hr…chalo chalo BIRMINGHAM chalo….atthay te rain he hona hai kal….
Word from official ECB press conference is that match has been officially forfeited by Pakistan, and England win series 3-0.
Sad.
Dont worry Boys,
The One-day series is next and our ‘Rawalpindi express’ Shoab Akhtar is ready to KILL.Inshalla one day series is OURS.
England will get shamed like they were back in Pakistan.
The curse of the newscaster; as Teeth was thanking me for a positive update, the match has been awarded to England with no further play possible.
Anyways, the Bottom line is, we stood tall and recorded the most harshest of the statement in the cricketing world ever!
This shall see an immediate end to further appointment of Darell Hair to any games at all, let alone the one that involves Pakistan.
Inzi and Pakistan Team are the winners, not only for the game, but for their take-no-shit attitude.
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/contact-us.html
Thats the link^. You can send the ICC an instant email from that page. I appeal to everyone who reads this, please take the time out to write a brief e-mail of reasonable protest. Basis of protest should IMO focus on Darryl Hair, and how he has had an unofficial history of biased umpiring, as claimed in the past by Pakistani cricketers. He should issue an unconditional apology, and be removed from umpiring in Pakistani matches at least. What confuses me is how he can penalise pakistan with the 5 run penalty without even giving proof? Surely umpires don’t have the authority to do that?! And the rules of the game state as David llyod was continually pointing out, that if a team refuses to appear on the field due to the actions of some player, the umpires must go up to the captain and ascertain that they are indeed forfeiting. How can the umpires just award the game to England without following the rules?
I must say, I am quite bothered by what has happened at the Oval today, and i feel very strongly that the Pakistani team has been hardd done, to say the least. Please protest. I also have a sneeky suspicion that the ICC and PCB will try to play this incident down, and not make a high profile protest.
On a lighter note, has anyone checked out the Pakistan ODI squad? Shoaib Mali, Akhtar and Rana naveed back in the side! We’re going to be kicking some English backside soon!
http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-news/content/story/257072.html
Here’s^ what the ICC say happened. Not too sure it’s what I saw…..
Thanks for the email link Shaafi,
I have sent the email to ICC, please everyone send an email at the earliest, the decision against Inzi and Pakistan team is still underway, and can be made till monday eve.
Please send an email to show ICC that you support your team and reject any accusations made by that Bastard without any proofs whtsoever.
My Team for the ODI and the worldcup shall be, batting order:
1) Hafeez
2) Afridi
3) Shoaib Malik
4) Younis Khan
5) MOYO
6) Inzi
7) Kamran Akmal
8) Razzaq
9) Rana Naveed
10)Shoaib Akhtar
11)Asif
12) Rafat ullah Mehmand or Imran Nazir as 12th man for a fielding option
This way we will get 7 batsmen and 7 bowlers, plus we have the option of opening with shoaib malik or kamran akmal with Hafeez, if the pitch condition does not allow Afridi to play at number 2….
Sorry for a misplaced discussion.. but was interested to know how other see the situation.
If i am not wrong.England is already declared victorious.
I support like every pakistani the decision of Inzy.I am sure inzy was pressurized to come back though he had right NOT to come back on the field.I also know tht PCB will not pressurize ICC anyway.
We all know racism in Aussies and Kiwis.Hair is an aussue umpire.What actually surprised me that none of ICC officials demanded evidence of tempering?
Seems that Hair is winning so far. Although he has been sent back home but the match went to England, which is a shame as Pakistan was in a strong position. I am not sure if PCB can put up a stand and asks for public apology. They are a bunch of bureaucratic ducks and would sit in lap of gora sahibs.
If that would have happened with any western team, they would have cancelled the tour instantly.
Pakistan should register a complaint against the MOST CONTROVERSAL UMPIRE in the history of test cricket. There is nothing wrong between England and Paksiatn the matter is in between the Umpire and Pakistani team. This is not the first incident when Darrell took action against Asian. He was involved in Shoiab’s case. He was the one who took decision against Murli and some Indians as well. Simply he is biased against Asians. I strongly recomend that every one should register a compalint at
http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/contact-us.html and ask for the total ban on Darrell to superwise matches in future.
