London: Banned Australian umpire Darrell Hair will stand in two Minor Counties matches in England next domestic season.

The Australian, who was removed from the International Cricket Council's elite panel in November following the Oval Test fiasco, will officiate the matches in addition to his duties as a member of the England and Wales Cricket Board's reserve list.

Hair will umpire the games between Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire at Cleethorpes on July 22-24 and Norfolk v Lincolnshire at Manor Park, near Norwich, on August 7-8.

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