Pakistan great Wasim Akram has weighed into the furore surrounding Australian umpire Darrell Hair. .jpg)
The left-arm tearaway, who took 414 Test and 502 one-day wickets, has claimed Hair was rude and had referred to the Pakistani players as 'monkeys'.
"He (Hair) is a rude sort of person and in 1995 he called Pakistani players monkeys for continuously jumping in appeal and as a captain I took a strong notice of that and protested over it," Akram told AFP.
Wasim added that Hair should also be penalised if Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is banned for his role in last month's controversial Test against England at The Oval.
Hair decided to deduct five runs from the Pakistan total for ball tampering during the fourth Test, which eventually led to Pakistan's refusal to continue the match - the first time in the 129-year history of Test cricket that a game had been forfeited.
"It was an unnecessary stand-off at Oval and although Pakistan's protest was wrongly prolonged, Inzamam had led his team to the field and it was the umpires, especially Hair, who did not want to start the match," Wasim said.
"Why is only Inzamam appearing before the court and why is he only charged for bringing the game into disrepute? Hair should also face a hearing."
Inzamam is due to face an International Cricket Council code of conduct hearing in London on September 27 and 28.
Hair is due to be announced this week as one of the umpires for the ICC Champions Trophy in India next month.