SAVE ASIAN CRICKET FROM DARRELL HAIR
Pakistan should register a complaint against the MOST CONTROVERSAL UMPIRE in the history of test cricket. There is nothing wrong between England and Paksiatn the matter is in between the Umpire and Pakistani team. This is not the first incident when Darrell took action against Asian. He was involved in Shoiab’s case. He was the one who took decision against Murli and some Indians as well. Simply he is biased against Asians. I strongly recomend that every one should register a compalint at
http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/contact-us.html and ask for the total ban on Darrell to superwise matches in future.
SAVE ASIAN CRICKET FROM DARRELL HAIR
I really appreciate Pakistan cricket team on what they did at Brit Ovel in London. I think Darell Hair is biased and he should not only be removed from Pakistani matches but from entire cricketting scene. Pakistan should protest in stronger words in tonight press confrence which will be aired live on news channels at 1930 PST .
Pakistan team- well done we all support you of you act and you have made us proud
Cricinfo Interview with Inzi, he has portrayed the emotions of an entire nation with three simple words
‘It’s about respect’
Entire interview @ Cricinfo
My post at Teeth Maestro’s Blog Its about Respect - Inzamam
I agree that what Hair did was wrong, but to protest like that is not right either. These guys represent us, they could have protested in public on tv by refusing to have Hair in any other match but to refuse to play, even if it was for a short while, was childish.
Yes i agree with that.Such attitude results something like that
The protest was not childish by any means. What Hair DID was childish. Why on earth he changed the bowl without consulting the fielding captain.
Simon Barnes writes at TimesOnline:
Pakistan were not accused of ball-tampering yesterday. They were judged and found guilty by the umpire, Darrell Hair, as they sought to halt England’s second-innings resurgence. This is a profoundly serious business in cricketing terms. It is not like calling a woman a tease. It is like calling her a whore. Well, there are women who are whores, but you’d better be bloody sure of your facts before making the accusation.
It’s not the legality of her actions you are calling into question, but the morality. Pakistan were punished not for breaking the law but for — as cricketing people see it — attempting to subvert the higher morality of sport and human conduct. No wonder there is a fair amount of distress.
I don’t think Pakistan’s response to the controversial decision was sportsmanlike at all. Two wrongs do not make a right. Pakistan has just weakened its own cause by showing such disregard for rules.
Kashif, I just read the article, its good. but nothing justifies the behaviour of the Pakistani team. I agree with Original Anon.
I think we all seem to be missing an important point, I think it was in the full sportsman spirit that Inzimam did not lead his team OFF the field when wrongfully accused at the moment of the incident, the team must have been fuming at being falsely accused, at the same time I am also sure Inzi must have also suspected that a TV camera could have caught one of his players (he may hvae suspected his team to be guilty). When they returned for tea, it was then that the PCB board fully informed him of the fact that there is no incriminating evidence agianst Pakistan and it was all Hair’s Bias coming in yet again.
During the tea break I can only assume that entire team must have been engulfed in a heated discussion. What to do? should not be a hasty decision even if it meant delaying walking on the field. Walking onto the field without any sort of formal protest was accepting Hair’s decision. Once the team managment resolved the course of action it was simple, they filed a protest and then walked onto the field.
Many can argue that they their crime was not to appear on the pitch, but a bigger crime was committed far before when Hair accused them of cheating. Though one must remember that after a few minutes the team DID show up, but by then the umpires in their typical aloof mentality refused to solve the conflict and dug their heals in further.
I am glad it was not a decider as then it would have had serious repercussions back home as well, but even then the respect of my countries name supercedes all logical thinking.
Pakistan Zindabad
To add more wounds to a wounded tiger, Inzi faces two specific charges in an ICC hearing which may lead to a maximum of 8 match ban.
Doctoring the ball - breach of level 2.10 - (charges made by Hair and Doctrove)
Bringing the game in disrepute - breach of C2 at level 3 - (Charges made by all four umpires).
WOW bringing the game in disrepute of all things by Inzi YEA RIGHT - I think ICC should publicly take Hair literally by his hair and thrown this racist pig out. If in case Inzi is at all found guilty in any of these charges we must protest, jsut as other teams have done in defence of their captain. Pakistan should stand up for its captain.
If Pakistan had not taken such a strong stand and protested after the match (which is useless anyway), the entire world would have automatically assumed that we were guilty thanks to past incidents.
Only because we’ve made such a big fuss about it, will the world realize that we didn’t do anything.
