Darrell Hair, who was offered a job by the England and Wales Cricket Board, has rejected an offer to be on their reserve umpires list for the coming season.

The Australian, who was one of the best umpires on the International Cricket Council's Elite Panel, was banned in November following forfeiture of a Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval.

"The England and Wales Cricket Board has been informed by Darrell Hair that he is unable to accept their offer to be a member of the ECB reserve umpires list for the forthcoming season," an ECB statement said.

The ECB had the New South Wales native on their reserve list on two previous occasions.

"The ECB acknowledge Mr Hair's contribution in the previous two seasons as a reserve umpire," it said.

During last summer's Oval Test, Hair and fellow-umpire Billy Doctrove ruled that the touring side had tampered with the ball and awarded England five penalty runs while ordering that the ball be changed.

Later the umpires award a forfeit for the first time in Test history after Pakistan had initially refused to take the field following a break.

Soon afterwards, Hair offered to resign in return for US $500,000, a revelation communicated by him to the ICC via email but subsequently put in the public domain by the world governing body.

Hair has not stood in a Test match since but did officiate in the recent ICC World Cricket League Division One final between Kenya and Scotland in Nairobi.