Hair snubs ECB; sport ROUND-UP.

CRICKET: Darrell Hair has rejected an offer by the ECB to be on their reserve umpires list for the coming season.

The Australian has been under intense scrutiny since last summer's abandoned Test match between England and Pakistan at The Oval and was banned from officiating matches involving Test playing nations in November.

An ECB statement said: "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.