You think financial powerhous India would have taken this lying down? Or the mighty Aussies? Or the ECB?
Heck, even Ranatunga staged a walkout when Murali was no-balled because staying on would have meant accepting Hair’s decision that Murali is a cheat.
We should protest - make a yahoo group for it :)
btw, pakistan is the only counrty which has let off cricketrs proven to be guilty of match fixing and who have confessed to match fixing like Wasim Akram and others. The other cricket boards have sacked cricketers involved or taken some other action- but the PCB did nothing. Shows something about the character of Pakistani cricket, wot? So I wont be surprised if Pakistanis have tampered the ball.How can a ball be tampered automatically. I am sure Hair had his justification and nobody ahs heard his side of the story yet, since he cannot speak- he cannot defend himself. So all you guys- Shut up and let ICC decide the matter- ACCORDING TO RULES- NOT BY tribal laws !
This cricket crisis reflects two things that:
1)We are emotional fools and become blind when deal such issues
2)Failure of Pakistani bureaucracy.
Inzy has to face the ban now.Deal with it.
Completely agree with Adnan siddiqi with his two points.
@TM :
I’m all for keeping an open mind about controversial decisions in sports
Then how can you have the name of the topic as ” Darrell Hair the Racist Cheater”.
You have already concluded that he has cheated.
@tribalmania
When & Where on Earth we ever took action against a big name, in any area ? So cricket is no exception.
pakistan is the only counrty which has let off cricketrs proven to be guilty of match fixing and who have confessed to match fixing like Wasim Akram and others
Allow me to increase your Cricket Knowledge?
Match Fixing
Azharuddin,Gibbs,Cronje were not Pakistanis
Tempering
Tendulkar,Dravid and few more from other countries which I dont remember were not Pakistanis.
How can a ball be tampered automatically
How do you declare that a ball is ‘tempered’?in early 90s,reverse swing was declared a technique due to ball tempering.later in 2003 when England defeated australia in ashes then it was renamed as “Art”
Speaking of Hair:Sir/Madam whatever you are,Hair coudnt provide justification,he was rather sent back to Australia so that he can be saved.Second the referre didnt show the ball to media,neither referee has given any verdict that ball was tempered.I am just surprised that how iCC took action against Inzimam?but oh Malcom Speed is there.Another Australian.Tribal i dont know which nation do you belong but same hair was not fair with Srilanka and India as well.So if you belong to any of mentioned nation then you re pretty naive about your cricket history.
oh between,waseem never admitted any such thing at all.I remember Salim Malik was kicked out of Pakistani cricket in past.
Reverse sweep goes into the block-hole…..?
http://sify.com/sports/fullstory.php?id=14250181
wasim akram has admitted his role in match fixing to the PCB. Its an open secret. No action was taken against him.
Azzharuddin: He was kicked off the Indian cricket team. Jadeja was also kicked out.
btw, i was surprised to hear wasim akram say yesterday that “PCB mein itna dum nahin hai” when the same PCB protected him in spite of he admitting his role in match fixing.
reverse swing is widely credited to be invention in pakistan- by sarfaraz nawaz- get your history right.
hair cannot take decsions based on pakistans whims and fancies. they cannot walk off when they want and come back again when they want. Once they walk off, law says they have forfeited the match. Hair doesnt have benefit of TV cameras feeding him images. He has to rely on evidence as he sees it- the condition of the ball.
Tribal:That wasn’t match fixing issue.That was something else in which wasim’s dad was also involved.
salim malik was banned due to matchfixing so its not true that pakistani was not punished.
Once they walk off, law says they have forfeited the match
Walking off only doesnt give justifcation to forfeit the match.Go and read the law 21.3 again.
One thing I want to share that we are going away from the real issue i.e. why Hair accused Pakistan of cheating without any proof. Match forfiet or loose or draw isn’t important now. Hair should be fired or sacked from the elite panel, he doesn’t deserve that place. We should unite and say in one voice, he has been biased against all Asian teams.
