Australian umpire Darrell Hair at the heart of the Oval controversy last year, has decided not to take legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for racial discrimination.
"I have been told by our lawyer Mark Gay that Hair has withdrawn the case," Dr Naseem Ashraf, the PCB chairman, was quoted as saying in the Saudi Gazette.
Hair was sacked as an Elite Panel umpire by the ICC for his role in the forfeited Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval last year, during which he accused Pakistan of ball tampering. He was reinstated as an umpire for the World Cricket League in Kenya earlier this month and stole some of the spotlight when it emerged that he was considering legal action against the PCB for their alleged role in his sacking.
http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/02/26/d70226042146.htm
Leave Your Comments