Apparently those wacky Pakistanis can't resist a pun:
Hair inspires headline writers to new lengths
ISLAMABAD: No other name has tested so many headline writers to come up with a new witticism every day of one whole week than Darrell Hair.
Since the start of the controversy over his ball-tampering allegations against the Pakistani team playing in England, newspapers have made readers sit up and take notice with a dazzling array of headlines that would have Hair, what else... cut up.
From Sri Lanka to Pakistan, there is perhaps no other personality in the world of cricket who provokes such strong reactions from teams and fans as Hair. And the Pakistani press let him know.
From `Bad Hair Day' to `Hairy Incident,' English language-newspapers in Pakistan have said it all about the umpire whose conduct at the Oval last week raised issues of racism and Islamophobia in cricket.
Punning on it
Everyone knows that in the sub-continent, cricket is not just another game but a vehicle of national pride and flag-waving patriotism. If the Pakistani people vented their anger at Hair with street protests, the country's newspapers expressed it with an unending string of punning headlines. "Hair comes Trouble", said The News one day, and came back with "Pakistan Demand Hair Cut" the next morning. And when the controversial umpire told off a reporter from the British press, it was "Darell lets Hair down on what ails him— media." Splitting Hairs is what it called a divide over support to the umpire.
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