Cricket umpire Hair launches bid to sue ICC

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2007

LONDON (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 on 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 on Monday, is not scheduled to be called until October 11.

The standpoint of Hair, who...