 Hair appointed to new Australian high performance panel
10th Jul 2008 14:00 IST
Agencies
Controversial umpire Darrell Hair has been appointed to an Australian high performance panel less than a week after his 2006 decision to award the first forfeit in test history was overturned by the International Cricket Council.
Cricket Australia today unveiled a four-man Umpire High Performance Panel designed to act as mentors to officials coming through its ranks.
Hair was included along with former test umpire Ric Evans, David Levens and Bob Stratford, the ICC's regional umpiring director for Australasia and the Pacific.
“CA is committed to ensuring the highest standard of umpiring and to enhance and support the development of Australian umpires for international cricket,” Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said.
“This new panel has a broad range of skills in elite officiating as well as umpire education and management, and will add an important new dimension to CA's development of umpires.”
Hair, who has officiated at first-class level for 20 years, has been the most contentious umpire in recent decades.
Considered in Australia to be a stickler for the rules, his strict interpretations have caused a furor and allegations of bias in Asia.
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