Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar has admitted that he erred in giving Matthew Hayden out in the first Test against South Africa in Perth.
"I got it wrong. I thought it was an inside edge but it wasn't. I thought Matthew was very good about it," Dar was quoted as saying by 'Fox Sports'.
"I get along very well with him and he is a very nice fellow. I plan to speak to him about it," he added.
Dar was roundly criticised for giving Hayden out caught and bowled during the first Test in Perth.
Dar raised his finger when Hayden prodded forward to Dale Steyn and the ball popped back to the bowler. Television replays showed the ball had clearly thudded into Hayden's pad, going nowhere near his broad blade.
Richie Benaud, who was commentating, described it as one of the most shocking umpiring howlers of modern times.
"That was one of the more astonishing decisions I have ever seen," Benaud was quoted as saying by 'Daily Telegraph.'
