Hair's shocker- compensation or ransom offer
Umpire Hair's letter to ICC made public yesterday has made Inzy's case all the more stronger. Though he has withdrawn the so called offer of USD 500,000 to quit the elite panel on second thoughts it's a move which may well cost him the job. This also strengthens the suspicion that he crucified the Pakistani captain without evidence and simply wanted to walk away under the cover of sympathy by offering to quit for no rhyme or reason taking a fat cheque in the process and settling peacefully for life in one of the counties
Even those who were supporting him on the moral pedestal of being a sincere straight forward umpire who went by the books of the game and called a spade as such without fear or favor now have been forced to take a'U' turn . Just with that one momentary moment of greed, madness and hunger for fast money he has made himself into a laughing stock and the damage is done.
Andrew Miller in Cricinfo analyses the issue thread bare and exposes Hair's clandestine intentions though ICC tried to cover up saying he was under great stress.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/current/story/257814.html
As usual my favorite the Great Sir Geoffrey has beautifully summed up the laws of Cricket and how you should interpret the same in the context of the game and this episode:
The Laws are black and white, but that's not how the world works, you have to have some give, some discretion and some commonsense
RK
Umpire Hair's letter to ICC made public yesterday has made Inzy's case all the more stronger. Though he has withdrawn the so called offer of USD 500,000 to quit the elite panel on second thoughts it's a move which may well cost him the job. This also strengthens the suspicion that he crucified the Pakistani captain without evidence and simply wanted to walk away under the cover of sympathy by offering to quit for no rhyme or reason taking a fat cheque in the process and settling peacefully for life in one of the counties
Even those who were supporting him on the moral pedestal of being a sincere straight forward umpire who went by the books of the game and called a spade as such without fear or favor now have been forced to take a'U' turn . Just with that one momentary moment of greed, madness and hunger for fast money he has made himself into a laughing stock and the damage is done.
Andrew Miller in Cricinfo analyses the issue thread bare and exposes Hair's clandestine intentions though ICC tried to cover up saying he was under great stress.
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/current/story/257814.html
As usual my favorite the Great Sir Geoffrey has beautifully summed up the laws of Cricket and how you should interpret the same in the context of the game and this episode:
The Laws are black and white, but that's not how the world works, you have to have some give, some discretion and some commonsense
RK
posted by RK at 3:19 PM
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