Darrell Hair, who was offered a job by England and Wales Cricket Board,
has rejected to be on their reserve umpires list for coming season. 
The Australian, who was one of the best umpires on the
international cricket council elite panel, was banned in November following
forfeiture of a Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval.
"The England and Wales Cricket Board has been informed
by Darrell Hair that he is unable to accept their offer to be a member
of the ECB reserve umpires list for the forthcoming season," an ECB statement
said.
The ECB had the New South Wales native on their reserve list
on two previous occasions.
"The ECB acknowledge Mr Hair's contributions in the previous
two seasons as a reserve umpire," it said.
During last summer's Oval Test, Hair and fellow umpire Billy
Doctrove decided the touring side had tampered with the ball and awarded England
five penalty runs and a change of ball.
They then decided to award a forfeit for the first time in
Test history after Pakistan had initially refused to take the field following
a break.
Soon afterwards, hair offered to resign in return for US $500,000
- a revelation communicated by him to the ICC via email but subsequently put
in the public domain by the world governing body.
Hair has not stood in a Test match since but did make did officiate
in the recent ICC world cricket league division one final between Kenya
and Scotland in Nairobi.
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