Darrell Bruce Hair (born 30 September 1952) is an Australian former Test match cricket umpire, from New South Wales.
He 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.
[5] 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.
[16] A leaked ICC report showed that before the Oval incident, Hair was ranked the second-best umpire overall and number one in decision-making.
[17] In February 2007 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 Hair would undergo a development programme over the next six months seemingly with the goal to place him back into top level matches.
Given his early guilty plea, in addition to the fact that he had repaid the stolen money, Hair was sentenced to an 18-month good behaviour bond with no conviction recorded.