DUBAI: The International Cricket Committee (ICC) on Thursday ruled that the forfeited Test between Pakistan and England in 2006 due to a ball-tampering row will be changed from an English win to a draw. The ICC Executive Board’s decision means England won the four-Test series 2-0 instead of 3-0. Umpire Darrell Hair accused Pakistan of ball tampering in the final Test 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 programme” last September. Zimbabwe stalemate The two-day meeting of the Executive Board, however, ended without a decision on strife-torn Zimbabwe, amid reports of a split among the...
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