10 most controversial umpiring decisions of all time

#1. Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove awarding the match to England, 2006.

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The fourth Test between England and Pakistan was moving smoothly until the fourth day when the umpires charged Pakistani team with charges of ball tampering and awarded five penalty runs to the home team.

The decision didn't go down well with the visitors. The Pakistani team under the leadership of Inzamam-ul-Haq pleaded not guilty and refused to accept the charges. But the umpires were in no mood to revoke their decision.

To express their dissent over this decision, Pakistan refused to take the field after the tea interval. The umpires waited for 30 minutes and awarded the Test match to England stating Pakistan had fortified the match.

The incident created massive controversy in the cricketing world and ICC was forced to remove Hair from the elite panel of umpires.