Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan

Darrell Hair, speaking in his capacity as head of the New South Wales Umpires and Scorers Association criticised ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat’s comments that umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis needed to be “more rational” in their assessment of the security at the time of the terrorist attack in Lahore.

Daryl Hair was clearly angry “No one could possibly comprehend the frightening and life threatening nature of the predicament they found themselves in,” he said. “For Lorgat to blandly ask them to be ‘more rational’ I think [smacks of] bullying and they are embarrassed that the full truth of the situation came out into the open.

“I wonder if Lorgat would be making his shallow and insincere comments if it had been he trapped in a hail of bullets and felt abandoned by the very security forces that were supposed to protect them?

“Does someone have to die before ICC even remotely begins to understand the reality of the matter? It’s one thing to provide security and protection but another to actually be secure and protected. Quite simply, ICC and the PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] totally failed the Sri Lankan players and the umpires, full stop.”