Hair launches bid to sue ICC

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LONDON, Oct 1 (AFP): Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire who accused Pakistan of ball-tampering in the final Test at the Oval last year, will launch his bid to sue cricket's world ruling body here Monday.
Hair is suing his employers, the International Cricket Council (ICC), who have not allowed him to stand in a Test or one day international since last year's controversy, for racial discrimination.
Leading figures in the game, including Malcolm Speed, Dave Richardson, David Morgan and John Jameson, will be appearing in the witness box during the hearing at the Central Office of London Tribunals which could last for two weeks. Morgan, who takes office as President of the ICC Monday, is not scheduled to be called until October 11.
The standpoint of Hair, who was 55 Sunday, is that although he is still being paid a retainer by the ICC, the career of Billy Doctrove, his colleague and friend who stood with him at the Oval, has not been affected.
Inzamam-ul-Haq, the then captain of Pakistan who has been served a witness summons to attend the hearing Monday, was eventually cleared of ball- tampering, but Hair, who remains on the ICC's elite panel but does not receive any match fees, was effectively sacked as an international umpire.
He has since officiated in ICC Associate matches in Kenya, Toronto and Ireland and was on the ECB's reserve list last year, officiating at grounds such as Fenner's at Cambridge and the Parks in Oxford and in women's matches.