ICC rules in favour of 2006 Test
Published:Thursday | July 3, 2008 | 2:43 PM
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has ruled that the forfeited Test between Pakistan and England in 2006 would be changed from an English win to a draw.
The ICC executive committee’s decision means England won the four-Test series 2-0 instead of 3-0.
Umpire Darrell Hair accused Pakistan of ball tampering during the Test match, which was played at the Oval.
The team then refused to come out to play after tea on the fourth day and the match was awarded to England, the first forfeit in Test cricket’s 131-year history.
Hair was later banned from the ICC elite umpire’s panel and only returned after completing a rehabilitation program last September.