Cummon ICC , We are not fools of first order !

News of the moment - ICC pulls out Darrell Hair from officiating in the Champions Trophy in India due to security and safety reasons. Last week when Hair announced that he was looking forward to officiating in the Champions Trophy several eye brows were raised and the PCB came in hard. Lawyers were hired, huge monies put in, letters exchanged and the Asian Crickie nations got together backed by India. Needless to say Windies, Zimbabwe and SA joined the pool.

Now it was a matter of time for ICC to announce that Hair will not officiate in the series due in India. But then how to? And the way it was made public ICC made a fool of itself. Is it that we trying to say that in all fairness the Indian authorities are genuinely finding it difficult to protect an Umpire. Lets not forget that the same authorities had no worries in keeping Pervez Musharraf, Tony Blair and George Bush safe..

So who is being fooled - the ACB, Darrell Hair or the Crikie lovers... At least i am sure that the ICC has made a fool of itself... The bigger question remains - what about the future engagements? How many times will ICC take help of these silly reasons? A complete answer with a strong reason is needed. Afterall lets not forget that Hair sits in the elite panel of ICC Umpires..