Cricket umpire suing ICC for racial discrimination

Darrell Hair, the Australian cricket umpire who was sacked following a problematic test match at the Oval cricket ground in London last year, is suing the International Cricket Council (ICC) for racial discrimination.

During the test match between England and Pakistan in September last year Hair, 55, and his co-umpire, Billy Doctrove, penalised Pakistan for tampering with the ball, then awarded the match to England when Pakistan refused to continue the match in protest. Hair has not been all... (197 more words)

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