India demand dropping of Hair
India have asked the International Cricket Council to drop Darrell Hair from the list of umpires to officiate at next months Champions Trophy.
Hair controversially abandoned a Test match between England and Pakistan earlier this summer after penalising the sub-continent side for ball-tampering.
In the furore that followed the ICC made public a letter from the Australian offering his resignation inexchange for $500,000.
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