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LONDON: Australian cricket umpire Darrell Hair tried to “blackmail” the International Cricket Council (ICC) into paying him off through “sheer mudslinging”, an employment tribunal heard on Wednesday. ICC lawyer Michael Beloff accused Hair of trying to pressurise the body into paying him off by threatening to go public with allegations of racism, in the wake of a controversial decision against Pakistan at the Oval last year. Beloff noted emails which Hair sent in the aftermath of the Oval Test, in which first he offered to resign for a payment of $500,000 then revised the offer after speculation about possible racism allegations. Hair said it was not blackmail, but admitted that he regretted having sent the emails. Hair is suing the ICC for alleged racial discrimination because he says that, while he has not been allowed to officiate in Test matches since, his co-umpire Billy Doctrove, a West Indian, has escaped censure. Hair told the tribunal that the ICC’s decision to bar him from officiating in Test and ODIs has left a big hole in his pocket and heart. Hair told the hearing that he would have earned about $90,000-100,000 in 2007 had he umpired his quota of Tests and ODIs. “My projected earnings from fees in ICC associate matches in this year would now appear to be a maximum of $30,000,” he said. — Agencies
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