Hair is another austrailian with big filthy mouth and biased behavior. His country man Dean Jones, the former Australia Test batsman turned TV commentator, has been sacked by his employers, Ten Sports, after being heard calling South African player Hashim Amla a ‘terrorist’ on live television during the fourth day’s play between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Colombo.
http://www.jawed.info/blog/index.php/2006/08/20/darrell-hair-culprit-caught-again/
@Tribal Mania, I think k Wasim Akram ney theek kaha hai .. Darrel Hair ney kitni hii dafaa Pakistan k khilaaf faislay diye hain.. aur Pakistan ney kia Kiya .. Sri Lanka ko dekho .. Darrel hair SL k kissi match main nahin hoota aab… jab sey Murli ka masla banna tha. PCB main waqaii itna dum nahin hai k woh ICC ya Darrel k khilaaf action lay sakein.
Udher ICC ney Inzi pe Ball Tempering aur bringing the game to disrepute k ilzamaat lagga diye hain ..
This is completely outrageous..the Paki team seems to be absolutely clean but the umpire who is an Australian is a racist madman..australians havent done it for the first time..it was not even a week since Dean jones had apologised for commenting on Amla and this Fat umpire comes up with another episode, guys people here at India are with the Paki team as well..we support Inzi and his team
Pakistanis were right to protest…
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/englandpakistan2006/story/0,,1855354,00.html
Did Darrell Hair actually see a member of the Pakistan team tampering with the cricket ball? Has he got proof? If he hasn’t then he has made a massive mistake. If I had been accused of cheating in this way then, as long as I was sure of our innocence, I would have done exactly the same as Pakistan.”
Nasser Hussain Former England captain
“If Darrell Hair doesn’t have proof of ball tampering he’s on very thin ice. This is not an lbw or a caught behind decision.”
Tom Cartwright Former England all-rounder and Wales National Coach
“We didn’t cheat, the judge and jury made their decision before we were given a chance to state our case.”
Bob Woolmer Pakistan coach
Farhan you might like to read this
@Sharma:Thanks!!
Hair is not racist, he’s biased and imcompetent and has been forever. Not only is really good at ruling against sub-continent teams. He’s been a thorn in the side of South Africa for years. He is incapable of unbiased umpring - has consistently produced howlers for decisions , yet for years has got away with it. never been sanctioned for his atroucious and biased decisions. the blame lies with the ECB as much as it does with Hair. He’s not fit to umpair school matches, let alone internationals.
In response to the article and Bob Woolmer’s comments, it is not up to Darrell Hair to consider the political ramifications of his decisions. It’s his job to come to a conclusion on whether or not the ball has been tampered with. Given that he’s seen a lot of cricket and a lot of cricket balls, and given he had the support of the experienced West Indian Doctrove, and given that he’s officiated many tests involving sub-continental teams, but this is the first time he’s called anyone for ball tampering, I think, like all umpires, he should be given the benefit of the doubt.
If Hair was genuinely racist, it would be more likely to be reflected in more subtle, contentious decisions than in headline grabbing issues like chucking and ball tampering. I am yet to see any statistics regarding LBWs or other decisions that show he is biased in that way.
Maybe it is time for the sub-continental cricket world to pull their head out of the sand and realise that there is no global conspiracy out to get them. The problems that are represented in the national teams in these countries are symptomatic of problems in the domestic game. Suspect actions are not weeded out at an early age, so bowlers like Muralitharan, Akthar and Shabbir Ahmed come to test cricket with bad actions. Pakistanis won’t even tolerate insinuations of ball tampering from their own test players, such as Abdul Qadir when he was sacked by PTV two years ago.
Stop looking for scapegoats. Fix up the sport within your own country before you start blaming anyone else.
@ TOM.
You forgot to mention Brett Lee whose bowling action was also questioned by the Umpiers later he was cleared by the ICC like Murali and Shoaib.
So according to your criterion Austrlain board shud scrap their current domstic infrastructurecuz they trained a bowler whose bowling action is not upto the standards thats why umpires reported agaisnt him.
And if australians have bad infrastructure then all other countries shud immediately stop playing playing cricket cuz Ausralian domestic cricket is best in the world BUT AS TOM THINKS IF ANY PARTICULAR BOWLER’S ACTION IS BEING QUESTIONED THEN WHOLE SYSTEM IS CRAP.
And at BAAL TEMPRING:
Cud you plz recall Mick Atherton’s (former english captian) infamous DIRT SCANDAL.HE WAS CAUGHT ON THE CAMERA RUBBING DIRT FROM HIS POCKET INTO THE BALL.
