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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Hair tempered with the Game and Inzamam


Inzamam we are with You.

In the fourth test at Oval what happened was terrible, for the teams, the fans, and the game itself.
"What were they thinking!" Both the sides (Pak Team & the Umpieres) were wrong and did what they should not have done.

First the Umpieres should have told the Captain about what they were doing before changing the ball or penalizing the guest team. After that the Pak team had all rights to protest against the officials decision but that should have been done in in a proper way (like black bands on arms), but the Guests should have continued the play
and put the matter up to the ICC through the PCB later. And even after that when the Pak team came to the ground later the Umpiers acted very disturbingly and called the match in favor of the home side.

Inzamam can't temper with the ball or dishonor the game in any way possible although he is a hot tempered guy (that's why the decision of not going to the field), but he is surely not a cheater. I can't say anything about other Pak players but Inzy dosen't do such things.

I would put the blame on Mr. Darel Hair for causing this controvercy and bringing shame to the game. He has been biased against the teams of the subcontinent in the past before also. He has alleged Muthaiya Muralitharan of Shri Lanka and Harbhajan Singh of India for bad action in the past. He has also taken some controvercial(read.. Intentionaly harmfull and insulting) decisions against the players of the subcontinent.

My point is :

  • Why is he the only Umpire who points out any defects or irregularities in the game of the players of the subcontinent.
  • Why he does not finds any problem with players from anywhere else in the world.
  • Why is he made Umpire in a test match in which Pakistan is playing even when the PCB has officially requested ICC for not dooing so.

If Hair can't prove that the ball was tempered he should be given leave from the profession of umpiring. I personally think that this man should not be in the "Elite Panel of Umpieres of the ICC", rather he should not be umpiering in international cricket as he is racialy biased and should consult a psychytrist for his problems.

I hope the controvercy will be resolved in near future and the test match should be dismissed.Lets hope that Inzzy will be cleared of the charges and the sport will win in the end.

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