without proof, hair's action can not be justified. it will only inject slow poison to the cricket. hair must be removed sooner than later to maintain the pitch clean and the ground green.
Hair has made the biggest blunder of his life! First he alleged that the ball was tampered without any evidence and later begged for an amount to withdraw from the service! Its like saying "Well, perhaps I made a mistake and lets get away with it and pay me for doing so!" If he was justified in his statement that pakistan had tampered with the ball, he should have shown proofs as well... 56 overs later no one, just by having a look at the ball, can justify that it is tampered with unless there are evidences which he does not have. I dont defend Pakistan, but the objection is on Hairs actions.
I thing Hair should be penalised and removed from elite panel of unpires. There was mistake from Pakistan side also as they didnt take field . Hair should have given the explanation for Inzamam question for changing the ball.I think both Inzamam and Hair should be penalised.
'Ball tampering' is a very serious allegation in Cricket.It dfames the concerned country and questions the credibility of the captain. I think umpire should have been much more cautious before putting forth such an allegation.How did he speculate this thing with no other concrete evidence what so ever.ICC should identify such umpires who lives on speculations and take measures to avoid such unacceptable incidents in the international level.On the other hand, Inzy could have held a strong protest on completion of the day's play which could haved won him the match and the battle with Hair as well!!
Just imagine if Pakistan is proven guilty. The result will be more hatred towards the west by the Pakistani community in England. Even if they have cheated, the community will not believe it, saying it's the West who is against Muslims.
Lets be rational. If Hair is right then Pakistan is wrong. If Hair is wrong, then he has to apologise. Remmember, it's not Hair alone who took the decision. There was another Umpire who has equal rights in the decision.
Pakistan has brought disgrace to the game by not continuing to play. They wanted to prove that the teams pride is bigger than the game. This is wrong.
It's even more ridiculous for Pakistan to claim that this will affect the entire country. When Sachin was gound guilty of the same charges, there were protests in India too. But does that mean all Indians are cheats? No chance. It's another matter that we all know that he's not guilty.
Pakistan is holding the game to ransom. They started ball tampering and they still are the best in doing that. Thats the truth.
The result will be a ridiculous one for sure. Hair went by the rules. He will be asked to leave and Pakistan will be pardoned. Result: Politics wins over cricket
Hair is right. He checked the ball and saw it was tampered. Even on TV, you could clearly see part of the ball scruffed. The Pakistani team like children, did not complain after the days play (which has been done by West Indies, India and a few other countries including Pakistan) in similar situations. Hair gave the team two chances and half hour to get back to the field but the Pakistani's didnt. Inzimam was shown the ball and then the ball was changed. If Inzimam cant understand English, then it's his problem and Pakistans problem not Hair's. Hair was right and Pakistan were wrong. Pakistan did play the game the last time they were charged (and later proved - the "great" Waqar Younis) of ball tampering. They played the game and then lodged a protest at the end of the days play. Now, nobody except the umpires and the players have seen the ball. Wait till the hearing and then decide. Ofcourse the hearing will be such that Pakistan are pardoned and Hair dismissed, why because they do not want to anger the Pakistani community in England. If they do then they will have more terrorist attacks!! It's politics that is happening there not cricket.
I dont know what in the hell is wrong with you guys. You just go RANTING on & on & on about this BIG TIME Hindustani Pakistani thing. Come on guys grow up. Im a proud Indian from New Zealand with literally tons of Pakistani friends & Honest to GOD some of these guys are way better than our indian lot.
No matter what you are, in plain words discrimination HURTS. Yes guys it hurts weather you are hindustani, pakistani, african or woteva on earth you are.
I guess BCCI & PCB should together take some hard actions against this bloody Intensely Crooked Committee (ICC).
And you Mr Jayaram better have your foot in your mouth by now & Use your bloody head before you post a dumb ass message on net again.
Darrell Hair is too experienced an umpire to act the way he did without evidence to back him up. The ICC hearings should reveal some interesting facts about this whole episode. Every story has two sides. We have heard a lot of rhetoric from the Pak side. Let us hear what Mr.Hair has to say.
Bob Woolmer's suggestion that ICC should scrap the ball tampering law is ludicrous, preposterous and has jepoardized the credilibility of the Pak team and Mr.Woolmer.Does he want the laws of the game to be changed so that the current actions of his team would then be deemed legal rather than play according to the rules of the game?
In my opinion Pakistan should have protested the moment they were docked. That was the only mistake they committed. But Inzy, being a gentleman that he is, would never have done it. So by protesting at tea time, i get a feeling that he was coaxed to protest from the dressing room. But there is another point to note. This protest was a thought out one and not one of sudden emotion. I feel Pakistan was perfectly justified in voicing their dissent.
Now about Hair. He stands among some other international Umpires who court controversies. When going through these controversies it will be noticed that one of the team is always an Asian team. If this is not racism, I guess the definition of racism should change.
Another point the mandarins of ICC should note here is that it is the asian countries and the brown skins of asia who pay them their salaries, with their unstinted support to cricket and it would do them no good to create controversies involving the asians.