I dont know if Darrell Hair is a Racist, but he is clearly a blinkered pedant. I cant think of any other current international umpire that, with diplomacy, not rule-bending, would not have prevented this miserable debacle. This was a great Test Match at the end of a great Test series, watched by millions of people. But maybe most importantly at the moment, it was a celebration of sporting comradery between Muslim and British folk. Long may Darrell Hair and the various committees ponder that.
Lads!
akkha india jaanta hai hum tum pey marta hai….!
your insult is my insult……!
(no chance of an ODI series….great! chalo chalo birmingham chalo….khala ney phajey dey paay pakaay ney ……)
john johnny garma garm tara rara rara ram….!
So what Robin? Is he meant to ignore the rules of the game? Any umpire that thought a team was tampering with the ball, but did nothing about it, is committing a far greater sin than what Hair has done. I say again, its not up to Hair (or Doctrove) to assess the political ramifications of their decisions. Its just up to them to use their judgement to decide.
And Nocturnal, try and express your thoughts a little more calmly if you want to be taken seriously.
Any system that produces someone like Shabbir Ahmed (and Shoaib Akhtar, and Shoaib Malik, and Mohammad Hafeez) has far greater problems than a system where one bowler slipped through the cracks. Frankly, I don’t think Brett Lee’s actions was ever particularly illegal. He was, of course, reported to the ICC by an Indian umpire, but I don’t recall anyone crying ‘racism’ then. And nor should they, no matter how wrong they thought it was.
But I’ll draw your attention to a very promising young New South Welshmen called Aaron Bird, whose debut for his state was delayed for years by concerns with his bowling actions. He spent season after season with coaches and bowling specialists correcting his action. He finally got it right, and now he’s ready to play first class cricket.
Thats the way its meant to work. Get the action sorted out before you ask the ICC and international umpires to deal with it. Sometimes even the best systems produce suspect actions, but I think its pretty obvious countries like Australia have a better vetting system than countries like Pakistan.
Okay Tom my friend, let’s be logical. First of all most educated people in Pakistan do not think Hair as racist but incompetent, stubborn policeman. (See the first comment of this post please)
Dont go to bowling action please. Shoaib Akhtar was never found guilty. You have to keep in mind that Pakistan is not very developed country and most of the players come up just by natural talent w/o any proper academies so there might be always cases when there would be a problem with bowling actions but wat’s wrong with that. Pakistan has never insisted that they would play Shabbir etc once ICC declared them illegal. We are not in position to decide any how about bowling actions.
I also agree that Hair was right that Pakistan had forfeited match and England should had win.
But just answer one thing. At the end of 53rd over when Cook got out , umpires inspected bowl and they were satisfied but at end of 56th over, they said that it was tampered so ball was tampered between those 3 overs and I believe that if we take close look at video of those 3 overs, we don’t find any thing suspested. If we believe okay the ball was tampered then why Hair did not raise an issue at end of 53rd over. Its very childish to think that you could tamper ball blatantly between three overs when there are 26 cameras. How could one tamper ball in 3 overs period. If it was the case then whole team should had been involved and continously working on ball in those 3 overs but then it is not true. This all thing proves one thing that Hair was incompetent was in his decision.
Regarding racism in Australia, I guess we dont want to iterate what happened few months ago when SA was visiting Australia. Not ever such things happened in any cricket ground but in Australian grounds ,it was norm I guess. But my friend I understand that there are always few people in every nation that have differnt definition of fun.
I hope you would keep visting this blog just to have an idea of other side of picture.
Bravo! India backs ICC.
On the subject of South Africa in Australia, given the incident happened in Perth, which has a big South African community, and that the insults thrown were in Afrikaans, I’m pretty confident in saying they were from South African immigrants.
Which of course doesn’t make it any better, but it certainly isn’t evidence of widespread racism in Australia. We have a very large population of South Asian immigrants, who are very heavily involved in local cricket, who never confront serious racism in their lives. I hope that situation continues, but frankly, its less likely whenever people take issues like this and explain as being issues of race. And PPH, race as an explanation has been repeatedly stated on this thread, on other blogs, and by members of the media. Its not something I’ve just made up.
When I mentioned Akhtar I was responding to nocturnal’s post about Lee, who wasn’t found guilty either.
As far as the practicality of Pakistan’s ball tampering goes, I think it is a difficult issue. But two very experienced umpires made the call, and they didn’t make it lightly. There’s certainly no grounds for the hysteria and vitriole that has emerged since then.
