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And giving Inzi run out last winter when he was actually ducking out of the way of a throw at the stumps by Harmision.;)
Plus lots of decisions that seem to go against them in the winter and in the last test.

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I have noticed this with Hair a number of times as I also watch Tests not involving England.

In matches between Asian and non-Asian sides, if there is a marginal decision, Hair always seems to favour the non-Asian side.

Of course, I could be wrong; he may be the greatest umpire cricket has even known and I'm just too ignorant to see it.

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taufel and bucknor should've been allowed to umpire the whole series, as they are the only two reliable umpires except for aleem dar(whose name i have no idea how to spell :)). although dar does make th eodd glaring error

hair also gave 8 indian batsman out lbw in one test against australia when none of them should've been given

that's what i thought too

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He's been involved in ball tampering incidents before with Pakistan and the running on the pitch during England's last winter tour to Pakistan. The running on the pitch incident resulting in rough patches for Kaneria to exploit. One thing if there was a suspicion of ball tampering,to create reverse swing, why weren't wickets falling all over the place.

England seemed to be coping ok, now today it emerges Duncan Fletcher went to see the match referee before play on Sunday. There's an alleged report of one of the England players watching the Pakistan team through binoculars

Strange Sky TV never picked up anything though just Hair watching one of the Pakistan bowlers handing the ball back after polishing it

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Apparently Mohammad Asif, the fast bowler who came into the last test played for Leicestershire earlier in the season. He demonstrated the art of swing bowling 'in all its guises';) to his Leicestershire team mates. This information would have been passed onto the England management so it is no wonder they where keeping a suspicious eye on things.

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This is a myth.

Hair passed this incident to the tv umpire (a Pakistani) for adjudication...and he (the tv umpire) gave Inzi out.

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what really bugs me is that, in this great oversensitive world of ours where racial tensioons are strained, the written media is absolutely obsessed with trying to stir things up as much as possible

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good to see stuart broad get called up for the one day series

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It seems even cricket can't avoid being tarnished by performance enhancing drugs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6055410.stm

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England finally win one...when it's too late. :)

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Hair 'sacked from internationals' ?

So maybe he still has the job, we should find out tomorrow


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6115114.stm

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Englands cricket future has never looked so rosey :erm:

But as long as we retain "The Ashes" (:rofl:) , a match against India in a few years time won't matter :o:

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Not long to go now.:cool:
Check out the Telegraph Ashes site, look at Bay 13, the Barmy Army have drawn first blood by stuffing the Aussie Fanatics. nice links to all the grounds with excellent satellite shots.

Jim.

http://tinyurl.com/ycuaor

Bay 13.
http://tinyurl.com/ymw7gq

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Any ideas on who will get the nod, Giles or Panesar, personally I can see both sides of the argument and therefore can't make my mind up :rolleyes: ;)

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Come on England :)

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