Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been cleared of ball tampering in his disciplinary hearing. He has, however, been found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute, which he always going to be found guilty of.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens with Darrell Hair now. Will the ICC keep backing him, or give him the pay off he asked for?
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What up to then was a series without controversy between two teams whos encounters have thrown up more than their fare share of incidents in the past was ruined yesterday.
Daryl Hair accused the Pakistanis of ball tampering, which led to the players refusing to come back out after tea, and the match being awarded to England by forfeit.
None of Sky’s cameras have picked up any ball tampering, and they have at least two dozen of them. Did Pakistan tamper with the ball? I doubt it, no one is that stupid these days. But one assumes that Hair isn’t so stupid as to accuse someone without actually seeing something. But Hair isn’t saying anything.
If Hair hasn’t seen anything, then the Pakistani team were well within their rights to protest. They may have done it for too long, but they were within their rights. I don’t think we’ve heard the last of this. Statements need to come from all parties, including the umpires.
Anyway, for a little fun, you can enjoy more details of Hair and Doctrove incompetence at Cricinfo, here.
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