gosfox Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 After the fiasco of the fourth Test was Darrel Hair right or wrong in the way that he handled the ball tampering allegation?
john_lcfc Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 no he was right as far as i can see.. he obviously throught something dodgy has happened and acted and the pakistan team threw the dummy out so he called the game off as according to the laws of cricket. we dont know so we can only go on guess work but i cant believe he would consult billy doctrove and they would both say they were ball tampering if they werent sure. i also think this "he hates asian sides" is bollox
Head Honcho Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Could've been handled better but he was right to question the culprits!
golden gordon Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 its looking like a "good hair day" at the moment
Knighton Matt Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 I don't really understand the point of this poll because he applied the laws of the cricket to the exact letter of the law. To say he was 'wrong' is a complete non-starter.
gosfox Posted 22 August 2006 Author Posted 22 August 2006 I don't really understand the point of this poll because he applied the laws of the cricket to the exact letter of the law. To say he was 'wrong' is a complete non-starter. Hmm Ask the Pakistani's if they agree with you....
lcfc_jme Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Hmm Ask the Pakistani's if they agree with you.... Doubt they will agree, but then again, they had England on the rack and were in control, not that a 5 run penalty was going to change much. I think the umpire did what he had to do and got it right, but all credit to Inzy for handling it as well as he did..
dandannieldanok Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 There was no need to do what he did, awarding five runs would have made no difference, especially considering we had won the series. Plus there is no television evidence of any tampering and there were no complaints from England players in the first place.
Knighton Matt Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Hmm Ask the Pakistani's if they agree with you.... Surely their grievance should be with the rules of cricket in general then.
lcfc_jme Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Surely their grievance should be with the rules of cricket in general then. Too many grievances with too many rules just lately imo.. So many complaints and changes to rules means that the sport suffers, as everybody is confused and the decisions given end up being worse than if the rules hadn't been tampered with ('scuse me, that's the only word I could think of)
gosfox Posted 22 August 2006 Author Posted 22 August 2006 Too many grievances with too many rules just lately imo.. So many complaints and changes to rules means that the sport suffers, as everybody is confused and the decisions given end up being worse than if the rules hadn't been tampered with ('scuse me, that's the only word I could think of) I personally agree with Hairs decision IF he has proof that the ball was tampered with....if he has accused the Pakistan team of cheating without being able to prove it, then I think it is entirely understandable that they have reacted the way that they have, and surely a man of his experience should have known the consequence of making accusations without concrete evidence..... Gosfox
golden gordon Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Too many grievances with too many rules just lately imo.. So many complaints and changes to rules means that the sport suffers, as everybody is confused and the decisions given end up being worse than if the rules hadn't been tampered with ('scuse me, that's the only word I could think of) don't you think all this bob woolmer thing about getting the whole team swearing on the koran that they did not cheat is all getting a bit silly its a fecking game of cricket
Ultra Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Not at all, their integrity has been challenged, and the accusations against them is based on VERY flimsy evidence. It's hard to escape the suspicion they have been judged on the basis of past misdemeanors by their predecessors.
lcfc_jme Posted 22 August 2006 Posted 22 August 2006 Not at all, their integrity has been challenged, and the accusations against them is based on VERY flimsy evidence. It's hard to escape the suspicion they have been judged on the basis of past misdemeanors by their predecessors. Shahid Afridi being a fine example
Ultra Posted 23 August 2006 Posted 23 August 2006 Shahid Afridi being a fine example He was caught by the cameras and rightly punished. We should have moved on from that but it doesn't seem like everyone has.
Knighton Matt Posted 25 August 2006 Posted 25 August 2006 Darrel Hair what an absolute legend!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :w00t: Umpire Darrell Hair offered to quit in exchange for $500,000 (£266,000), the International Cricket Council has said.The Australian, 53, made his offer in an e-mail to the game's governing body after Sunday's ball-tampering row which ended the fourth Test at The Oval. ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed told a news conference in London that the umpire had been under great stress. And he said he was satisfied Hair had not made the offer with any "dishonest, underhand or malicious intent".
Head Honcho Posted 25 August 2006 Posted 25 August 2006 Darrel Hair what an absolute legend!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :w00t: Typical Aussie Sorry Dan the Fox
gosfox Posted 25 August 2006 Author Posted 25 August 2006 he has certainly blown his credability clean out the water
Thracian Posted 25 August 2006 Posted 25 August 2006 It's hard to imagine anyone either bumbling or old, single handedly creating such a storm out of so little and with such apparently flimsy evidence.
john_lcfc Posted 26 August 2006 Posted 26 August 2006 what the flying feck is going on with cricket? 20/20 on monday
Jay Posted 26 August 2006 Posted 26 August 2006 if he's so eager to earn money like this imagine what he would do if some Hong Kong based betting ring offered him a big brown envelope to ensure and england win or pull Paiksitan up for ball tampering!!!
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