Darrell Hair who was sacked from elite panel of umpires in November 2006 has been restored as a Test and an ODI umpire. ICC’s decision to bring him back is a bit surprising. Is ICC short of umpires? And nobody knows what are the reasons for bringing him back suddenly. Whatever it may be but it is not at all good news for Asian players. With complete backing from Australians, he is not likely to mend his ways. So we can expect more controversies in coming days.
As for Indian players it means that Harbhajan Singh, Srisanth and others will have to be on their toes. After the recent controversies during Australian tour now the Indian players will have to be extra cautious. I think ICC has taken this decision under Australian cricket board’s pressure as a ploy to put Asian players on the defensive. It will be really interesting as how BCCI and other Asian Cricket board would react.
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