Hair-Pak drama: Cricket Jihad?

[MAKcric]

Ranjan Mudgalle and the ICC had definitely realized what was at stake had the verdict gone against the Pakistan team. And this was further manifested in later exclusion of Darrell Hair from umpiring in the ICC Championship trophy in India on the excuse of security to Hair [3]. Security threat from whom? From Al-Qaeda, the fans or the Pakistan teams or who? India can assure security to Al-Qaeda’s deadliest enemies President Bush, Parvez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai but not to Darrell Hair. Writing is on the wall, clear and obvious, where the threat comes from.

The fact remains that the world’s finest umpire sits out of world’s second-most important cricket tournament in the shorter version of game. It should not be him but other umpires be sitting out of this tournament, if at all. This is a massive disgrace for the ICC to capitulate to Pakistan’s unjustified demand to exclude Mr. Hair from umpiring, which bodes badly for the future of the game of cricket. Nullification of umpires’ judgment on flimsy ground also tells a telling tale of how it will play on the minds of the umpires on the field of future games, especially while officiating in games involving Pakistan. After arriving home, a proud Pakistan captain declared: “I forgive him (Darrell Hair)” which receiving any admonishing from ICC or Pakistan cricket. Such has become the fate of the umpires, who should be calling the shot at the field of play.

What could be assured is that had similar judgments by Hair or any other umpire gone against teams like England, Australia or New Zealand, the umpires would have prevailed. Like the Western infidels’ capitulation over the cartoon, the Pope’s comment and the Mozart show cancellation, this is another capitulation by the infidels of the ICC and India to the Jihadi campaign of the Muslim nation of Pakistan. Jihad has finally made its inroad to the cricket pitch. Pakistan, being at the fore-front, in the expansion of the worldwide Jihad, which has turned the world upside-down, there is little hope that an ever-feeble and 13-century-long Dhimmi nation of India would take a stand against the demand of the deadliest Jihadi nation on earth and employ Hair to officiate in the upcoming tournament for the sake of cricket. The rapid expansion of the Jihad to all spheres and affairs of the world has started in real earnest.

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MA Khan
South Dokota, USA
www.islam-watch.org

[rohit khaitan]

I wonder whats jihadi in the whole episode. If there was any racial element involved it was purely from the Hairs side. He declares a whole team a pack of cheaters without giving any reasons for the same. Pakistan may be sponsoring terrorism but what did these cricketers do??? And in my opinion Darell Hairs decision was purely racist and arrogant.

And then he threatens ICC of dire consequences if any action is taken against him.

And i dont recollect any such decision going against England or Australia. And its highly unlikely that any umpire will dare to pass such a judgement on these teams.

If at all an umpire tries. His life will be made hell. And the whole media will cry foul.

Cricketers from pakistan, srilanka and india have repeatedly been targeted in no. of games. Most of the ball chucking accusations have been targeted on the players on this sub continent. And what happened in this particular match was an utter shame for the whole cricketing fraternity and teh very profession of umpiring.

Darell Hair was lucky to get away with just a ban on Champions Trophy. He should have been banned from cricket itself. Of course there are some skeletons buried in the backyard of ICC that he survived. No other umpire could have dared to challenge the ICC so blatantly.