Australian umpire Darrell Hair told an Employment Tribunal here that International Cricket Council’s decision to bar him from officiating in Test and ODIs has left a big hole in his pocket and heart.

Hair, who has sued the ICC for sacking him told the hearing that he would have earned about USD 90,000-100,000 in 2007 had he umpired his quota of Tests and ODIs.

“My projected earnings from fees in ICC associate matches in this year would now appear to be a maximum of 30,000 US dollars,” he said. He said the loss had prompted him to search for another job but his efforts did not bear fruit. Hair said ICC’s decision  came as a trauma for his entire family. “My family has suffered the pain of reading headlines such as disgraced former umpire’ and ‘sacked former umpire’ and I have found it difficult to cope with daily life in the knowledge that I have not been given a reasonable opportunity to defend myself.”