Date:19/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/19/stories/2008031960361900.htm

Sport - Cricket

Darrell Hair reinstated

DUBAI: Darrell Hair has been reinstated as a Test match umpire by the International Cricket Council.

Hair had been banned since November 2006 because of his conduct during a Test between Pakistan and England that led to the first forfeit in Test cricket’s 129-year history.

His return comes after he completed a so-called “rehabilitation program” handed him in September when he agreed to drop a claim of racial discrimination by the ICC. — AP