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LONDON - Australian umpire Darrell Hair has dropped his racial discrimination lawsuit against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), according to media reports today.
Hair, who was sacked from the International Cricket Council's (ICC's) elite panel of umpires after Pakistan complained about his role in a ball-tampering row in England last August, announced he was taking legal action against the PCB and ICC earlier this month.
"We are not surprised he has dropped his outrageous allegation of racism against us," a PCB official said, according to reports.
The reports indicated that Hair had not, however, dropped his lawsuit against the ICC.
Pakistan refused to continue a test match at the Oval after Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove changed the ball and charged the Pakistanis with ball-tampering.
Hair and Doctrove eventually awarded the match to England.
The ICC had said it believed there was no merit to Hair's claim.
- REUTERS
