Hair 'could umpire Tests again' - Mali

[silentstriker]

Hair drops the charges


Weird.

 

[The_Bunny]

Hair drops the charges


Weird.

He either went for a payout, or he did this simply to prove a point O_o

 

[silentstriker]

He either went for a payout, or he did this simply to prove a point O_o

Neither really helps his image.

 

[shortpitched713]

As Brumby was saying earlier though, the former was probably what he was going for all along.

 

[silentstriker]

Hair, already a lonely figure, appeared to alienate the few umpiring friends he had left. His accusations against Rudi Koertzen were probably the final straw. There was no evidence of any conversation surrounding the Pakistan team and revealing a private conversation between friends was beyond the pale. Koertzen, umpiring in Sri Lanka, was left with his reputation for impartiality - so vital for any umpire - dented by innuendo. Billy Doctrove, Hair's colleague at The Oval and his star witness, instead opted to stay in Dominica rather than risk being Koertzened.

Very interesting stuff.

 

[Sanz]

TBH, after the post I mildly chastised myself, as I've managed to avoid the "anyone who thinks X is a fool" stuff mostly for the last 9 months or so.

You are not serious, are you ?

 

[Richard]

Yes. I'm rarely anything but.