Pakistan cheating? Now how could anyone believe such a thing. They must simply be rasist.
Last year, when English player were bowling Reverse Swing It was OKEY and when a Pakistani bowls a Reverse Swing .. He must have tampered the ball. Nice.!!
I think that Inzi should respond to the umpires call at the spot.And i personally believe that the decision was taken by the management not by the skipper himself.
I love Australia,the people,the accent…i love everything about australia….kylie minogue,nicole kidman are my favorite singer and actress….the australian budgerigars favorite pets….australian cows & beef is the most prefered…esp during the Eid festival. In short,despite never having visited australia myself i consider it my twenty second home….Howzatt!
Over&Out.
Hair tried to blackmail ICC by resigning for $500K. Apparently ICC was not interested and now Hair is in hot waters.
Seems there won’t be any more hair on the pitches now :)
No Tom, not ignore the rules, interpret them! This is a personality issue. I repeat, I can’t imagine any other current umpire apart from Hair that would have allowed that sequence of events, in a test match, to occur without question or quiet conversation. I wouldn’t say he engineered the outcome, but he appeared to relish it. I look forward to all our comments on the new revelations…. (er$500,000….) best wishes all
No Tom, not ignore the rules, interpret them! This is a personality issue. I repeat, I can’t imagine any other current umpire apart from Hair that would have allowed that sequence of events, in a test match, to occur without question or quiet conversation. I wouldn’t say he engineered the outcome, but he appeared to relish it. I look forward to all our comments on the new revelations…. (er$500,000….) best wishes all
Do not blindly defend a person becuase you feel you have to..!!!
Face the music..face the reality…Darrel HAIR is no more than a mere mortal…let him be
what he is…
he has fallen for money and his urge to be in news has always been with him……and to
achieve this glory he does different things on different times….
1) Ignoring countless LBW appeals raised by pakistani and other asians…
2) Murali getting called a chucker
3) Accusing Murali again in a book written just for fame
4) Calling Shoaib Akhtar aa chucker in 2000.
5) Calling Shabbir a chucker…
6) Stopping Kaneria from bowling in the whole inings without giving a proper
warning…..against WI
7) Warning Salman Butt for running on pitch although he wasn’t…(ENG V PAK )
8) Asking for third umpire even though INZI was just taking evasive action to save himslef
from getting hit by a mindless throw from HARMISON last year..
9) Countless edges and snicks from bat coming from rival batsmen on balls delivered by
PAKISTANI Bowlers during the last 10 years..even if the snick is as loud as a drum
beat….
10) now calling a 56 over old ball as tempered even though the ball was smashed hard,fell
on concrete and hit hoarding boards…
11) there are at least a dozen more stories of his inept and biased umpiring but……….
I think you as well as many others will find the truth difficult to digest…
Lastly congratulations…A MONEY MINDED MAN HAS GIVEN THE TRUE MOTIVE BEHIND THIS
CONCOCTED STORYLINE….HAIR JUST WANTED MONEY AND FAME…..
BYE BYE…SWEAT DREAMS….
DARREL SHOULD RESIGN
REVERSE SWING CONTROVERSY
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Before I may say anything let me assure you that I am an ardent fan of Cricket and I love this game so whatever I say is not due to partialism.
I am going to be straight forward in what I want to say….no diplomatic ways of narration…because I have had enough of whining and worst spotsmanship by the English….
Today we have had another drama about Reverse Swing……Last year when Jones,Flintoff and Hoggard were reverse swinging ,never was the ball shown to be examined by umpires and it was taken to be just a case of an art being put in practice….!! The English Trio was hailed as MASTERS OF REVERSE SWING…!!!! No one found anything wrong….
Now I want to take you back almost 15 years in the past….1990-91…. West Indies Captain D.Haynes and New zealand Captain M.Crowe “ACCUSED” Pakistan for doing “something ” to the ball….In fact it was just because they were whiners who could not take defeats fairly……Similarly in 1992 English media,newspapers,Players and dare I say even children and housewives went up in unison that PAKISTAN is tempering with ball….!!! Fact was that ENGLISH were totally oblivious with regards to this art…They did not know about it altogether…
Hence each English player thought “if I don’t know how to do it then it must be something illegal …so why NOT accuse the other party and hide my embarrasment of defeat through these allegations…”
Plainly I can say that if Person A does not know how to solve mathematical equations but person B does …then if A accuses B to be proponent of witch craft…then it will be a sad case of accusation due to one’s own less-learned approach…!!! That is exactly what has been happening till last year when finally England learned to reverse swing….
