They generally cross 300 mark in Tests innings nowadays. After the departure of Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammed Yousuf, captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan are the senior fellows who have the responsibility to shepherd the youngsters to formidable totals.
Misbah-ul-Haq has been the architect of the series so far to a great extent with his stoic batting, writes Scyld Berry in the Daily Telegraph. Misbah is not as good a player as Inzamam-ul-Haq, a consummate hooker who would have...
A cricket umpire killed a teenage spectator in Bangladesh by hitting him on the head with a bat in a dispute over a contested decision, police said on Sunday. Nazrul Islam, 15, ran onto the pitch during an amateur game in the remote northern district of Kishoreganj and started an argument with the umpire, who took one of the players' bats and hit the teenager. Islam showed no serious injury from the blow during the game on Friday but suffered...
In 2006, Pakistan forfeited a test at the Oval after umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove penalised them for ball-tampering, leading to tension between the two cricket boards. The ICC adjudicator later cleared Pakistan of the ball tampering ...
Islamabad, Jan 23 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed its intention to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to host Bangladesh for a Test series in April in a bid to revive international cricket at home. The Daily Times quoted a PCB ...
The 2006 Oval Test refused to simply die down. Umpire Darrell Hair who officiated in the match is now training his guns on the politics that went on that led the Pakistan team to stay put in their dressing room.
Pakistan were playing England at the Oval on the fourth day when after the tea session, the Pakistan captain, Inzamam ul Haq, and his troops refused to leave the dressing room. The drama followed the aftermath when Pakistan were accused of ball tampering.
Hair is led to believe...Read Full Story
Australian Umpire Darrell Hair has blamed Pakistan as cheaters. He has bad history with Pakistan. In 2006 he was umpiring the match between Pakistan and England at Oval. He gave penalty runs to England after he alleged Pakistan bowlers for ball tempering. Inzamam ul Haq was captaining Pakistan team that time. He launched protest against the decision and didn’t come to ground after break.
Umpire forfeited the match and England was declared the winner of that test match. After allegations on...Read Full Story
Australian Umpire Darrell Hair has blamed Pakistan as cheaters. He has bad history with Pakistan. In 2006 he was umpiring the match between Pakistan and England at Oval. He gave penalty runs to England after he alleged Pakistan bowlers for ball tempering. Inzamam ul Haq was captaining Pakistan team that time. He launched protest against the decision and didn’t come to ground after break.
Umpire forfeited the match and England was declared the winner of that test match. After allegations on...Read Full Story
The ICC made the full text of umpire Darrell Hair' s e-mail public. Mr.
Hair offered to quit the ICC in exchange for $500,00 cash.
Some believe that Hair's emails and tone are out of line. Others think
that he was trying to genuinely solve media problems. Read the emails
and decide for yourself.
The ICC is now has to decide what in the world to do with Darrell Hair .
His umpire contract extends to March, 2008. He claims that he wants to
continue his post. Yet his name is tarnished and...Read Full Story
Yesterday, the world’s media reported that the result of the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 is to be changed from an English victory to a draw. The ICC is expected to make this change at its meeting in Dubai following pressure from the PCB. A Cricinfo source stated “England and Pakistan have agreed to declare the Oval Test as a draw to maintain the dignity of Pakistan in world cricket, especially after the ball-tampering charges were dropped.”
Originally the...Read Full Story
Darrell Bruce Hair is an Australian Test cricket match umpire. umpire Darrel Hair has create controversy by accusing Pakistan of tampering with a ball, and then offering to quit from the International Cricket Council in exchange for $500,000!
After deciding that Pakistan had tampered with a ball that suddenly started reverse-swinging after 56...more
Darrell Bruce Hair is an Australian Test cricket match umpire. umpire Darrel Hair has create controversy by accusing Pakistan of tampering with a ball, and then offering to quit from the International Cricket Council in exchange for $500,000!
After deciding that Pakistan had tampered with a ball that suddenly started reverse-swinging after 56 overs, Darrell Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove penalised the tourists 5 runs and then allowed England to choose a replacement ball. However, analysis of the ball after the game showed no clear proof of tampering.