Women regularly spent a half day getting their hair "permanented" for a ball.

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Hair made the offer in the wake of the ball-tampering row at last week's England v Pakistan Test at The Oval.

BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Hair 'could stay' as Test umpire

And now he is here, a baby boy, named Jesse, strong and built like a rugby ball, with a spiky ribbon of blond hair running down the top of his head, and a long smile that just floors us every time.

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Udal who was sent out as night-watchman and he might have departed second ball after a huge appeal for caught behind, but umpire Hair did not agree.

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One of the principal protagonists that day, umpire Darrell Hair, is writing a book on the subject and the law relating to ball-tampering has now been adjusted to ensure that such a stand-off is unlikely ever to happen again.

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Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove penalised Pakistan five runs and allowed England to choose a replacement ball after they deemed the previous one to be illegally altered by the tourists.

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An athletic man with light-brown hair and green eyes, John slowly walked over to the girls, who were playing with a beach ball.

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It follows the decision of Hair and Billy Doctrove to award a five-run penalty against them at The Oval for allegedly tampering with the ball.

BBC: SPORT | Cricket | Hair 'could stay' as Test umpire