It is on record that once I.Botham said …”THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS REVERSE SWING…IT IS ALL BUT PURE CHEATING” and now he is seen saying “ENGLAND BOWLERS ARE THE MASTERS OF REVERSE SWING….”
HMMMM …How quickly one can change one’s words and thoughts……I even read in in English newspapers last year that reverse swing is as old as 1930’s and has been in practice in England…since then….how amazing….!!!!
Now today when England thought they were going to lose fairly and squarely….an old “ally” came to their rescue..in the form of ever controversial, highly inept DARREL HAIR…Who seems to plagued with different “HUMAN ERRORS OF JUDGEMENT” whenever he is adjudicating on an appeal raised by Indian, Pakistani,Srilankan player…..He might not hear a big nick from 22 yards though it might be heard by a sparrow sitting 75 yards away on boundary..!!!
He can ask for banning players for “over appealing” , he can warn bowlers and even batsmen for tempering with wicket…by running on it (only Asians have been accused by him..be it TENDULKAR,SALMAN BUT OR KANERIA…)…
Then he can call a bowler a chucker…be it Murali,Afridi, Akhtar,Shabbir or Hafeez….
Still he is on elite panel….Pakistan team have lodged official complaints about this HIGHLY PARTIAL umpire at least 3 times in 5 years…but still he is seen officiating no other match but those involving Pakistan,,….
Fact of the matter is that with the passage of time this man has been growing wild with respect to Asian countries…and now he has started going really berserk….What happened today is totally INCOMPREHENSIBLE…..
When after each over the ball is examined then how on earth the ball was deemed to be tempered so suddenly…….
It is a fact that HAIR must be congratulated that in Cricket History …he is only the second umpire after T.Robinson from Zimbabwe ..who actually tempered with the ball….yes T.Robinson actually soaked a ball in water after he saw it reversing for Pakistan during a match in 1998….
Today, I am sure that it was HAIR who scratched the ball with blades during some break….WHY DO WE ALWAYS ACCUSE TEAMS…IF ROBINSON DID IT IN 1998 why can’t Hair do it in 2006….
I think we should look this matter from other PERSPECTIVE…..Justice can only be met if impartialty is met with….
Because when umpires are always checking ball how can it be tempered…if and only if they are BLIND or if they are tempering with it themselves….
Nowadays cameras are there…millions are watching on TV and scores of officials on ground are there….nowadays ball can not be scratched so easily by players …unless an umpire DOES it himself …YES an umpire can temper with the ball legally …on the pretext of setting the seem of ball right by plucking with blades………!!!!!!
So before getting on to any conclusion I think looking at track record of this HIGHLY PARTIAL and dare I say very very rude umpire ….if justice is to be maintained then he should also be probed…..and what to say about his fellow umpire BILLY DOCTROVE….Who dileberately did not give Jimmy Adams caught behind against Pakistan in 2000 and Pakistan lost….later on he went into Pakistan dressing room…and officially apologized for partial umpiring…!!! wow…and still he is on elite panel and officiating in allaince with D.HAIR…
I think if fast bowlers can hunt in pairs then shrewd and dishonest umpires can also hunt as well as hurt in pairs….!!!!!
I think umpires are not beyond the game…they are part of it and they are human too…so they can resort to vindictism and wrong doing…so why not probe them too………
CASE CLOSED……
A VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED FAN OF GAME OF GENTLEMEN…!!!!
hair chose 0.5 million us dollor but not chose principle and honesty, there fore in my view hair is a cheater because if he want to retair then he must chose unconditional retairment, becasue if you sincer with the game of cricket then you must follow the rules and regulation, princeple, if icc feel guilty then accept and accept punishment also,
Are the Pakistan team now going to apologise to world cricket after Shoaib was caught on camera lifting the seam by sky cameras in tuesday’s one day international?
He was banned 3 years ago for this in new zealand by umpire Gamini Silva of Sri Lanka. I suppose he was racist too?
Napster: You appear to be greater administrator of the game, you must suggest that the bolwer should be “gloved” with the keepers, so as to have a buttery finger over the ball.