Hair offered to quit for 500,000 dlr following row

LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) Darrell Hair, the umpire at the centre of the Pakistan test controversy, offered in a letter to quit top level cricket in return for 500,000 dollars, the International Cricket Council said today.' ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed told a news conference Hair was under great stress when he wrote the letter. ''He had no dishonest, underhand or malicious intent,'' Speed said.

An ICC executive board will meet in Dubai next week to decide any action over the contents of the letter.

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