Darrell Hair

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 12 (AFP) - Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan bears no grudges toward Australian umpire Darrell Hair despite damning comments about his controversial bowling action

The first day of the ICC Code of Conduct hearing at The Oval ended late on Wednesday afternoon and it is now expected that a decision from Ranjan Madugalle will be delivered sometime on Thursday

Timeline of the events from the fourth Test between England and Pakistan and the subsequent developments

Osman Samiuddin takes a look at the men and the issues behind the Code of Conduct hearing at The Oval

Tthe Indian board has written to the ICC asking that Darrell Hair not be allowed to stand during the Champions Trophy

Cricinfo has learnt that there was an initial disagreement between Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove about the timing of the ball change during the Oval Test in August

Waqar Younis insists he saw no evidence of a tampered ball when he viewed it in the referee's room on the day Darrell Hair ruled the game be abandoned

Darrell Hair expects to officiate in the Champions Trophy next month despite the unresolved issues from his decisions at The Oval Test

Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire at the centre of the Oval controversy last month, has hit out at suggestions that his decisions which led to the forfeiture of the Test were hasty, and, even worse, motivated by racism

The ICC have suggested that forensic tests may be conducted on the ball used in the controversial Oval Test to ensure a fair hearing for the Pakistan captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, which is due to take place at the end of September

James Sutherland has kept the door open on Darrell Hair's umpiring career by calling him an "outstanding" and "highly respected" official

Mel Johnson, the chairman of Australia's umpire selection panel, has said that Darrell Hair could still umpire on the international panel in Australia

Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, has claimed that Australian umpire Darrell Hair was in "big trouble" for his role in the forfeited Oval Test as well as subsequent events.

In future, it could be the match referee, rather than the umpire who decides on a match being forfeited

Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire at the centre of the ball-tampering controversy, has maintained a defence of his conditional offer of resignation and issued a statement apologising to his friends and supporters

The Pakistan cricket team has said they wanted the International Cricket Council (ICC) to launch an investigation against Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire at the centre of the ball-tampering row, before taking a decision on charges levelled against Inz

Michael Holding lent his support to Inzamam-ul-Haq, saying that it was "insensitive" of Darrell Hair to have penalised Pakistan for ball-tampering

Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire at the centre of the ongoing ball-tampering controversy, has claimed that his offer to resign if offered US$500,000 was made at the behest of the ICC

John Reid, the New Zealand Cricket president, believes a lack of video evidence will not harm the allegations of ball-tampering against Pakistan