Caught Out - Shocking Revelations of Corruption in International Cricket by Radford Brian; Hair Darrell;

Author:Radford, Brian; Hair, Darrell; [Brian Radford]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 727137
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Published: 2012-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

Hair’s passion for cricket began as a powerful right-arm fast-medium bowler for Mosman in the competitive Sydney Grade League. He later graduated through club cricket as a high-quality, no-nonsense umpire, and made his Test debut at Adelaide in January 1992 in the match between Australia and India, which Australia won by 38 runs.

In the only match that Hair officiated between Australia and Sri Lanka, in Melbourne in December 1995, he no-balled leg-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan seven times in three overs for an unlawful action. He genuinely believed that Muralitharan was throwing the ball, a breach of cricket laws that could get him banned from the game.

Shocked by Hair’s bold calls, and concerned about possible political repercussions, the ICC ordered an immediate biochemical investigation into Muralitharan’s unusual action, which concluded that a congenital elbow deformity was partly responsible, and this cleared him to continue playing… and to go on to become a record-breaking superstar.

But apparently not totally satisfied with this biochemical appraisal, the ICC brought in a so-called panel of ‘experts’ to conduct a further review, and subsequently raised the elbow extension limit to 15 degrees for all bowlers. This ostensibly brought Muralitharan well inside the game’s strict law and effectively slammed the door on umpires like Hair who would be brave enough to no-ball perpetrators, and by doing so endanger political unrest between cricketing nations and the ICC.

Hair is now enjoying a stress-free life as Executive Officer for the New South Wales Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association, and on his return from a recent presentation address to the Victorian Government Traffic Accident Commission in Melbourne on integrity and resilience, he e-mailed to remind me that it was ‘something very close to my heart’.

Above all else, Darrell Hair possessed unshakeable principles during his admirable umpiring career. He continually made it plain that no matter how iconic a batsman or bowler a person might be, no one should be bigger than the game itself.

Hair has encapsulated all his fine principles in his formidable autobiography In the Best Interests of the Game – The Darrell Hair Story.

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