Inzamam blames ICC

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq on Monday criticised cricket’s governing body and national cricket officials for once again changing the result of the Oval Test.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday reverted to the original result of the controversial 2006 Oval Test which gave the hosts victory.

The match was awarded to England when umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair ruled that Pakistan had forfeited the match by refusing to take the field after tea on the fourth day following accusations of ball tampering.

But pressure from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) saw the result changed from an England win to a draw by “match abandoned” by the ICC in July.

It prompted the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which governs the rules of the game, to protest against the result change, saying it would set a “very dangerous precedent”. It forced the ICC to revert back to the original result.

KARACHI, AFP