Nadeem
07-02-2008, 11:58 PM
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DUBAI: The International Cricket Council has changed the result of the infamous 2006 Oval Test that was awarded to England over ball-tampering allegations. Now it has been declared as draw in the record books.
This has been decided in the annual meeting of the ICC xecutive board here on Wednesday.
The first and the only forfeit in the history of Test cricket that led to the sacking of controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair was on the agenda of the meetings of the International Cricket Council here.
The fourth and final Test of the 2006 series was awarded to England by Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove after the then Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq refused to take the field following allegations of ball-tampering against his team.
Pakistan blamed Australian Hair for the fiasco and successfully campaigned for his removal from the ICC Elite Panel of umpires.
The since retired Inzamam was later absolved of ball-tampering while Hair was reinstated as a Test umpire earlier this year after a lengthy and messy legal battle.
However England, which led 2-0 before the Oval Test, will remain the winners of the series despite the forfeit has been overturned by the ICC.
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council has changed the result of the infamous 2006 Oval Test that was awarded to England over ball-tampering allegations. Now it has been declared as draw in the record books.
This has been decided in the annual meeting of the ICC xecutive board here on Wednesday.
The first and the only forfeit in the history of Test cricket that led to the sacking of controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair was on the agenda of the meetings of the International Cricket Council here.
The fourth and final Test of the 2006 series was awarded to England by Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove after the then Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq refused to take the field following allegations of ball-tampering against his team.
Pakistan blamed Australian Hair for the fiasco and successfully campaigned for his removal from the ICC Elite Panel of umpires.
The since retired Inzamam was later absolved of ball-tampering while Hair was reinstated as a Test umpire earlier this year after a lengthy and messy legal battle.
However England, which led 2-0 before the Oval Test, will remain the winners of the series despite the forfeit has been overturned by the ICC.