13 Facts About Darrell Hair

Darrell Bruce Hair was born on 30 September 1952 and is an Australian former Test match cricket umpire, from New South Wales.

Darrell Hair stood on the International panel of umpires from 2002 to 2003, before he, along with fellow Australian Simon Taufel, and New Zealander Billy Bowden, was appointed to the ICC Elite umpire panel.

Darrell Hair was restored to the Elite Panel by the ICC on 12 March 2008 and stood in the England v New Zealand Tests at Old Trafford in May and Trent Bridge in June 2008.

At the local level, Darrell Hair began his career playing in Orange and Molong and moved to Sydney in 1972 where he played with the Mosman and North Sydney clubs in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition, as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

In 1999 Darrell Hair was found guilty by the ICC of bringing the game into disrepute after he described Muralitharan's action as "diabolical".

Darrell Hair later received death threats that referenced the throwing incident and as a result the ICC decreed that he would not officiate any of Sri Lanka's matches at the 1999 World Cup.

Darrell Hair subsequently revoked the offer said that he never considered retirement.

In February 2007 Darrell Hair announced he was suing the ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board on grounds of racial discrimination, saying he was made a scapegoat as no action was taken against Billy Doctrove.

The ICC said Darrell Hair would undergo a development programme over the next six months seemingly with the goal to place him back into top level matches.

On 22 August 2008 Darrell Hair handed in his resignation to the ICC in order to take up a coaching role.

Darrell Hair had been an international umpire for 16 years.

On 23 October 2017, Darrell Hair pleaded guilty to one charge of embezzlement and one charge of stealing in the Orange Local Court.

The offences were committed as a result of a gambling addiction, with Darrell Hair stealing a total of $9005.75.