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More on the fiasco that is Darrell Hair’s ego

Posted at 10:11pm on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Lawrence Booth is generally a man I agree with. His weekly ‘The Spin’ column for the Guardian is vital reading. He’s paid full time to commentate on the state of cricket, so I shall leave it to him to sum up ‘Ovalgate’ rather than keep posting little snippets myself…

[…] Instead, Hair insisted on the application of the letter of the law, the ICC predictably stood by their man, and a chain of events was set in motion that could yet rock cricket to its foundations. Whether or not Pakistan tampered with the ball, this will be remembered as the Test that was ruined by the intransigence of one man.